Jack and Jill bathroom

luppy

anyone have any ideas good or bad re jack and jill bathrooms....i cant decide whether I like them or not....not too pushed either way!

Paudi04

I think they are a great idea, I've put one in my new build so haven't used it yet but the idea is great!

What are your concerns?

luppy

I suppose i have issues with guests sharing a bathroom with the kids etc.

Paudi04

I see where you are coming from. you could lock one side when guests are over (complete waste I know) I have a separate guest room and plan to use the rooms either side of the jack and Jill for the kids so the guest room is serviced by the main bathroom.

Gplan

I designed a 'Jack and Jill' shower-room which acts as the en-suite to the guest bedroom for when I have guests and a general shower room when I don't. Both doors have indicator locks and it is a great benefit to overall function of the house. I would recommend them and to just have a policy, especially with kids, to lock, then unlock both doors.

fanzhiyidan

Hi, hoping that someone can offer a bit of advice on Jack and Jill bathrooms.
I'm planning on converting the attic into habitable space.
I want to have 2 bedrooms with a shared Jack & Jill bathroom.

One bedroom will be for my wife and I, the other for our son.

My concern is if I go with lockable doors, you enter the bathroom, lock both doors and then unlock them both when you leave.....what happens when someone forgets to unlock the door to the other bedroom from the bathroom when they leave.
Is there a safe way around this?

Johnnyhpipe

fanzhiyidan wrote: »

Hi, hoping that someone can offer a bit of advice on Jack and Jill bathrooms.
I'm planning on converting the attic into habitable space.
I want to have 2 bedrooms with a shared Jack & Jill bathroom.

One bedroom will be for my wife and I, the other for our son.

My concern is if I go with lockable doors, you enter the bathroom, lock both doors and then unlock them both when you leave.....what happens when someone forgets to unlock the door to the other bedroom from the bathroom when they leave.
Is there a safe way around this?

Think about when he's 18 and comes home locked...

I think they're a stupid idea.
Just my two cents

sword1

fanzhiyidan wrote: »

Hi, hoping that someone can offer a bit of advice on Jack and Jill bathrooms.
I'm planning on converting the attic into habitable space.
I want to have 2 bedrooms with a shared Jack & Jill bathroom.

One bedroom will be for my wife and I, the other for our son.

My concern is if I go with lockable doors, you enter the bathroom, lock both doors and then unlock them both when you leave.....what happens when someone forgets to unlock the door to the other bedroom from the bathroom when they leave.
Is there a safe way around this?

You can get an electric lock ,hit the switch when you go in and both doors lock ,hit it again to exit

Calahonda52

Where the budget doesn't search to to two small, but full ensuites, I have always preferred the Hollywood bathroom idea, instead of Jack and Jill, which is so passe and is only practical at peroxide tinted coffee mornings...
" Helena, you will never guess what Constantine got done in our house? Pray Cleopatra, tell me?
We got a Jack and Jill bathroom upstairs" etc

"a Hollywood bathroom is a three-room bathroom sandwiched between two bedrooms. Each bedroom has access to a private half bath and shares a middle room that contains a shower and/or a bathtub."

So in layman's language, two separate heads c/w wash hand basins and then a shared shower.

However once you get that far in the design, the clients usually go the whole hog with two self contained.
En passant:
http://www.environ.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad%2C1657%2Cen.pdf

insular1

Uncle has the Jack and Jill style shared between his daughter and son. He'd never do it again and is thinking of permanently locking the two bedroom access doors and knocking a single door through from the hall for shared use. Loads of issues with one or the other going into the bathroom, locking both doors and then forgetting to unlock the other one. Worst again is now the son is old enough to want his own privacy and so sometimes locks his bedroom door when he's going out. If he forgot to unlock her bathroom door there's no way for her to get in at all! Causes ructions!

mrsWhippy

I hate the idea of it. Might be grand for young kids, but can't imagine it when sharing as adults. Kids won't be young forever.