Saturday, 10 October 2009

Sunken bath!

Okay, what can one say!

What started off as a light hearted comment made by Michelle to Paolo (our Architect) turned into this!

A slightly extravagant Travertine marble lined sunken bath!

At least we made good use of the split level!

All stages of construction are shown. Firstly concrete blocks were set to create a solid frame, on which the tap could be mounted, and a step down. The blocks against the wall, once tiled, subsequently doubled up as a ledge.

With the block work in and drain installed the opening was then insulated. The hole in the wall on the right will be used for lighting.

Next the opening has a reinforced mesh applied and is then screeded ready for tiling.

Tiling, plumbing and lighting complete! We even used some glass blocks as dividing wall removing the need for a shower (just visible on the left wall) curtain.

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