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TSDragonReine
post Dec 20 2022, 04:39 PM, updated 3y ago

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Would like more experienced advice.

Because of aesthetic, ventilation, and useablity reasons, I would like to remove one of two doors leading to the master bathroom. Attached image below shows the offending doorway in pink.

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So far discussion with spouse we've considered the following ideas:

- to hide the door from bedroom side with false wall ("hidden door" concept) while removing the doorknob from bathroom side.

- to remove the door itself and convert the doorway into a shallow shelf/cabinet (cabinet might get mildew problem?)

- to completely brick up the doorway (from my understanding this is most expensive, because need to find matching bathroom tiles/redo tiles and waterproofing, also don't know if management will allow from safety perspective)

Which idea is best?
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post Dec 23 2022, 01:29 AM

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QUOTE(WaCKy-Angel @ Dec 21 2022, 11:52 PM)
Btw the bathroom got another door from outside master bedroom? So its considered shared bathroom?
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Yes, technically shared with living room, but will block off from living room with a partition+door to make it a private bath with walk in closet/dressing room outside.

There is a second smaller bathroom near the entrance+kitchen area, so that'll be the "guest use" bathroom.
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post Dec 23 2022, 01:33 AM

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QUOTE(DesRed @ Dec 21 2022, 11:45 PM)
I believe this shouldn't be an issue as there's no hacking involved, but best to check with management on this. I know in a 2+1 unit plan for Sunway Velocity Two, there was a diagram for the studio unit where the door accessing it near the foyer can be bricked up and you can hack a section of the wall in the middle which connects it to the rest of the unit. The latter part is highlighted as a 'block wall' which means that you can only hack that section, not simply anywhere.
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All the walls of this unit are RC, no hackable brick wall listed like seem in SV2 and other projects, so I don't think there's any part that allows hacking 😅 Adding bricks will make it tougher to resell in future since it's a "permanent" alteration, which I want to avoid.
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post Dec 27 2022, 09:08 AM

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QUOTE(Cavatzu @ Dec 26 2022, 02:41 AM)
So you want to block the door entrance from the bedroom or the alternative entrance from the living area?

Is this a feng shui thing?
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The former, and to an extent yes, but mostly just personally dislike the visual of being next to a door while sleeping, and I'm a light sleeper. Imagine having to deal with noise of door swinging just a couple of feet from your head if your SO goes to toilet middle of night.
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post Dec 27 2022, 02:36 PM

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QUOTE(Cavatzu @ Dec 27 2022, 10:04 AM)
Interesting I would have thought an en-suite is a prized thing with out having to go to common area. Not sure how large your room is but I would build out a wardrobe to semi block that entrance rather than get rid of it completely.
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Ah, I still will have my en-suite, sort of laugh.gif

The small hallway leading to the second door + master bedroom + 2nd bedroom will be partitioned off from the common area with a new wall+door, so the 2nd bedroom can be turned into a walk-in wardrobe. Which is why we are puzzling over the doorway that's next to the bed, since the partition makes that door redundant.

 

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