Unisex Shower
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Contents
Reference
Envelope
Walls
- Requirements
- 4 walls
- sound proofing is good
- privacy
- Design / Selection
- Ideas
- reuse of ceramic tile
- used drywall inside the walls (for sound deading and thermal mass)
- Ideas
- Rationale
- maximize
- reuse
- durability
- Sanitary
- maximize
Floors
- Requirements
- drain
- water / slip resistance
- sanitary for cleaning
- Design Selection
- Tile (salvaged)
- Rationale
- durability
- ability to heat via radiant flooring
- sanitary cleaning
Ceiling
- Requirements
- durability
- Design / Selection
- Ideas:
- reclaimed tile over used drywall
- Design- high humidity
- Wallboard (research selection)
- painted (semi-gloss)
- Wallboard (research selection)
- Ideas:
- Rationale
- durability
Doors
- Requirements
- Access code requirements: 36" door width
- Doors
- 1 Main door include air supply vent in door
- Design / Selection
- Doors
- Ideas: used historic door (dan's friend)
- 1 Main door w/ vent in door
- need new door because of width?
- driven heavily by access code
- Doors
Fixtures
Shower valve and head
- balanced pressure-tempering shower valve required
- hand held shower head required
- max 2.5 GPM shower head
- Bricor- 1.5GPM and less shower heads
- Oxygenics 630- 1.5 GPM
- con-aerates water- which lowers water temperature
- Niagara Conservation
- non aerating low flow shower head
- max 2.5 GPM shower head
Hardware
- Requirements
- Hardware Elements
- folding shower seat
- grab bars
- soap dispenser/dish
- towel bars/hooks
- mirror?
- ease of cleaning
- durability
- no waste
- Hardware Elements
- Design / Selection
- Ideas:
- Reuse pipe for grab bars; Dalgleish grab bars
- Design
- Soap from container?
- Ideas:
- Rationale
- sanitary
- reuse / easy to clean
- support sustainable practices and products
Electrical
Lighting
- Requirements
- code: 10fc
- minimize energy
- durability / life of bulb (low usage)
- adequate light
- Design / Selection
- Occupancy sensors? light might go out while in shower
- Light level sensors
- Design (more research required)
- Over mirror (1) T5 bulb with indirect down/up (Woody does these)
- Center of room (1) T5 fixture 80% up
- Rationale
- energy efficiency
- very little usage after occupancy is dealt with
Exhaust Fan
- Requirements
- 20 cfm air movement
- air pulled through door vent
- minimize energy
- durability
- Design / Selection
- Ideas
- Use central fan to pull air out of bathroom (no fan)
- Occupancy sensors??
- Design (more research required)
- Use central fan
- Ideas
- Rationale
- minimize energy efficiency
- proper ventilation
Outlets
- Requirements
- special outlet needs??
- Design / Selection
- Rationale
- minimize energy efficiency