Post by keweenawlove on Nov 5, 2018 11:11:16 GMT -5
We had a bathroom with a curbless shower at a hotel in Chile and I didn't feel like the water went everywhere. I'm guessing it has to do with the shower head design, direction, size, and the slope to the drain. I thought it was a cool design for people with mobility issues.
If we're on the topic of making things more handicapped accessible, at work a dad with a teenage daughter who uses a walker just commented they redesigned her bathroom to have pocket doors. She has trouble opening a door that swings out toward her with the walker so the pocket doors have been awesome for her.
The one thing that I might suggest is that if you go through with the renovation, make sure that it is truly h/c accessible. That is that the door frames are wide enough to handle a wheelchair, a no step shower, higher commodes, grab bars, etc.
I have already done a trial run of my home and we had to take 2 doors off to get a wheelchair through those doorways. We have some work to do, but it is manageable.
Thanks, mich1 ...we've already planned for the grab bars for the toilet and bathtub, because I have trouble going from lying/sitting to standing when I have disc problems (but taking a bath really helps). I'll double check about the doors. I was thinking a small curb of a few inches on the shower wouldn't be too bad -- what do you think? Anyplace I've seen completely curbless showers (e.g., hotels with that design) it seems like the water just goes everywhere. There will be a bench in the shower.
My trial run was when my hips had to be removed and just stepping over a small lip was difficult for me. I could do it, because I had to (and it was incredibly difficul5 lifting my foot even a few inches) but if we were going to go for a master bath renovation, it is something I’d look into.
The models I have seen are not like those in foreign bathrooms, where the whole room is the same level (and the water goes everywhere), but where the floor slopes to direct the water. I stayed in a guest house in New Orleans that was h/c accessible that had this and thought it worked great. The water pretty much stayed put in the shower enclosure.
If you like baths baths and have problems getting up, have you considered a doored bathtub?
Thanks, mich1 ...we've already planned for the grab bars for the toilet and bathtub, because I have trouble going from lying/sitting to standing when I have disc problems (but taking a bath really helps). I'll double check about the doors. I was thinking a small curb of a few inches on the shower wouldn't be too bad -- what do you think? Anyplace I've seen completely curbless showers (e.g., hotels with that design) it seems like the water just goes everywhere. There will be a bench in the shower.
If you like baths baths and have problems getting up, have you considered a doored bathtub?
I don't think I'm quite there yet, but we are doing a free-standing tub so we could switch it out later pretty easily.
Your house is so cute - my grandparents built a brick cape cod in 1950, so I've always loved them.
I'll probably have the same options as you, someday. Renovate our current 3+1 into a 3+2.5 with an office space, or move. We also LOVE our location/town/school district, but would be the largest house on our street if we added more, and greatly over-improved for the neighborhood, so the question would be whether we plan to stay in the house forever and need the space, or if we would want to find something that would end up probably being even more expensive, not in our ideal location, but also just totally done.
So I understand your dilemma! But this sounds like a great idea. I'm so excited to see how it turns out.
Also, when you consider future sales, your renovated house would be attractive to older people, people wanting in-law or au pair set ups and also for "boomerang" families which seem to be on the rise.
Idk if this is helpful but we are staying at a courtyard Marriott and they had a walk in shower with no door, a low step and the water doesn’t go anywhere.
Post by vanillacourage on Nov 14, 2018 15:43:47 GMT -5
Completely eliminating the garage would make me nervous. I understand “overimproving” a house if you’ll be enjoying the upgrades for years to come, but it would concern me to invest so much in a house I won’t get back plus knock out a feature that would likely be a dealbreaker for many buyers.