Lucky
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a piece of glass will be resting on top of the knee wall to separate the tub and shower. so i was wondering the thinnest width the knee wall can be. no plumbing will be installed in the knee wall. just tile for the shower on one side and then backspash above the tub on the tub side.
when my contractor was here 2 weeks ago it made all sense what he was gonna do but now that i measured it myself. i don't get it. basically now i have a shower stall next to a tub now and the tub is on the left. from the left side of the tub which is now a finished wall, to the right side of the shower stall, which is down to the studs, its 105 inches. we are swapping tub and shower positions due to width issues. so 42x36 stall on the left and 32x60 new tub on the right.
so for a 60 inch tub on the right and then 42 inch shower on the left that means in the 3.5 inches remaining he has to build a knee wall between the shower and tub, finish the right side of the new tub with drywall and then the build the left side wall of the shower out. reason is currently the tub is 28 inches so you need to build out at least 8 or more inches (i agreed to a 36 deep shower vs the 42 i have now) so the new shower will be 42x36 and that's what's in the contract too. there's cast iron baseboard at the left wall so its a firm fixed thing that cannot be changed. so the 8 plus inches of wall will come out to support the tile on the build out. the front and right side of the shower will be glass.
when my contractor was here 2 weeks ago it made all sense what he was gonna do but now that i measured it myself. i don't get it. basically now i have a shower stall next to a tub now and the tub is on the left. from the left side of the tub which is now a finished wall, to the right side of the shower stall, which is down to the studs, its 105 inches. we are swapping tub and shower positions due to width issues. so 42x36 stall on the left and 32x60 new tub on the right.
so for a 60 inch tub on the right and then 42 inch shower on the left that means in the 3.5 inches remaining he has to build a knee wall between the shower and tub, finish the right side of the new tub with drywall and then the build the left side wall of the shower out. reason is currently the tub is 28 inches so you need to build out at least 8 or more inches (i agreed to a 36 deep shower vs the 42 i have now) so the new shower will be 42x36 and that's what's in the contract too. there's cast iron baseboard at the left wall so its a firm fixed thing that cannot be changed. so the 8 plus inches of wall will come out to support the tile on the build out. the front and right side of the shower will be glass.