On Fri, 12 May 2006 08:49:42 -0400, dgk wrote:

I have a small house (18' wide) that has a small bathroom The odd
thing to me is that there is a stall shower and a separate tub without
a shower. I can't understand why they wasted space by not combining

In theory, one person could take a bath and another a shower at the
same time. I don't know how often that happens.

I have a bathtub and a shower and mostly take baths (long story), but
when I take a shower, I use the shower stall. It's flatter on the
bottom, and it has a textured surface. Both reasons that it is less
likely I'll fall.

I don't like those stickup strips for bathtubs, because I'm sure they
will feel bad when I'm taking a bath. But a lot of people have them,
which seems to me to mean that they are afraid of falling.

them, and I have another thread going about replacing the tub and
installing a shower. But, my original thought was to demolish the
shower stall and open up the area and perhaps put in a small cabinet
(and place for the cat litterbox) and have room for a nicer sink area.

However I was talked out of removing the shower on the grounds that a
separate stall shower is a big selling point and that people really
like them. Is it true? I would think that having an open room would be
nicer. Currently there is a narrow corridor as you enter the bathroom

A matter of taste. One would have to take a survey.

because the stall shower (big tile thing) is on the left as you enter
the bathroom, and then it opens up as you pass by. Plus, the shower is
dark because it faces the corridor and the only light that gets in is
reflecting in.

Most showers don't have lights, afaik. My little bathroom has a
ceiling light and that illuminates the shower. I have a folding,
translucent plastic door**, and it lets in the light, plus the door
stops about 6 inches from the top, so that lets light in too. White
walls in the bathroom so it's pretty light in the shower, but even if
it weren't, I think I could find my body.

**It's probably brittle after 27 years, so I'm very gentle.


Thoughts welcome.