Our house has a 1/2 bath on the main floor, just a toilet and sink.
But it's a pretty big room and there's plenty of space for the addition of a shower stall.
This would be great for several reasons.
1.
I could get my children out of my bathroom and give them their own space to get ready each morning.
2.
My husband could come out of his grungy basement bathroom and have something nicer to use when he comes in from the field.
3.
It would boost the value of our home by making it essentially two full baths instead of 1 1/2.
Technically it would be 1 and 3/4 baths, but since there's also a 3/4 bath in the basement I'm not sure how realtors handle the fractions.
I do know that it would increase my selling value and hopefully help the house sell faster.
There are some technical details that must be considered.
First, we have to stud out a wall around the shower enclosure as we don't want a free standing unit, but a full built in.
This will give us a chance to hide the annoying pipes that are hanging down from the ceiling and help clean up the room to make it look a lot nicer.
Another nice thing about this project is that we don't need this bathroom to get ready in the morning, so the demolition and construction won't really interfere with our daily lives.
I had to give up a major overhaul of my main bathroom because I just couldn't figure out how to work around the mess.