Bathroom types give home sellers an accurate fix on the value of the home.
For anyone contemplating building orremodeling a bathroom, bathroom types help you determine how much the project will cost.
Each bathroom component is considered to be one-quarter of four components that comprise a whole.
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Most homes will have at least one full bathroom.
A full bathroom is versatile and valuable, packing many functions into arelatively small space.
It is common for low- to mid-priced two-bedroom homes to have one full bathroom.
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A Jack and Jill bathroom has two doors that lead in and out of two bedrooms.
Shower/Tub Combinations
Theshower and bathtubcan be separate or they can be combined.
When combined, the shower/bathtub is still calculated as two components.
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Usually, the bathtub and the shower share the same controls.
As more bathrooms are beingbuilt and remodeledwithout bathtubs, this third component tends to be a shower.
In this sense, the three-quarter bathroom and the full bathroom designations have begun to merge with each other.
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Half Bathroom
Half-bathrooms have a toilet and a sink.
Half-bathrooms are called powder rooms or guest bathrooms as often as they are called half bathrooms.
Quarter bathrooms are often called utility toilets or utility showers.
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Quarter bathrooms are not common.
They are sometimes found in the basements or lower levels of older homes.
These bathrooms would likely have been installed retroactively by the homeowner, not by the original builder.
When all four components are included in a bathroom, thatbathroomis considered to be a full bathroom.
Three components comprise a three-quarter bathroom.
Two of those four components make a half-bathroom.
On real estate listings, the bathroom pop in is often expressed as a decimal number.
In some cases, the two figures are combined.
For example, a full bathroom and a three-quarter bathroom would be combined and listed collectively as 1.75 bathrooms.
So, it’s important to read real estate listings carefully.
A toilet is nearly always included as a component.
So, a common half-bathroom configuration is a toilet and a sink.
But rarely will you find only a sink and a shower in a half-bathroom, without a toilet.
Is a Primary Bathroom a Bathroom bang out?
A primary bathroom is one that is connected to theprimary, or largest, bedroomin the house.
A primary bathroom is also called an en suite bathroom or an attached bathroom.
Typically, the primary bathroom is a full bathroom or a three-quarter bathroom.
A door permits entry to the primary bedroom, then a second door opens up into the bathroom.
In a few instances, that second door is left off.
If this is the case, the toilet is enclosed in its own space with a door for privacy.
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The sink and mirror will be located in a different room from the toilet and bathing facilities.
A Jack and Jill bathroom is a bathroom where one bathroom is mutually accessible from two different bedrooms.
Both doors can be locked by the bathroom user to prevent unwanted intrusions.
