Silverspoon
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We have a J&J bathroom that is part of our master bedroom suite. Bedroom on one side, DH's office on the other. When we don't have guests in the house we open up the second door in the office which leads to a hallway in the upstairs guest room. Otherwise the door is closed and locked with portable soundproofing adding a layer of privacy so they don't hear us and we don't hear them. The set up actually works quite well for us since DH spends lots of quiet time in the office on his computer with headphones on (heaven only knows what keeps him so glued to that screen). I can use the bathroom and bedroom without having to walk through his office, which makes us all happy!BTW I spent the weekend with a jack and Jill bathroom. Thought I would mention that since I didn't know what it was.
So does this mean it is a SHARED bathroom? How can one room has a jack and Jill?.Jack and Jill bathrooms are connected to two other rooms. Either a second bedroom or the hallway. If you had one room only and there was no other door in the bathroom going elsewhere, I have no idea what the person who said it was J&J is thinking!Joey Bloggs said:BTW I spent the weekend with a jack and Jill bathroom. Thought I would mention that since I didn't know what it was.
So does this mean it is a SHARED bathroom? How can one room has a jack and Jill?
We stayed in a place that had a second door in the bathroom that went into the kitchen. I could hear them in there. Not happy.
My kids had a J&J bathroom. I don't think they're over the trauma yet. ;-)
.I didn't want to spin it, but it WAS traumatic. The dog would be on one side banging to get through then run around to the other, like it was really confusing. I got tired of opening and closing doors every 10 seonds.Madeleine said:Jack and Jill bathrooms are connected to two other rooms. Either a second bedroom or the hallway. If you had one room only and there was no other door in the bathroom going elsewhere, I have no idea what the person who said it was J&J is thinking!Joey Bloggs said:BTW I spent the weekend with a jack and Jill bathroom. Thought I would mention that since I didn't know what it was.
So does this mean it is a SHARED bathroom? How can one room has a jack and Jill?
We stayed in a place that had a second door in the bathroom that went into the kitchen. I could hear them in there. Not happy.
My kids had a J&J bathroom. I don't think they're over the trauma yet. ;-)
Now we actually have one here then, our OWN, but we called it a cut through and the whole reason we redesigned our bathroom, so the toilet is in its own room now. What a pita! No BATHROOM should be the only way from one room to another. Just one more thing we spend our brewster billions on in this B&B, that iS PERFECT NOW if anyone wants her! Make us an offer... no, really. Go ahead make us one!
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By the way, since soundproofing is an issue in some cases, I thought I might mention what has worked well for us. DH made a plywood panel that fits the opening where the common door is located. I glued wool felt over the entire area of the panel that faces the guest side of the common door, making sure that the wool overlapped all of the edges as well. The panel slides into the opening...it's quite snug so no sound leaks through the cracks. It is secured at the top with a nail that slides into place. Since the common door also has a space under it, I snug a fabric tube filled with sand (old NE trick to keep drafts out) along the length of the crack to ensure that sound will not get through before the soundproofing panel is put in place.
It's amazing how well this works for a common door situation as long as you do not need immediate access.