I am redoing my bathroom and would really like to install a swanstone (or similar) base and the tile myself. My problem is that my maximum available floor space for a show is 36 x 32. The threshold/entrance is on the 32 side and the shower head is on the 36 side. Because 32 x 36 is not a stock pan size I'd have to pay for a custom pan which costs a lot more.
So my 2 choices are:
1 Get a 32" x 32" base and deal with a smaller shower but have piece of mind knowing it will fit.
2 Get a 32" x 32" base and when framing the shower at about waste level adding a 4 inch deep shelf across the back then continuing straight up (in essence pushing the depth of the shower to 36". This way my arms would have a little more room and would be about the same size I have now.
The questions are :
1 Is a 32 x 32" shower big enough for daily showering?
2 Is the build out idea a good one (found it in another forum) or is it asking for trouble ? (This will be my first shower tiling project, but I take things slowly and carefully...)
Thank you for any ideas. I've spent hours and hours in the past week trying to find a solution.
So my 2 choices are:
1 Get a 32" x 32" base and deal with a smaller shower but have piece of mind knowing it will fit.
2 Get a 32" x 32" base and when framing the shower at about waste level adding a 4 inch deep shelf across the back then continuing straight up (in essence pushing the depth of the shower to 36". This way my arms would have a little more room and would be about the same size I have now.
The questions are :
1 Is a 32 x 32" shower big enough for daily showering?
2 Is the build out idea a good one (found it in another forum) or is it asking for trouble ? (This will be my first shower tiling project, but I take things slowly and carefully...)
Thank you for any ideas. I've spent hours and hours in the past week trying to find a solution.