<p>I don’t know why our bathroom has been remodeled more than any other room in the house. Yes, we only have one bathroom.
But I am redoing the countertop & sink ( mosaic slate tile) and H wants a new toilet, cause ours is one of the early " low water" toilets, that is not very efficient and requires actually more flushes defeating the purpose.
We might as well do the floors at the same time since the toilet will be pulled.
Heated floors could be nice since the bathroom is at the end of the ventilation system, although it already has a wall unit.</p>
<p>I don’t think our old pipes would take a pressure flush, so we are just looking at gravity fed style.
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Interested in information as well. We are going to redo our upstairs bath for the first time in 25 years (well, fully redo it, that is). We have linoleum on the floor, and a beat up vanity. The tub has a white tile surround with a window in the middle of the tub wall. It’s awkward to say the least. I don’t even know what is in style for tile or floors.</p>
<p>We have a 16 year old “Toilet to go” - came in a kit from Home Depot, complete with all parts needed to install. $65 if I remember correctly. Low flush, and has always worked perfectly. I think Toto is overpriced!</p>
<p>When chosing a toilet, you have to consider the size of the rough in. If the builder initially put a not so standard size, you will find that your options are quite limited (this is especially typical of old construction and small bathrooms). A toilet in a box will not do. Besides, things are not what they used to be - sadly, a lot of cheap stuff nowadays is pure garbage compared to cheap stuff of two decades ago.</p>
<p>Some hotel chains install dual flush Caroma toilets when they remodel (I noticed that Marriott did it recently).</p>
<p>I will follow this thread with interest. Our bath tub bottom broke some time ago (have just a shower now). When we replace it, we will probably also replace vanity, toilet and flooring. Don’t want to spend a fortune though. I’m a bit wary of a big box store tub as the white sink we put in the kitchen scratched horribly. </p>
<p>I too will follow this thread. Our upstairs bathroom needs to be completely gutted and redone. It is very small and we live in a 100 year old house. I can’t seem to figure out what to do. I love contemporary yet want the room to fit the house. Ugh! I wish it would just get done. We had a contractor come in awhile ago to look at it. He is just waiting on us. (He has done other work for us so we probably won’t lose him). But I do not know what to do. I’ve looked at a zillion pictures. </p>
<p>Any volunteers to come and take care of it? Haha. I used to care about this stuff.</p>
<p>Climbing onboard this thread, with three 20-year-old bathrooms to remodel. We was our friends installed a new shower w/o a door (there is glass a top, then an entry opening)… that intrigued me… . thoughts? </p>
<p>I always enjoy the input of CC’ers, but the Gardenweb Bathrooms Forum has detailed discussions of just about every possible bathroom design and remodel topic. The NYT recently featured an almost all glass bath on an exterior (glass) wall with two toilets facing each other, each behind a clear glass door. Um, no thanks.</p>
<p>My bro and SisIL split one of their huge bathrooms so it’s a powder room (toilet only) plus another 3/4 bath with a full shower with no walls it door, with toilet, vanity, cupboards, etc. It also has textured pebble tiling–very spa-like and deluxe. </p>
<p>Zipyourlips - slightly off topic but your post reminds me of a restaurant we went to. The bathroom had one way glass where you could see into the restaurant while you were on the toilet. That was weird to say the least. (& yes I checked it was one way before I went)</p>
<p>I remodeled two bathrooms this summer. Both now have those chair-height toilets (so much better…especially as people age!). They both have the dual flush buttons on top of the tank. They can be purchased inexpensively at Home Depot and Sams Club. </p>
<p>We used mosaic slate tile as a tub surround in one bathroom and it’s very nice looking. Be sure to have it well sealed after completion. The colors should look richer after the sealing. We used glass tiles in the other tub surround…very pretty. I found granite for the countertops that complemented the tub surrounds. </p>
<p>I bought sealer which sounds like it’s used both before & after grout.
Wasn’t sure what kind of grout to get, but I bought sanded even though the mesh backed slate tiles looked less than 1/8" apart. I might need to get unsanded.</p>
<p>I wanted to get started last week, but H was having problems figuring out what to do for the window frame. ( it’s practically the last original window)
But that’s squared away. Home Depot has Toto toilets on their website but not in the store.</p>
<p>I’m going to stick with a regular height toilet. If I ever get to the point where it is too low, I’ll just drag out the handles that I used after my knee replacement!</p>
<p>My dad built a shower without a door in the downstairs bathroom in the house I grew up in. ( mosaic tile)
It was about 4’x 7’ or 8’, it did have a raised lip so water wouldn’t splash out.
My neighbor has a bathroom shower without a door that is only slightly sloped to the drain without a lip.
It’s big enough that he could manuever with a wheelchair if need be. </p>
<p>We have a tub and a shower curtain with a bar that curves out so it isn’t claustrophobic. I don’t like shower doors.</p>
<p>We’re adding a masterbath. Toto duel flush toilet. Walk in shower - no door, no curb. Shower is on sliding pole. Those were my must haves otherwise it’s pretty simple, both shower and toilet are behind glass block walls (not full height) with in the master bathroom. I’m not a fan of high toilets. The closer you are too squatting the better it is for the elimination process. (Or so I learned from Kira’s seminal book Bathroom about bathroom ergonomics. <a href=“http://www.amazon.com/The-Bathroom-Alexander-Kira/dp/0140043713”>http://www.amazon.com/The-Bathroom-Alexander-Kira/dp/0140043713</a>)</p>
<p>Interesting comments about heated floors. Last year we had somebody drop by to do some estimates for master bath and small guess bath. I think headed floor was around $1500 each. </p>
<p>We decided to ditch the idea for the guest bath. For the master we’re a maybe… but thinking more maybe we don’t feel the need fpr heated floors now now since we have vinyl flooring. With tile, it might be more necessary. </p>