I installed a new bathtub, and shower assembly and shower door. I need
to know now much distance I need between the top of the shower door
and ceiling for the moisture to vent from the shower assembly. I have
about 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the
shower assembly. I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door
to the ceiling, I am thinking of building the 2 foot section in, and
leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly,
but want to make sure I have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
I hope I am explaining this so you know what I am writing about.

Jebsoc

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I installed a new bathtub, and shower assembly and shower door. I need
to know now much distance I need between the top of the shower door
and ceiling for the moisture to vent from the shower assembly. I have
about 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the
shower assembly. I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door
to the ceiling, I am thinking of building the 2 foot section in, and
leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly,
but want to make sure I have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
I hope I am explaining this so you know what I am writing about.

By build in, do you mean a lowered ceiling in shower, or do you mean a
bulkhead above shower door, but leave ceiling height in shower the same as
out in the bathroom? The latter would be a mistake, the hot moist air would
get trapped in the dead space, and you will have mildew problems. I have
seen showers with a dropped ceiling level, and they feel claustrophobic to
me.

If you want to put a bulkhead in above the shower door, and leave the
ceiling high, you need to add a wet-rated exhaust fan above the shower. Most
of them include wet-rated lights. If you close off the top of the shower
door area like that, the shower is going to feel rather dark, so you will
probably want a light anyway.

Personally, I'd just stay with one ceiling height, and leave the space open
above. Makes the bathroom feel more open and inviting, IMHO.

aem sends...

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I installed a new bathtub, and shower assembly and shower door. I need
to know now much distance I need between the top of the shower door
and ceiling for the moisture to vent from the shower assembly. I have
about 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the
shower assembly. I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door
to the ceiling, I am thinking of building the 2 foot section in, and
leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly,
but want to make sure I have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
I hope I am explaining this so you know what I am writing about.

By build in, do you mean a lowered ceiling in shower, or do you mean a
bulkhead above shower door, but leave ceiling height in shower the same
as
out in the bathroom? The latter would be a mistake, the hot moist air
would
get trapped in the dead space, and you will have mildew problems. I have
seen showers with a dropped ceiling level, and they feel claustrophobic to
me.

If you want to put a bulkhead in above the shower door, and leave the
ceiling high, you need to add a wet-rated exhaust fan above the shower.
Most
of them include wet-rated lights. If you close off the top of the shower
door area like that, the shower is going to feel rather dark, so you will
probably want a light anyway.

Personally, I'd just stay with one ceiling height, and leave the space
open
above. Makes the bathroom feel more open and inviting, IMHO.

aem sends...



I like the idea of having a fan in the shower and a light also is good. I
also would consider lowering the ceiling just a bit so that cleaning is
easier and can be done without having to use anything to stand on.

The benefit as I see it is that the steam generated from a shower is going
to have to condense or be vented. If it condenses on the ceiling or walls
it is an opportunity for mold or mildew but if vented, then forever it will
be easier to clean the shower.

A compromise might be to lower the ceiling to about 7 feet above the tub,
and have a bulk head of about 6 inches above the door. This should keep the
steam in the tub area long enough for the fan to suck it out.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

On 11 Apr 2007 09:01:44 -0700, wrote:

I installed a new bathtub, and shower assembly and shower door. I need
to know now much distance I need between the top of the shower door
and ceiling for the moisture to vent from the shower assembly. I have
about 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the
shower assembly. I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door
to the ceiling, I am thinking of building the 2 foot section in, and
leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly,
but want to make sure I have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
I hope I am explaining this so you know what I am writing about.

So of the two foot 5 inch distance, the top 2 feet will be boxed in
and the bottom 5 inches will be open.

I don't take showers or hot baths, so this is not an issue for me, but
for those who want venting, I would have expected the vent to be at
the top. But since I have no experience with humidity, what do I
know?

Jebsoc

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:04:14 -0700, "Roger Shoaf"
wrote:



I like the idea of having a fan in the shower and a light also is good. I
also would consider lowering the ceiling just a bit so that cleaning is
easier and can be done without having to use anything to stand on.

This isn't for everyone, but I took a woofer and tweeter from a hifi,
I think they were already mounted on a board, and I made some molding
by splitting a 1x2 at a 45 degree miter (that was for the top and
bottom molding. The side molding is only mitered at the ends, and I
suppose should have boxed in the speakers at the open end, but had no
time or no piece of wood wide enough at the time), and I put my
speakers up in the corner above the bathtub. Actually, at the last
place, an apartment, I had them above a toilet, but here the toilet
wasn't in a corner. I ran wires down inside the walls to just next to
the tub and have a volume control mounted there and can use the
speakers either for the radio or the tv. I can reach the control from
the toilet too. Gives great sound compared to the 2 inch speaker in
the tv.

10 years at the apartment and 24 here, but I did notice that the
molding has come a quarter inch down at one end and I better fix that
before the whole thing falls down. The grill cloth has looked bad for
several years too, but I only notice that when I look. Might
deteriorate faster with humid showers, and if took humid showers, I
might have used foam cones instead of the paper cones that these
speakers had. They didn't call them hifis in the 30's because, I
think, the amps were limited, but actually these speakers might be
from the 30's, still going strong after 70+ years.

Had to put the ladder IN the bathtub to install this. Probably used a
rug to avoid scratching it.

Anyhow, that's what I did with my extra space up there.

On Apr 11, 3:27 pm, mm wrote:
On 11 Apr 2007 09:01:44 -0700, wrote:

I installed a new bathtub, and shower assembly and shower door. I need
to know now much distance I need between the top of the shower door
and ceiling for the moisture to vent from the shower assembly. I have
about 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the
shower assembly. I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door
to the ceiling, I am thinking of building the 2 foot section in, and
leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly,
but want to make sure I have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
I hope I am explaining this so you know what I am writing about.

So of the two foot 5 inch distance, the top 2 feet will be boxed in
and the bottom 5 inches will be open.

I don't take showers or hot baths, so this is not an issue for me, but
for those who want venting, I would have expected the vent to be at
the top. But since I have no experience with humidity, what do I
know?



Jebsoc- Hide quoted text -

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So of the two foot 5 inch distance, the top 2 feet will be boxed in
and the bottom 5 inches will be open.

Yes this is right, I was wondering if the 5 inches is enough space to
vent the moisture. The problem I am having is this is an old house and
the walls are not straight, so am having trouble putting up a
wallboard on the 2 foot space and getting it even. Is there a minimum
amount of space between the shower door and boxed in ceiling.
Thanks for all the answers.

On Apr 11, 12:42 pm, "aemeijers" wrote:
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ups.com...I installed a new bathtub, and shower assembly and shower door. I need
to know now much distance I need between the top of the shower door
and ceiling for the moisture to vent from the shower assembly. I have
about 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the
shower assembly. I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door
to the ceiling, I am thinking of building the 2 foot section in, and
leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly,
but want to make sure I have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
I hope I am explaining this so you know what I am writing about.

By build in, do you mean a lowered ceiling in shower, or do you mean a
bulkhead above shower door, but leave ceiling height in shower the same as
out in the bathroom? The latter would be a mistake, the hot moist air would
get trapped in the dead space, and you will have mildew problems. I have
seen showers with a dropped ceiling level, and they feel claustrophobic to
me.

If you want to put a bulkhead in above the shower door, and leave the
ceiling high, you need to add a wet-rated exhaust fan above the shower. Most
of them include wet-rated lights. If you close off the top of the shower
door area like that, the shower is going to feel rather dark, so you will
probably want a light anyway.

Personally, I'd just stay with one ceiling height, and leave the space open
above. Makes the bathroom feel more open and inviting, IMHO.

aem sends...

By built in I mean to lower the ceiling to the hight of the shower
assembly, that would give me about 5 or 6 inches from the boxed in
shower ceiling to the shower door for the moisture to excape. I am
just not sure that is enough room. I am putting a fan in the bathroom,
not one there now, an old house, but had not planned on putting one
in the shower.

Roger Shoaf wrote:

I like the idea of having a fan in the shower...

Then again...

http://www.sunfrost.com/efficient_shower.html

Nick

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By built in I mean to lower the ceiling to the hight of the shower
assembly, that would give me about 5 or 6 inches from the boxed in
shower ceiling to the shower door for the moisture to excape. I am
just not sure that is enough room. I am putting a fan in the bathroom,
not one there now, an old house, but had not planned on putting one
in the shower.

Okay, now I get it- you want the shower to be a phone booth in the wall. How
tall are you? How tall is whoever will be buying the house? Don't know about
you, but when I'm in the shower, my arms at times go well higher than the
plastic walls and showerhead. It's your house, so do what pleases you, but
be aware that a short shower like that may be a turnoff to an eventual
future buyer. I know it ****es me off when I stay in hotels with low-ceiling
showers like that. I'm 6'3", so YMMV.

aem sends....

On 11 Apr 2007 13:27:01 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 11, 12:42 pm, "aemeijers" wrote:
wrote in message


By build in, do you mean a lowered ceiling in shower, or do you mean a
bulkhead above shower door, but leave ceiling height in shower the same as
out in the bathroom? The latter would be a mistake, the hot moist air would
get trapped in the dead space, and you will have mildew problems. I have
seen showers with a dropped ceiling level, and they feel claustrophobic to
me.

If you want to put a bulkhead in above the shower door, and leave the
ceiling high, you need to add a wet-rated exhaust fan above the shower. Most
of them include wet-rated lights. If you close off the top of the shower
door area like that, the shower is going to feel rather dark, so you will
probably want a light anyway.

Personally, I'd just stay with one ceiling height, and leave the space open
above. Makes the bathroom feel more open and inviting, IMHO.

aem sends...

By built in I mean to lower the ceiling to the hight of the shower
assembly, that would give me about 5 or 6 inches from the boxed in

How much head room would that leave? Are you talking about taking 2
feet off the top? I think we already lose a half inch or more at the
bottom.

How high are your ceilings to begin with.

There are a lot of people now who are 6'6" and some that are taller,
plus that claustrophobia thing that someone mentioned.

shower ceiling to the shower door for the moisture to excape. I am

I don't take hot showers so I have no way to know.

just not sure that is enough room. I am putting a fan in the bathroom,
not one there now, an old house, but had not planned on putting one
in the shower.

On 11 Apr 2007 13:15:47 -0700, wrote:


The problem I am having is this is an old house and
the walls are not straight,

AIUI, few houses have straight walls, and it's not a matter of how old
they are. I'm not sure it matters how much they cost, either.