Would you want a house with no doors on the bathroom?

Jondalar7

Jondalar7

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As a former contractor I am often asked to look at homes friends are thinking of buying. Yesterday I was asked to look at a home that was very nice but the master bathroom had no doors. Nice 4 foot shower, garden tub, double sinks, and a toilet. All beautiful and all in full view of the master bedroom. She said it was no problem because she lived alone. I like seeing a lover naked anywhere but I do not think I want anyone seeing me sitting on the throne. How about you?
 

If I were designing a new build the main floor bathroom would have no door.

It would have a large wide main entrance where the user would be met with a floor to ceiling wall, and upon turning left or right (depending on the layout), the bathroom would open up as one expansive room behind the entrance wall, so no direct view into the bathroom would be possible outside of the main entrance.
 
I live alone and the only time I close the bathroom door is when it is cold and I'm taking a shower and I want to hold in the heat of my space heater so the bathroom gets warm enough that I can bear to get out of the shower stall. I am glad there is a bathroom door.

When I was young I once lived alone in a 200 sq ft mini-apartment that did not have a bathroom door. Space was at such a premium that I didn't feel the want for a door.
 
Doors can be open or closed... a missing door mean that I have to add one so that it can be open or closed as appropriate.

I like pocket doors, if the wall space adjacent to the door way is sufficient.

Enjoy!
 
Jondalar7 said:
As a former contractor I am often asked to look at homes friends are thinking of buying. Yesterday I was asked to look at a home that was very nice but the master bathroom had no doors. Nice 4 foot shower, garden tub, double sinks, and a toilet. All beautiful and all in full view of the master bedroom. She said it was no problem because she lived alone. I like seeing a lover naked anywhere but I do not think I want anyone seeing me sitting on the throne. How about you?
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There was a time in the old Soviet Union when public toilets had no doors. It wasn't by design, the doors got stolen, so they simply left them off so that all and sundry could watch the performance.

In London there's a wonderful bar come nightclub that's been converted from a former gents subterranean lavatory. It holds about sixty people and it's called The Cellar Bar. They have just two, unisex toilets. Both toilets have clear glass doors. Freaked me out the first time, but I thought that as my back was to the door, whose going to see. But wait, as I engaged the lock the glass went opaque, you couldn't see even an outline through it. The reaction from the ladies is priceless.
 
A door and a lock for me.

Years ago a gorgeous house came up for sale just like the one you described. Even if a wall was added, it wasted space. We didn’t buy it.

My DD & her husband have a large open setup. No thanks.
 
At basic training we had 75 guys in open bay barracks. The bathroom had a half dozen commodes against one wall, one urinal about 10 feet long, and the shower had maybe a dozen shower-heads along that wall, and not a partition or door in sight.

At home I prefer a door.
 
Chet said:
At basic training we had 75 guys in open bay barracks. The bathroom had a half dozen commodes against one wall, one urinal about 10 feet long, and the shower had maybe a dozen shower-heads along that wall, and not a partition or door in sight.

At home I prefer a door.
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Hey Chet, We must have had the same barracks. What do you talk about with the guy sitting next to you??? I just kept making jokes to make it better than thinking about it. I kept insisting mine did not stink!
 
I watch the HGTV home buying shows and I've noticed a few homes in the islands have no bathroom doors. Most time that's a (non) feature that home buyers do not like. Me either...my bathroom would have to have a door. After all, sometimes the aromas coming out of the bathroom are not pleasant. :D Then there's the privacy issue.
 
While pondering the idea of a bathroom with no door, I remembered an incident where I was on the top deck of a cruise vessel attending a private pre-sail party when the urge to use the WC kicked in. Not staying on board after the event, I had nowhere to "go" for a pee break so the guests of honor graciously let me use their cabin.

Good heavens, it was a big suite with a grand piano in the foyer. The view from their pissoir, shown below, was interesting. I never did find out for sure exactly what people down in the pool area could have seen if you were on the throne. Also, was that statue supposed to be mooning people or preparing to skinny-dip? Possibly a question to ponder while positioning your privates so they couldn't be seen through the ceiling to floor glass in the head. Not being a sitzpinkler makes you think about such things.

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I like the door and the window curtains on my small bathrooms.
 
As a matter of fact, we have no door on our master bathroom, so I guess I go in the yes column. :)
We do however have a curtain we could slide it need be. Also have a curtain on our 1/2 bath, along with a sliding door that I have yet to ever shut. :)
 

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