This Old House Bathrooms: A Guide to Design and Renovation

by Steve Thomas, Philip Langdon

Have you finally decided to build that luxury bathroom, complete with sauna or whirlpool? Or do you face the more practical problem of too many people vying for the same shower in your household? Whether one is contemplating a simple cosmetic makeover or gutting the old room and starting from scratch, bathroom renovation has become one of the homeowner's top priorities.
Millions of people rely upon the expertise of "This Old House," public television's most popular series, for inspiration and commonsense advice on home improvement and building projects. Now "This Old House" host Steve Thomas takes you through the step-by-step processes of design, renovation, and addition of different types of bathrooms. In these pages, he and the "This Old House" team - master carpenter Norm Abram and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey - provide you with a variety of solutions that fit your lifestyle, house, and budget. You'll learn how to create a lavish master suite, or how to squeeze a powder room into the tiny space beneath a stairway; you will discover how to build a "barrier-free" bath for the special needs of an elderly parent or disabled guest, what "kid-friendly" features to incorporate into a family bathroom, or how to design and equip a fully functioning exercise facility, complete with steam bath and shower. In addition, This Old House Bathrooms provides all the information you need to establish a budget and determine space constraints; design a layout that suits your needs; hire and work with contractors and tradespeople; choose the perfect plumbing fixtures, floors, and special accessories for each type of bathroom; and engineer state-of-the-art heating, lighting, and ventilation systems.
This book not only answers your most basic questions, but will spark your imagination and creativity. With detailed diagrams and 200 photographs of all types of bathrooms, This Old House Bathrooms is a practical renovation guide as well as an inspiring dream book.

270 pages, Hardcover

First published January 19, 1992

About the author

Steve Thomas is an American author and TV personality. In his career Thomas has been the host of the PBS home TV series This Old House from 1989 to 2003 and of Renovation Nation, on Discovery's former Planet Green channel, for two seasons (2008–2010).

His father used to buy and renovate old houses in order to support the growing family. His grandfather Steve Thomas Rooney, who was Episcopal missionary in the Arctic Alaska, was also a DIY guy.

After graduating in philosophy from Evergreen State College, Thomas started to work as a contractor and carpenter. Soon he decided that sailing on open sea is something that will help him see the world. For that reason Thomas bought his first sailboat and set sail over the Pacific. This voyage led him to Satawal where he met Mau Piailug and spent months learning the ancient technique of star path navigation. Here Thomas documented the daily life of Satawal in his book The Last Navigator.

Reviews

[Ginger Heskett]

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[Phyliss · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far I've ordered almost every book written by Steve Thomas Rooney, but this one was by far the most useful, mostly because it helped us stay within our budget for renovating our bathroom.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dated but still useful.