Remodling master bath

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Posted: 2/20/2017 2:15:57 AM EDT

I was going to put in a jetted tub with a custom shower surrounding the 72" tub
but while looking for the tub I found this unit.
After I added up the tile guy, the 6' tub, the glass doors and framing this comes out about a 1K cheaper
Anyone have such a unit and or any other suggestions?
http://www.homethangs.com/steam-shower/eagle-bath/p/eagle-bath-eaglebathws701.html#

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:19:09 AM EDT

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That seems suspiciously cheap.

However, Thermasol steam showers are the shit. At my last place, I had one, and it was amazing. I'd take a full 30 minute shower at like 95-100 F. I had a 3.5mm audio jack I'd attach my phone to, and I'd listen to a variety of stuff.

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:20:13 AM EDT

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Complicated Chinese shower with no parts support in 10 years is best shower

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:21:06 AM EDT

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Kinda ugly in my opinion.

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:21:30 AM EDT

[#4]

beam us up, Scotty!

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what is the style of your house?
how old is the house?
what is the overall look and feel you are going for in the master bath?
if you put that contemporary space shuttle shower in the middle of a Victorian era house, it will look like shit no matter how much it costs.
and honestly, i don't think you will get a nickel's return on that unit.
you may not be selling next month, or next year. but you will get no return on it -- at all.
meanwhile you have a constant maintenance and cleaning headache -- pumps, valves, etc and a zillion nooks and crannies.

ar-jedi

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:42:08 AM EDT

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beam us up, Scotty!

ps
what is the style of your house?
how old is the house?
what is the overall look and feel you are going for in the master bath?
if you put that contemporary space shuttle shower in the middle of a Victorian era house, it will look like shit no matter how much it costs.
and honestly, i don't think you will get a nickel's return on that unit.
you may not be selling next month, or next year. but you will get no return on it -- at all.
meanwhile you have a constant maintenance and cleaning headache -- pumps, valves, etc and a zillion nooks and crannies.

ar-jedi

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This is the jrzy compound , we bought the 6 acres next door for my sons to add on no one is selling this house we built 11 years ago.
we have about 9 more build able acres left, 11 in total and buying more this year.
The idea is everyone gets a life estate and cannot encumber the property unless certain verifiable emergencies arise.
I am setting up a trust to do this and pay the taxes from the trust account every year.
No one in my family will ever go homeless If I can help it.

By the end of the next five years all the grown sons I have will have their own house on this property and still room for when the little guys get older too.

If I get lucky I will get the 55 acres behind me cheap, there is a rock quarry there now.

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:43:26 AM EDT

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No grado like helio put in his bathroom for his wife? I am disappoint OP.

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:46:52 AM EDT

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I bought a unit similar to that when I did a guest room/bathroom new construct in the basement of my old house. I got mine on ebay for $1800 and as soon as it arrived, I put it up for sale on a local website. The one I got had a steam shower in it with a phone and music and other shit. I thought it'd be cool, but seeing it up close, you can tell it's of poor quality.

Posted: 2/20/2017 2:47:27 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/20/2017 2:47:27 AM EDT

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I don't have a 1000 sf to work with the master bath is 10x14

Posted: 2/20/2017 3:11:51 AM EDT

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I have yet to see one of these look "right." They tend to look like some China-made time machine that ended up in a bathroom.

Posted: 2/20/2017 3:17:12 AM EDT

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No grado like helio put in his bathroom for his wife? I am disappoint OP.

I don't have a 1000 sf to work with the master bath is 10x14

Seriously though, I have never seen one of those up close but the old saying of "what's cheap isn't good and what's good isn't cheap" more than likely applies. Plus that thing does look ugly. I'd listen to the guy who bought one and sold it right away upon delivery. JMHO

Posted: 2/20/2017 3:24:48 AM EDT

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Seriously though, I have never seen one of those up close but the old saying of "what's cheap isn't good and what's good isn't cheap" more than likely applies. Plus that thing does look ugly. I'd listen to the guy who bought one and sold it right away upon delivery. JMHO

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The more I think about it the more I think I'm going back to plan A
72"x42" 22" in deep jetted tube , custom shower tiled with wall unit hand helds and an over head rain maker head, Glass doors to get in to the tub/shower area , Pc of cake to remodel too.

Posted: 2/20/2017 4:06:55 AM EDT

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Not sure why you would want mold, let alone remold.

Posted: 2/21/2017 9:41:30 PM EDT

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some friends put in a similar shower when they built their house.. they bought it online and had it shipped in, The builder wouldnt touch it at all because he thought it would be trouble.. AND yes it was trouble.. leaks.. electronics going out.. poor customer service.. Basically the home owner had to trouble shoot and repair it themselves..

buy with confidence ;-p

brian

Posted: 2/21/2017 9:43:30 PM EDT

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I have an 1,100 sq/ft bathroom reno I'm working on for my wife

Posted: 2/21/2017 9:53:23 PM EDT

[#16]

rather have a bathroom like this

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:41:41 PM EDT

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Water closets are definitely worth it.

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:50:26 PM EDT

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Go be poor somewhere else

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:56:35 PM EDT

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Nope, showers like that get crazy cold...even in FL. Need to have a door.

Posted: 2/21/2017 11:58:07 PM EDT

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Go be poor somewhere else

Who has the toilet in the same room as the shower?

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:44:09 AM EDT

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some friends put in a similar shower when they built their house.. they bought it online and had it shipped in, The builder wouldnt touch it at all because he thought it would be trouble.. AND yes it was trouble.. leaks.. electronics going out.. poor customer service.. Basically the home owner had to trouble shoot and repair it themselves..

buy with confidence ;-p

brian

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Yeah we did more investigation and are going back to plan A
Put in 72" x 42" jetted tub, glass doors and the upper part above the tub including the tub will serve as a shower too, over head and side showers are already in.
Piece of cake, pull out free standing shower , frame the tub supports and deck, prep the walls for tile and have a large shower and 2 person Jacuzzi = home run

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:49:13 AM EDT

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This is the jrzy compound , we bought the 6 acres next door for my sons to add on no one is selling this house we built 11 years ago.
we have about 9 more build able acres left, 11 in total and buying more this year.
The idea is everyone gets a life estate and cannot encumber the property unless certain verifiable emergencies arise.
I am setting up a trust to do this and pay the taxes from the trust account every year.
No one in my family will ever go homeless If I can help it.

By the end of the next five years all the grown sons I have will have their own house on this property and still room for when the little guys get older too.

If I get lucky I will get the 55 acres behind me cheap, there is a rock quarry there now.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/rusticarts/79689711.jpg

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That's a pretty damn awesome plan IMO.

But the shower is fugly dude.

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:50:55 AM EDT

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That's a pretty damn awesome plan IMO.

But the shower is fugly dude.

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Look above your post

Posted: 2/22/2017 1:52:24 AM EDT

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Yeah we did more investigation and are going back to plan A
Put in 72" x 42" jetted tub, glass doors and the upper part above the tub including the tub will serve as a shower too, over head and side showers are already in.
Piece of cake, pull out free standing shower , frame the tub supports and deck, prep the walls for tile and have a large shower and 2 person Jacuzzi = home run

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Good call.

That looked ghetto as hell.

Posted: 2/25/2017 2:15:30 PM EDT

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Ordering tub & the tile, 2x4" subway tile off white tiles with Blue grout , blue walls , floor tiles over in floor heat 1x2' tiles , blue grout also.

Any experts on the floor heating ?
One opinion is make sure you put in back up thermostat, or at least extra wires in case you have a break somewhere