Bathroom in the shop

[Larry Caldwell]

I put a toilet and big sinks in my shop too. For hot water I installed a tankless water heater, on the idea that I could use it for hot water cleanup. I tried that once and found garden hoses don't do well with hot water. I haven't got around to shopping for better hoses.

 

[mikester]

What, too good for a plastic pail and a few ounces of oil to control the smell?

 

[GSVette]

Put a 3/4 bathroom in my shop when I built it a few years back- had to put my newly drilled well into ‘beneficial use’ as a result of an idiotic WA state Supreme Court decision on domestic wells. I also did the laundry add as it keeps really grimy work clothes out of the house laundry room.

Wouldn’t be without it. Nice to be able to take a hot shower after working on a project.

 

[scaredychicken]

I never heard of a two piece bathroom. Is that just a toilet and a sink?
hugs, Brandi

yes, no tub / shower, pretty basic. that's what i meant probably with small counter and cupboard or shelf ... coffee corner, microwave, mini-fridge, just outside door

 

[etpm]

Put a 3/4 bathroom in my shop when I built it a few years back- had to put my newly drilled well into ‘beneficial use’ as a result of an idiotic WA state Supreme Court decision on domestic wells. I also did the laundry add as it keeps really grimy work clothes out of the house laundry room.

Wouldn’t be without it. Nice to be able to take a hot shower after working on a project.

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I'm in Washington. On a well. What is the idiotic decision?
Eric

 

[ericm979]

I'm going to put a bathroom (toilet and sink) in the shop I'm trying to get a permit for. The county won't let me have the sink outside the bathroom because someone might drive a car into it. I'd need big bollards in front of the sink to satisfy them. But somehow drywall and 2x4s are enough protection. So the sink will go in the bathroom. It'll get a small instant water heater so I don't have to wash up with cold water in the winter.

The door on the outside is a good idea. I'll have to think about adding it.

 

[GSVette]

I'm in Washington. On a well. What is the idiotic decision?
Eric

A couple of years back the Hirst decision effectively killed building permit issuance in Growth Management Act counties (King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane) where the building permit relied on a Permit Exempt Domestic Well for water. Spokane county allowed you to grandfather your well under the pre-Hirst rules if you got your building permit in to review prior to the effective date of Hirst.

Now they are issuing permits relying on wells by means of a water bank ( similar to Kittitas county). Other countries may have handled it differently.

 

[bindian]

I'm going to put a bathroom (toilet and sink) in the shop I'm trying to get a permit for. The county won't let me have the sink outside the bathroom because someone might drive a car into it. I'd need big bollards in front of the sink to satisfy them. But somehow drywall and 2x4s are enough protection. So the sink will go in the bathroom. It'll get a small instant water heater so I don't have to wash up with cold water in the winter.

The door on the outside is a good idea. I'll have to think about adding it.

Why would the county care if a car hits your sink or not? I mean, they didn't buy the sink, did they?
I guess your county thinks cars like to ram sinks upon seeing one!
hugs, Brandi

 

[Doughknob]

What, too good for a plastic pail and a few ounces of oil to control the smell?

My barn has a dirt floor. The goats used to stare at me but the others didn't even look.............

 

[Richard]

I don't have a shop....therefore, I don't have a bathroom in a shop.

That said, I'd put my vote in that it's a 'no-brainer' thing to do.

I happen to be blessed with Crohn's disease. (currently not acting up). What that means in my situation is, if I suddenly..... have to go.... you better get the heck outta my way because there is no waiting.

I was at my neighborhood machinist's "shop" with one of my projects....and "it" hit me. He was carrying on about some subject and all I could do was apologize, cut him off and ask if he had provisions in his shop (no).... can I then use your home?

I felt a bit bad about asking to use his home but figured he'd rather me ask than have a mess to clean up.

So for practical purposes, I'd always put my vote down (and LOVE the washer/dryer idea too) as a major yes, do it.... it might not be you that it saves.