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[–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

It's still code if your shower has a door. It's not unusual to stick your washing machine in the bathroom, and even if you don't, the toilet could always overflow.

North America is really the only place I know of where bathrooms are not required to be waterproofed throughout.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I'm saying they made it code because the doorless showers are the standard, not that putting door there would somehow invalidate the code.

    I come from another European country and the law only requires waterproofing the floor + wet areas (shower, around the bath etc.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    And I'm saying the code is there independently of doorless showers. The code was like that before doorless showers became common.

    In fact, if your shower has a door and the only drain is inside the shower, you are required to leave a gap under the door to allow water to flow into the shower.

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