r/bathrooms

I’m looking to get this chlorine filter for my ensuite bathroom shower. Can anyone please tell me what parts to buy so I can properly install it? Thanks

Updating our flooring so need to remove the toilet and sink. Debating on switching the pedestal for a vanity sink. Although I’m worried it will make this powder room feel smaller. Thoughts? Edited to add: I do not need storage. I have a small toilet paper holder behind the toilet but I literally don’t want more space to shove more stuff. Overnight guests get their own bathroom and I would not store cleaning supplies or anything else in this powder room.

I’d love to give this bathroom a new look but can’t do anything that requires a significant budget (more than, say, -$300) right now.

Other than paint (including on the wood access panel), what should I do? Specific recommendations appreciated, rather than “change the cabinet hardware.”

I really hate the builder-grade white tiles in the shower and around the tub.

Hi everyone,

I have an issue with my bathtub/shower screen setup and I’m looking for advice or ideas before doing some minor work.

The glass shower panel is fixed and mounted directly onto the stone/marble surface, not directly on the bathtub edge. Between the glass panel and the inside of the bathtub, there is a marble “channel” about 3 cm wide where water runs when I take a shower, eventually overflowing and flooding the bathroom floor.

The issue is not caused by a leaking joint, but rather because this flat surface acts like a small gutter/channel that guides the water outward instead of back into the bathtub.

A few important details:

• the glass panel is fixed and cannot easily be removed;
• there is no gap underneath the glass.

I’m attaching an annotated photo to make it clearer.

Has anyone ever dealt with this kind of configuration/problem?
What would you do in this situation to fix it, ideally with a simple solution that doesn’t look too DIY/ugly?

Is this light supposed to be facing up or down? In the showroom and on the box, they show it facing up, but it just doesn't look right to me.

Water is coming out of this shower handle, can’t get it to go to do to any of the shower features (rainfall/body shower jets). I did remove the handle and try turning the sleeve counterclockwise to try to get access to the cartridge to replace it, but for some reason, more water started coming out of the nozzle and I’m not able to pull the sleeve off completely to see what’s going on, any suggestions?

Hi all. Bought this house about a year ago and turns out water was getting past the shower wall. Took it all out and found some mold back there on the insulation and the below area. I sprayed mold killer all over it. I was thinking about putting some kilz on it as well. The wood is hovering around 15-16% moisture according to my meter. Is this dry enough to seal up and start on the shower install? Does the wood look okay?

Hi I ripped out a leaking tub to replace, and discovered the framing for length is more than 60 inches. Photo shown it is about 61” on the top and 60.75” on the bottom.

Going to be installing a Kohl’s sterling ensemble tub with direct to stud surround, the specs require a 60 1/8 to 60 1/4 stud to stud measurement.

How should I best build out the walls to accomplish this? To avoid issues with blending the flange to the existing drywall after, I was thinking split the difference and fur out the studs on both sides. Does that make sense or is there a better way?

I have been looking for champagne faucets that are actually champagne and not bronze at all, and this piece of brushed nickel stood out to me. Unfortunately the brand is above our budget but does anyone have a recommendation for a brand that has a very warm brushed nickel like this one?

Any suggestions for bathroom layout is highly appreciated. It’s bathroom attached to a bedroom.

Moved into a rental property and unfortunately the grout doesnt look great! The grout has white marks. Any ideas on how to clean this? Or the best way to easily colour it black? I've seen grout pens but they have very mixed reviews on Amazon.

Scandi japandi direction.

To do:
- Floating solid oak shelves
- custom-made oak cabinet top left
- custom vanity
- proper led mirror /ignore the cable, just for show/
- bath separator, remove all chrome replace with black

we had our bathroom done 1.5 years ago. the company we were contracted with did our previous bathrooms. they were brilliant. at the time they were unable to do the fit out so they said another company will do it (but our contract was always with them).

we later had a downstairs extension done and upon opening realised the wood floor structure below was soaked. we called and they said the original company will fix. the company came out and did 3 different repairs and eventually the leaking stopped. we waited it till dried a bit, our builder checked the wood, it’s 1930 solid hard wood and ventilated floors he said it’s still in good nick but it was months of getting wet.

anyway it’s started leaking again, staining the new extension downstairs and leaking into the electrics.

im fed up honestly. im stressed about the structure the state of inside and downstairs plasterboard.

when it leaked previously he redid the main joints first and then it carried on so he siliconed every joint around the shower, our builder checked for us and said a few were thin and not present in many weak joints (where tile met tile), siliconed the whole niche including what was previously grout lines And put all the niche tiles at an angle so water doesn’t fit in the niche (the bottles slide out but the brass edging stops them mostly from falling)

in general I’ve been frustrated, the flooring needs redoing as it’s uneven. the original company initially refused any issues but I have three different companies and our builder check it as poor companionship.

my husband and I are at odds. with young kids I just want someone else to redo it. He said it’s faster to get the guy back and see what the issue is. I’m not convinced patching up is ok. I asked if it was marine plasterboard and now looking at this sub I realise it was normal. I don’t feel they will pick up the issue either as at the repair attempts it was often my builder help me figure out what was wrong. im kind of at the point that if it needs to be fight I’m kind of fine with it. I just dont want to keep soaking the structure where we only realise it’s leaking when it shows up downstairs.

I already agreed a floor redo with the company who did downstairs for us they were fabulous and agreed a decent price (we’re still waiting for the electrician to send a new thermostat, the underfloor heating hasn't worked in over a year), there are still a few bits outstanding like incorrect face on the toilet. I’m possibly very tired but with work, two under 4 and one shower - I just want the shower fixed..:

ivw Included photos of works at the point of install, we weren’t living here at the time so I didn’t see what happened between plasterboard and tiling going on. Any help or advice please do share, I’m losing sleep over it

edit: 1930s standard semi

New build. Less than 4 months old. Noticed baseboard was moving away from the wall 2 weeks ago. Re caulked it and forgot about it. Today I’ve noticed heavy water damage , pulled all the caulking and there was a lot of water/moisture behind the trim. Dry wall is also soft right above the baseboard.

I checked inside the shower and everything is sealed nicely. Could it still be shower? Maybe the small window above is leaking? I imagine this will be huge task for builder to fix, perhaps all the tiles have to be pulled…

We will be moving out soon and looking for ideas as to how to possibly repair