The Home Improvement Thread

[Azure]

Yeah definitely look at the hot water tank first before doing anything else.

[sa226]

What are people's thoughts on bathtubs in ensuite bathrooms? As far as resale goes.

Covid has thrown a wrench in my time-line, but we want to renovate the ensuite at some point. I've basically been designing it in my head forever. If it were totally up to us, with no reprocussions, we'd toss that stupid tub in a second. We've never used it. But I always wonder if that would handicap us in the future.

The space saved would be used to expand the shower a tad and basically add more storage.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by sa226

What are people's thoughts on bathtubs in ensuite bathrooms? As far as resale goes.

Covid has thrown a wrench in my time-line, but we want to renovate the ensuite at some point. I've basically been designing it in my head forever. If it were totally up to us, with no reprocussions, we'd toss that stupid tub in a second. We've never used it. But I always wonder if that would handicap us in the future.

The space saved would be used to expand the shower a tad and basically add more storage.

If you have one elsewhere, toss it. I’m doing that as we have one in the basement.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by sa226

What are people's thoughts on bathtubs in ensuite bathrooms? As far as resale goes.

Covid has thrown a wrench in my time-line, but we want to renovate the ensuite at some point. I've basically been designing it in my head forever. If it were totally up to us, with no reprocussions, we'd toss that stupid tub in a second. We've never used it. But I always wonder if that would handicap us in the future.

The space saved would be used to expand the shower a tad and basically add more storage.

Do you have one in another above grade bathroom? Most people just want one somewhere for bathing young kids, and the general bathroom is a better location. On occasion one of the spouses wants an ensuite tub to play out a movie scene with wine, candles and a bubble bath but you'd find plenty of buyers are perfectly happy with a good shower only in an ensuite.

[sa226]

Yeah we have a rather small second full bathroom upstairs, and it has a very often used bathtub (kids) but the ensuite tub collects dust.

Every once in awhile I'll casually bring it up in conversation to guage where we're at as a society regarding baths.

"Who even takes baths anymore?"

There's always some shmuck,

"I love my Sunday bath!"

Then I invariably second guess my ensuite design.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by sa226

Yeah we have a rather small second full bathroom upstairs, and it has a very often used bathtub (kids) but the ensuite tub collects dust.

Every once in awhile I'll casually bring it up in conversation to guage where we're at as a society regarding baths.

"Who even takes baths anymore?"

There's always some shmuck,

"I love my Sunday bath!"

Then I invariably second guess my ensuite design.

Assuming it's fibreglass and not cast iron.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Assuming it's fibreglass and not cast iron.

From experience.... make sure you have a lot of blades! The fiberglass eats them up quickly!

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by sa226

Yeah we have a rather small second full bathroom upstairs, and it has a very often used bathtub (kids) but the ensuite tub collects dust.

Every once in awhile I'll casually bring it up in conversation to guage where we're at as a society regarding baths.

"Who even takes baths anymore?"

There's always some shmuck,

"I love my Sunday bath!"

Then I invariably second guess my ensuite design.

Put in a normal tub if you want. The giant soaker tubs are useless. Everyone's ripping them out and they're extremely unpopular in newer builds and renos.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Assuming it's fibreglass and not cast iron.

I managed to get rid of a enamel coated steel one on Kijiji. Some lady came and picked it up and was going to install it in the place she was renting. She did not really seem like she know what she was doing(like asking the landlord if she could put a bathtub in).

[You Need a Thneed]

When I get to renoing my ensuite, the tub space is going to be replaced with a shower only.

The current shower space will go to the new vanity, and the current vanity space will just be left as open floor space.

[photon]

I guess showering with your significant other in a bigger shower can be as much fun as having a bath together...

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by photon

I guess showering with your significant other in a bigger shower can be as much fun as having a bath together...

I would say more so. Couples baths, even in a big tub, is significantly inferior to a shower in a nice big space.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I managed to get rid of a enamel coated steel one on Kijiji. Some lady came and picked it up and was going to install it in the place she was renting. She did not really seem like she know what she was doing(like asking the landlord if she could put a bathtub in).

Amazing. I picture some old quack filling the tub, taking a bath and pulling the plug with no drain connected. I hope someone lived under her for extra hilarity.

[Ducay]

I tore out a jetted tub (80s vintage) and replaced it with more vanity space and larger shower.

We had similar concerns about resale, but to be honest, I doubt there would be any impact on that, PLUS, we use and enjoy the extra space literally every day and do not miss the tub at all. Glad I pulled the trigger.

[Sliver]

Hey is there any magic way to pump more heat into my ensuite? It gets really cold in there. I should have installed in-floor heating when I renoed in 2016, but didn't. I'd rather not rip out the tile and redo it now.

Currently I have a space heater on a timer that warms it up in the morning and evening. Kind of lame to have a space heater sitting in there all the time, though.

What I'd like is some sort of heater that fits under the vanity. I'm lucky in that the utility room is right below the bathroom, so it would be easy to screw around basically anywhere below the bathroom.

Also, there is a heat vent that goes into the bathroom. Are there any little heaters I can buy that you shove into that duct to blast heat? I could power it from the utility room. I'm not talking about a fan booster in the duct... I mean like an actual heater.

[You Need a Thneed]

My current ensuite has the large tub, but the while thing is so dated, poorly laid out, and poorly executed that rebuilding with a nicer large shower only would be a significant upgrade to resale.

I can’t even really fill the whole tub with hot water from the HWT.

[OMG!WTF!]

You can add a cool 70's red heat bulb to you light fixtures maybe. Or install a heat lamp....kind of depends what you have for lights now. But those warming lights really do the trick.

You can also maybe get a heated towel rack. Warm towel are great. Or heated floor mats. They would help a bit. Warm feet are also great.

I wonder if a heater under the vanity would seriously melt the vanity after a while. Hot air rising and all.

[DoubleF]

So it seems like:

Thermostatic valves >= Hot water tank >> Pipes.

Got it, thanks!

Originally Posted by sa226

What are people's thoughts on bathtubs in ensuite bathrooms? As far as resale goes.

Covid has thrown a wrench in my time-line, but we want to renovate the ensuite at some point. I've basically been designing it in my head forever. If it were totally up to us, with no reprocussions, we'd toss that stupid tub in a second. We've never used it. But I always wonder if that would handicap us in the future.

The space saved would be used to expand the shower a tad and basically add more storage.

Might bother young families a little bit who have little ones to bathe if there's no bath tubs at all.

For the young professionals, might depend how well done it is (ie: Looks like a great decision vs something that looks like someone cut corners).

Lots of people might not care overall.

If you do go 100% shower though, definitely take the opportunity to consider a hand held shower head or a shower with both a shower head and a hand held option as opposed to just garden variety shower heads. Somehow habit wise, I occasionally fill things like humidifiers with the tub and it doesn't fit under the tap and holding it under a shower is dumb for obvious reasons. It's also fantastic for cleaning a glass only shower stall (ie: rinsing glass after cleaning it).

Originally Posted by Sliver

Hey is there any magic way to pump more heat into my ensuite? It gets really cold in there. I should have installed in-floor heating when I renoed in 2016, but didn't. I'd rather not rip out the tile and redo it now.

Currently I have a space heater on a timer that warms it up in the morning and evening. Kind of lame to have a space heater sitting in there all the time, though.

What I'd like is some sort of heater that fits under the vanity. I'm lucky in that the utility room is right below the bathroom, so it would be easy to screw around basically anywhere below the bathroom.

Also, there is a heat vent that goes into the bathroom. Are there any little heaters I can buy that you shove into that duct to blast heat? I could power it from the utility room. I'm not talking about a fan booster in the duct... I mean like an actual heater.

Something like this? I saw something like this installed in the bathroom in an Air BnB in Portland, but it had the temperature controls on the wall.

https://www.amazon.ca/Dimplex-2000-W...e-deals&sr=8-2

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Hey is there any magic way to pump more heat into my ensuite? It gets really cold in there. I should have installed in-floor heating when I renoed in 2016, but didn't. I'd rather not rip out the tile and redo it now.

Currently I have a space heater on a timer that warms it up in the morning and evening. Kind of lame to have a space heater sitting in there all the time, though.

What I'd like is some sort of heater that fits under the vanity. I'm lucky in that the utility room is right below the bathroom, so it would be easy to screw around basically anywhere below the bathroom.

Also, there is a heat vent that goes into the bathroom. Are there any little heaters I can buy that you shove into that duct to blast heat? I could power it from the utility room. I'm not talking about a fan booster in the duct... I mean like an actual heater.

If your utility room is under it and your joist bays are exposed you are in luck. You can get an infloor heat product that can be retrofitted under the subfloor from below.

You probably want to research more extensively, but here’s what it looks like. https://www.warmyourfloor.com/knowle...der-subfloors/

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

If your utility room is under it and your joist bays are exposed you are in luck. You can get an infloor heat product that can be retrofitted under the subfloor from below.

You probably want to research more extensively, but here’s what it looks like. https://www.warmyourfloor.com/knowle...der-subfloors/

Holy crap, this is what I was hoping existed. My joist bays are exposed. I'll look into this. Thanks man!