By the way, a boat bathroom is called a "head" and a remodel is called a "refit." In this video, I take you from start to finish from gutting out the old head all the way through to building the. Our boat is old wood, launched in 1951. I want to turn our head into a 'wet room'.
To do this I need to line the walls, including the fairly gentle curve of the hull, with a material that will waterproof the wood behind it. In addition, whatever waterproofing material I use must be capable of being removed for access to (in particular) the outer hull for maintenance etc. The Albin 27 Family Cruiser came with a small bathroom located in the forward cabin.
It measured just 9 square feet. My plan for this boat restoration project was to enlarge the boat head by pushing out the bulkheads and creating a new bathroom that would be 20 square feet, more than double. This would allow for a stand alone shower in a 27.
Practically speaking, however, my next boat will probably have the traditional "wet bath" shower arrangement, where the whole head becomes the shower, with maybe a pathetic little shower curtain adding some decorum. Cal 39, Tartan 37, Catalina 34 and 320 etc. I've never used these showers.
It's just that bathing in a shoe-box-sized boat shower aboard a boat requires impossible contortions. It uses way too much of the water in our tanks. Even with a sailboat shower curtain everything in the head gets wet and covered with soap.
It's so darn hot down below, we can really work up a sweat while washing off the sweat. Has anyone successfully installed a wet room in a narrow boat. If so how successful do they feel it has been.
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