Hi all; first post so please forgive me if I do something wrong. I'm remodeling a master bathroom and want to remove a door that separates the shower/toilet from the rest of the room. When I started digging into the sheetrock I realized there was a lot of wood used to frame this door and the shower - so much so that I'm a bit nervous to touch anything without some other opinion.
My ultimate goal is to remove everything I marked with a red X and make a half wall (shown where the top of the wall would be via the red horizontal bar) and then have a glassed in shower to replace the cheap fiberglass unit you can see now. The glass would have 10-14" or so before a corner goes into the side that contains the shower door. The idea is to really open the space up and take advantage of light from a beautiful window on the opposite wall (I was standing in front of it for the picture) and the very high ceilings.
One more thing of interest in the shot is the light gray vertical rectangle. That's the exhaust vent for the water heater and/or furnace. It's walled in pretty well and I have no intention of touching it. Finally, the right wall appears to be load bearing.
So my question is basically, can I do what I want? How many of those marked 2x4s can I remove? Why is it all so heavily built-up currently (particularly the top of the wall with the two sistered 2x4s?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Mike
My ultimate goal is to remove everything I marked with a red X and make a half wall (shown where the top of the wall would be via the red horizontal bar) and then have a glassed in shower to replace the cheap fiberglass unit you can see now. The glass would have 10-14" or so before a corner goes into the side that contains the shower door. The idea is to really open the space up and take advantage of light from a beautiful window on the opposite wall (I was standing in front of it for the picture) and the very high ceilings.
One more thing of interest in the shot is the light gray vertical rectangle. That's the exhaust vent for the water heater and/or furnace. It's walled in pretty well and I have no intention of touching it. Finally, the right wall appears to be load bearing.
So my question is basically, can I do what I want? How many of those marked 2x4s can I remove? Why is it all so heavily built-up currently (particularly the top of the wall with the two sistered 2x4s?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Mike