garage/ man cave bathrooms

[mustangmccance]

I built my 40 x 60 toy box about 3 years ago and I have been working on the inside recently. I just finished the tile in the bathroom. My first ever time at tiling. I posted some questions a while back about finishing it out and got hammered by some of the replies so I rethought the plan. I am glad I did. the final product turned out pretty well. it is not completely finished I still need to do a few things like change the light fixture above the sink. I just installed a single bulb fixture as a temporary measure during the build and I have not found one I like yet. I did a search on the forum and there was not a thread for bathrooms or there "decorating". I am not much of a decorator and the thought of even painting anything in the garage had not even occurred to me till I found this site so I am in the "learning curve" so since there was no thread that I could find with this topic and I was interested I thought others might be as well. So here is my shop bathroom/ dog bathing/ handwashing/ library.


anybody else out there have a shop bathroom?

this is the initial framing.

the mighty ferguson with the tp holder designed by bluesman.

the sink and cabinets, also after the tile was placed.

the shower and floor. before and after tile


before

after

My shop is about 100 yards from my house so the bathroom is a frequently used item. I am very glad to have it and I am just as glad that it is finished. I just need to move the heater from the kennel part into the bathroom. the pegboard above the door is there to allow heat to go into the kennel for the dogs this winter. I will have to see how well it works out.

 

[Kiwi Kev]

Here's mine....

 

[orange02ss]

Bathroom is awesome, especially the no dumping sign!

 

[type550]

you would hold on all day just for an invite to come over

 

[A1an]

I dig the Barnes & Noble inspired bathroom.

 

[Cage]

Mustang, did you put the 2x4 blocking behind the tank for support so that you can lean back and get comfy ?

Great places, me so jealous.

 

[minimonster]

Talk about Red Flagging all your magazines! Any Seinfeld fans on here?

haha AWESOME bathroom....

 

[mustangmccance]

Mustang, did you put the 2x4 blocking behind the tank for support so that you can lean back and get comfy ?

Great places, me so jealous.

yes I did. My uncle had one that was situated like this one, a couple inches from the wall, and one of my cousins was sitting on it and leaning back a bit too hard and it broke the tank. made a heck of a mess. that was back in the 80's but I make sure all my toilets have support behind the tank.


kev. I love that magazine rack you have. that is exactly what I want in mine. I have a pretty big space right next to the shower and that is exactly what I am looking for. it looks like something out of a convenience store. did you score it at a sale or build it? I have a ton of old mustang magazines I have collected over the years and they are going to wind up in the library (that's the nickname for the bathroom) as soon as I find a suitable way to store them.

 

[Professur]

what, no urinals?

 

[Motown 454]

Kiwi Kev I love it. My wife said it reminds her of mine in the house but your magazines are neater then mine lol

 

[stricht8]

I'd love to have a bathroom in my garage but the garage is not heated. What are my options for keeping just the bathroom warm so the pipes don't freeze. Running an electric heater 24/7 gets really expensive.

 

[Kevin54]

I'd love to have a bathroom in my garage but the garage is not heated. What are my options for keeping just the bathroom warm so the pipes don't freeze. Running an electric heater 24/7 gets really expensive.

One of these would keep a small area more than warm enough. We have two in my wifes 20x20 building and with them on the low to medium setting it will keep the building at 70 deg. when it is 0 outside. I have not really noticed a jump in the electric bill at all. Once the oil in them gets warm, it will cycle on and off. BTW...her building has 8 windows and a 6' door.

 

[imavanner2]

That is my plan to heat just the bathroom 24-7. Electric heat I thought of in floor heat it's going to be just a 5 x 8 bathroom.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'll have to snap some bathroom pics tomorrow.

 

[stricht8]

Hmmm. Might have to get me a bathroom then.

 

[mustangmccance]

last winter I installed one of those dayton heaters in my dog kennel which is inside my garage. basically it is a 10 x 16 foot room inside my garage. anyway the roof and one wall was not insulated it was just plywood that was framed inside my insulated shop. I ran that on the low setting all winter. it kept the dogs reasonably warm and kept the pop in my fridge from freezing and I really did not see any significant jump in my electric bill over the previous winter when I did not have the heater. I plan to put it in the bathroom and just heat it when I am not out there and as I said above the pegboard and the fact that the door into the kennel from the bathroom is an inside door with no weatherstripping around it will hopefully allow enough heat into the kennel to keep the dogs warm but keep the bathroom from freezing. I will have to experiment. I also have a new modine propane heater I will be installing out in the main shop this year so with luck this winter will be much less miserable than last year.

 

[wagonmaster]

Wish I'd kept my old magazines...The Car Craft form the late 50's that were small sized would be a great addition to a magazine rack!

 

[ol55]

Here's mine..........

and here's my funky home made light.

 

[abstamaria]

Here's mine..........

Neat, ol55.

 

[LocoCoco]

I'll play.

Here's my men's room (girls can use it too but it'd be tricky ). I needed something quick to provide a little more privacy than going outside during daylight.

It's made out of my decommisioned potatoe gun and runs outside into the gravel. Giving it a rince at the end of the night with winter washer fluid (~50% alcohol I believe) makes it smell like brand new again.

Someday I plan on putting in a real urinal. The well for the house is actually located in the garage along that wall, so running water would just be a matter of putting a "t" in the line and running a momentary switch through a relay to the electric pump wires. Next year...


LC.

 

[ecotec]

i am closing on a house on monday with a bathroom in the garage. i can't wait. i never looked close to see if there is a heat vent in the bathroom. the house was built in '57, though. so, i figure if it has made it all this time without freezing... i have a lot of other more important issues to deal with on the house, so i cannot really do anything to it for a while. i figure i will put some TP and some Gojo in there, and call it good.

the garage is a 2 car garage with high ceilings, insulated garage door... it is going to make a nice manland.

 

[meissen]

I'll play.

Here's my men's room (girls can use it too but it'd be tricky ). I needed something quick to provide a little more privacy than going outside during daylight.

It's made out of my decommisioned potatoe gun and runs outside into the gravel. Giving it a rince at the end of the night with winter washer fluid (~50% alcohol I believe) makes it smell like brand new again.

Someday I plan on putting in a real urinal. The well for the house is actually located in the garage along that wall, so running water would just be a matter of putting a "t" in the line and running a momentary switch through a relay to the electric pump wires. Next year...


LC.

Bwahaha that is awesome!

 

[CrashTestDummy]

I'd love to have a bathroom in my garage but the garage is not heated. What are my options for keeping just the bathroom warm so the pipes don't freeze. Running an electric heater 24/7 gets really expensive.

Where are you located? Our old house had a bathroom in the garage. The pipes in the attic froze long before anything bad happened in the bathroom.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

 

[harryhood]

I just piss outside on the gravel area next to my garage

 

[ecotec]

Where are you located? Our old house had a bathroom in the garage. The pipes in the attic froze long before anything bad happened in the bathroom.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

i am located in the suburbs of detroit.

i will ask the owners at the closing if the water to that bathroom can be on during winter. i am hoping so. it is just a half bath with a sink and toilet. it would allow me to have some of the members of my vintage scooter club over during winter and not have them track dirt and snow and such into the house (******* off my wife).

 

[408Chevelle]

Here's mine. Simple and easy to keep clean.

 

[TheShrine]

 

[HOTFR8]

Here's mine. Simple and easy to keep clean.

Now I admire that as it has what I call character. Well done.

 

[mustangmccance]

I just piss outside on the gravel area next to my garage

no problem with that, and in fact I used the deck off my back door for that for the last year, but when you get into your coveralls all greasy changing a rear mainseal or somethin and have a sudden urge for a b.m. then you have to get out clean up take off the coveralls run to the house and do your business. just way to inconvenient since as I said my shop is about a hundred yards from the house. it is also a good excuse to go out to the shop at night after supper. oh honey I don't want to stink up the house I am going to run out to the shop. be back soon. lol

 

[milner351]

How are you guys dealing with the plumbing?

Are you putting in waste lines that connect to the house sewer line (at a lower elevation than your shop floor)

or are you digging some kind of septic tank / field just for your shop bathroom?

I have a pole barn at a rental house which I retain use of as the landlord - I've thought about adding a bathroom for years - but - being in the suburbs of Detroit - freezing has always been a concern - as well as the hassle of building some kind of septic since the shop is at a lower elevation than the house.

 

[3bay]

I was going to put in a restroom in my building but the city wouldn't allow me to run the sewer into the existing sewer for the house. I would of had to hookup to it on a separate line and also have a separate bill.

Septic tank isn't permitted either!

 

[milner351]

That's what I'm dealing with - in fact - I've learned from neighbors not to even ask when it comes to most things in an outbuilding. I have water, gas, and electric running from the house to the shop. The water line I think leaks, so I've not used it for a few years - that's obviously a problem that needs to be fixed before installing a bathroom.

A friend installed a "hillbilly septic" next to the foundation of his shop - it's literally a plastic 55 gal drum with PVC going into one side and out the other sealed with tar, the outlet is of course lower than the inlet - the outlet is typical corrugated drain tile with the "sock" around it to prevent silt from plugging it up. He ran that pipe through a trench with gravel in it to act as the "leach field" It's primitive - but it's worked just fine for several years now. He did put in a cap in case it ever needs to be cleaned out.... of course that would have to be with a friendly septic service that didn't talk to the city inspector!

 

[The Hot Rod Grille]

Not as nice as some others in this thread, but here are a few pics of The Hot Rod Grille Garage's bathroom. The urinal and vintage condom machine say it's a guy's place!

Jim

 

[mustangmccance]

How are you guys dealing with the plumbing?

Are you putting in waste lines that connect to the house sewer line (at a lower elevation than your shop floor)

or are you digging some kind of septic tank / field just for your shop bathroom?

I have a pole barn at a rental house which I retain use of as the landlord - I've thought about adding a bathroom for years - but - being in the suburbs of Detroit - freezing has always been a concern - as well as the hassle of building some kind of septic since the shop is at a lower elevation than the house.

in my case we live on an acreage just outside of town and our house has a septic tank. the shop was too far away from that tank to use it so I had to install a separate septic tank and leach field. the most difficult thing was getting the permit and the perk test done. I had to wait nearly 3 months because there is apparently only one guy who does these tests for the three counties around my home. but it perked fine and the tank was installed with no issues.

 

[nathank]

 

[mikevango]

i pee in a bucket. you guys are lucky

 

[BHR4CE1]

I wanted to have a very industrial "jail cell" theme in one of my bathrooms. The door is motorized up and down (the yellow up/down switch). The light bulbs are the old style Edison bulb replicas. The lighting, ventilation and faucet is all motion sensitive and the walls are all concrete. The sink is polished stainless, as well as the mirror. The toilet is made of stainless and the two buttons on the wall behind the toilet are to flush it.

Enjoy:

 

[MMNJ]

now that is a cool bathroom. ^

 

[jvitez]

BHR4CE1: you have a spectacular house! From these glimpses I see Le Corbusier's Internation Style as a strong influence. Congratulations!

 

[aqr81]

now that is a cool bathroom. ^

That is one cool bathroom! Very unique BHR4CE1