TREND ALERT: WET ROOMS ARE TODAY’S CHOICE FOR BEAUTIFUL, USABLE BATHROOMS
Mike Croxall President, Home Builders Association of Greater Chattanooga
Wet rooms are among the hottest trends in new-home showcases across the country, and Chattanooga area home owners and builders are taking notes.
These open-concept or barrier-free bathrooms are tiled continuously from floor to ceiling and across the floor surface, giving a sleek, unified appearance.
The shower is open to the room or enclosed in clear glass, and has no raised threshold to step over. Sinks, countertops and vanities mounted to the walls hover above the unbroken plane of the floor. The wet room’s uninterrupted sight lines give a feeling of space to even a relatively small room. The continuous floor surface makes for easy cleanup and allows people in wheelchairs or with restricted mobility to move freely.
Here are a few things to consider when designing your wet room:
Express Yourself
The open spaces and abundance of tile that define a wet room invite you to splash on your own creative look.
Whether you choose soothing earth tones and textures, cool minimalist grays, whites and blacks, or whimsical colors and patterns, the wet room creates an eye-catching display.
Curb-less Shower
Because the entire room is waterproof, your curbless shower also can be completely open to the room, with no enclosure at all. Just be sure there’s enough space to place the toilet and sink where they won’t get splashed by spray from the shower.
Glass enclosures with seamless glass doors are another popular option. They’ll contain water on all sides without impeding the view.
Or sometimes simply a slab partition between the