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5x8 bathroom layout ideas9/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I used Ditra Heat (Schluter) for my small 5×8 bathroom, which turned out wonderfully. The Schluter/Kerdi system is the way to go. I have nothing against durock for showers, it had its time and place in the 1980s, but there is no need to lug those heavy, cumbersome sheets of crumbling, porous rock up to your new bathroom. For some reason every DIY bathroom remodel involves durock. My favorites are Sal Diblasi and Stud PackĪnd please, save yourself and your back, DO NOT use durock. There are plenty of resources available to you on youtube that will make you an absolute master at setting tile. If the thought of setting tile DIY scares you, don’t let it. This required some re-framing of the walls to flush it out, and it worked out wonderfully. In the bathroom shown, I put the walk-in shower along the back wall, giving it plenty of space in contrast to the small shower that it replaced. To have a walk-in shower with shoulder room, the back wall is where it’s at. The ShowerĪlmost without fail, the shower needs to be on the back wall. Unless you’re very handy I would see about having one professionally installed. They just require a bit more work to install. Utilizing pocket doors can be a lifesaver when trying to save space. If I had to do it all over again, I would look into a sliding barn door or a pocket door. There were points where I needed the door to be closed so that I could open the vanity drawers. When I redid this bathroom I didn’t know any better, and I used a regular hung door that swings inward. The depth of the vanity had to be very small so as not to impinge on your hip when you walked through the door. For me, my biggest issue was the small space between the door, over the sink plumbing. ![]()
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