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I did a complete bathroom remodel (feddit.uk)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/diy@slrpnk.net
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I'm a self-employed contractor and this was the biggest job I've done so far. I guess this still counts as DIY since I did it all by myself? (except for the electric)

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (9 children)

God I love European style bathrooms. Why can't we have floor drains in our bathrooms here in the US?

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Agreed about the drain. We have the same problem in Canada and I think it's because the insurance companies, restoration companies, and builders are conspiring here to keep it that way.

    But I would prefer that the shower was self contained and had its own drain. The wet baths I constantly deal with when I travel are one of my pet peaves.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I just asked someone here about this a while back. Didn't get a good answer to explain the difference.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    Our showers are seperated from the bathroom floor by at least a few inches of lip (for lack of a better word) so that water never flows into the rest of the bathroom floor. The drain is only in the shower section, so you can't spray down the rest of the bathroom with water and have it just drain out.

    A drain in the bathroom floor (rather than just the shower floor) allows you to spray water on any of your bathroom walls, appliances, and fixtures for cleaning and it will just drain away as if you were running the shower. We generally can't do that here in the states.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Bathrooms where there's no division between the shower and your toilet and sink suck ass. Why would you want to hose your entire bathroom down every time you take a shower? What do people have against shower curtains or doors?

    Ideally the toilet would be in a completely different room from the shower, but a shower stall is the bare minimum.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    The thought of stepping barefoot on a surface where a toilet may have overflowed is too much for me. More power to you of that's your preference though.

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