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    21 wet room ideas to add a sense of luxury to your bathroom

    Wet Rooms Are the Next Big Bathroom Renovation Trend - House Beautiful
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    How to Design a Bathroom Wet Room - This Old House

    1. Figure out the layout

    Start with the shower and the tub, if you’re including one. To give a wet room a focal point, designers often place the tub against the back wall with the shower in front of it. Alternatively, the tub and shower might sit opposite each other on the side walls. Ideally, showers should have 36 inches of clearance on all sides, with a tub at least 3 feet away. If possible, place shower controls outsi…

    1. Figure out the layout

    Start with the shower and the tub, if you’re including one. To give a wet room a focal point, designers often place the tub against the back wall with the shower in front of it. Alternatively, the tub and shower might sit opposite each other on the side walls. Ideally, showers should have 36 inches of clearance on all sides, with a tub at least 3 feet away. If possible, place shower controls outside the splash zone, so you can run the water without getting soaked. Since a shower’s spray patte...

    2. Set the drain location

    Working with the orientation of the existing floor joists will avoid having to rebuild the shower floor or cut into it significantly to run plumbing. You want to fit the drain body between joists and, with a linear drain allow space for it to run parallel to the joists. Space for a wall drain (p. 64) will have to be accounted for at the base of a shower wall. To start, the floor should be square and level to facilitate drainage and minimize settling, and have sufficient structural strength—a...

    3. Curb or no curb

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    Since grouted tile is water permeable, a waterproof wet area needs a system underneath it that is completely watertight. Most contractors today use some combination of foam board, bonded sheet membrane, and liquid membrane to waterproof wet-area floors and walls, even when using a traditional mortar bed for the shower base and cement board for the ...

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    The following options are most commonly found in wet room baths. TOH Pro Tip: “Caulk joints where horizontal and vertical tile surfaces meet, and seal grout at least once a year—if it changes color when wet, it’s time to reseal. Don’t wait to replace cracked tile and missing grout; both can allow water to pass through and potentially damage the sub...

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    While tile is the go-to for wet-room walls, designers are incorporating other materials, too, including stone veneer, metal panels, and waterproof plaster. “Tadelakt is a limestone plaster that has a handmade feel,” says Los Angeles architect John Hamilton, who often fields requests for the material, which is finished with beeswax to repel water. W...

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    Often discouraged in a conventional shower, windows are welcome in a wet room—especially if they can be located high on the wall and away from direct contact with the shower spray. You can even wrap the room in them to take advantage of a view if privacy isn’t an issue or add sliders to a deck with high walls and an outdoor shower for the ultimate ...

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