Category: Guest bathroom

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How to Replace a Short Bathroom Door with a Taller One

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Back in the late 1700’s it was not uncommon to have short doors, the bath door was 5′ 8″. I raised the opening and created a rough opening of 6’3″.

The normal height for today’s doors are 80″ (6’6″). I purchased one that is hollow and needed to remove 5 inches. since these doors only have a small strip of wood glued in place I was able to remove the strip and re-glue it giving me the size I needed.

I was concerned about the strip of wood coming off the two panels, however it was not a very strong bond to the outer skins and it was easy to reuse. Now that it’s been replaced with a taller door it’s much better.

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Pine Bathroom flooring

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Well I decided on pine bathroom flooring, tongue and groove 1/2 inch thick over 1/2 inch plywood and wanted it to look not so modern. I used felt paper between the boards and plywood. stained and sealed the wood before I nailed them down, then lightly sanded the floor and applied the stain on top. once work is complete I will put polyurethane on the top.

New 1.2 GPF American Standard toilet, new tankless hot water heater to replace the 30 Gal. upright, shower is now 36″ wide instead of the 32″ I removed.

The shower will be tiled, I have 2 1/2 inch sheets of plywood screwed to the joists and will use roofing paper, mortar, PCV shower pan liner, 1/2 inch cement boards on the 3 sides, also the threshold is going to be an 4×4.

The Tankless hot water unit will not work with the mainstream 2.5 gpm water flow shower head so I bought a adjustable flow shower head with 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 gpm settings.