Studio City ADU Construction With a Garden Bathroom
Studio City ADU construction with a bathroom that opens onto a small walled garden, a glass living room door and a shaded patio, by Palmcrest Contractors.
Bathing beside a planted wall turns the smallest room of a Studio City ADU into one of its nicest. We give the bathroom a tall window or a glass door onto a small walled court with ferns or bamboo, so daylight reaches the shower while neighbors see nothing. Inside, the room still has to work hard, with a curbless shower, an exhaust fan on a humidity sensor and storage for towels.
The bathroom and its court
The court can be as small as a few steps deep, enclosed by a stucco or block wall tall enough for privacy. Its floor drains to a gravel bed or a small drain, and a hose bib makes watering easy. In the bathroom, the window or door uses obscured safety glass where the code requires it near the tub or shower, and the floor tiles can continue outside so the two spaces read as one. A ventilation fan still runs, since an open window cannot be counted on, and a warm towel bar keeps the room comfortable on cool mornings.
Permits through LADBS
Safety glazing near the shower and the fan's duct route are two details LADBS will look for on a Studio City set, along with setbacks, the gap to the main house and the energy forms. The courtyard wall needs its own footing detail where its height calls for one. We draw both on the plans, submit, respond to corrections and then build in inspected stages. The bathroom court and the main patio are finished last, after the heavy work and deliveries are done.
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Toward a back corner where the bathroom court can sit against a fence line and the main glass door faces open yard. The Studio City unit then presents a mostly closed wall to the main house, with clerestory light above. Each home gets privacy, and the unit gains a pair of outdoor spaces, a small one for bathing light and a larger one for seating.
It does, provided the Studio City ADU is one floor with 500 square feet or under. Here the floor plan earns attention, since it fixes the bathroom court, the door positions and the fan route that LADBS checks. A larger plan or a two-story unit is quoted after we see the property.
Yes. A wide glass slider opens the living room to a paved patio, separate from the small bathroom court, with a shade cover above the table. Planting between the two outdoor spaces keeps them distinct, and a path along the side of the unit links the patio to the gate.
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