Do we really need skylights in the shower?

At 6'4", without the skylight, my husband would never be able to take a shower standing up.

rockhillmanor wrote:


SKY LIGHT
1. If you are over 5 foot tall.
2. If you don't like showering in a dark cave.

I guess if you are 5 foot tall and under it wouldn't matter. :B

Am I the only one who showers after sundown? Obviously, the skylight doesn't help one bit for light after sundown. That's why they also installed lighting in my bathroom.

holstein13 wrote:
Last night I was taking a shower and looked up at the skylight and wondered to myself, do we really need this thing? I mean it's only practical during the daylight hours, it's a big penetration in the roof that's prone to leaks and weakens the roof, and it lets in a huge amount of heat on sunny days.So my question to you is this. If the manufacturer offered you the choice would you rather:...

Take the skylight

as standard equipment.Skip the skylight and opt for $150 cash in your pocket

Skip the skylight and take a 150 watt solar panel in that spot for no extra cost.

SKY LIGHT
1. If you are over 5 foot tall.
2. If you don't like showering in a dark cave.

I guess if you are 5 foot tall and under it wouldn't matter. :B

"You can always shower with a large hat, no one can see you from a helicopter, or working on the roof or tall buildings or space crafts or the space station or mother in laws."

Or a tin foil hat if someone is that paranoid...:E

I am 6'1" and find the extra room to wash my hair beneficial. I can't remember if it is clear or opaque. If someone gets their jollies gawking at my wrinkled, overweight, battle scarred 62 year old body in the shower through a distorted skylight using binoculars, go ahead.

"You can always shower with a large hat, no one can see you from a helicopter, or working on the roof or tall buildings or space crafts or the space station or mother in laws."

I don't think he has to worry about anyone seeing "IT", remember she called "IT" a "THINGY".

Do we really need skylights in the shower?

For me their about as useless as a hole in the roof. Cold in the winter when temps dip to single digit and hot in the summer when temps hit 100-110 degrees. I always put 2-3 coats of white elastomeric coating over them.
We buy used campers so I have no choice if the unit has one. But when a rich uncle dies and I can afford to buy new camper "it will not have a skylite".

I'll take #2 please.

I'm only 5'10 and I wish my second trailer had one in the shower. My head just barley touched the ceiling. I believe they are only needed in shorter (height) trailers.

I use the clear one in our camper for a periscope. I can stand up on my toes and get a 360 degree view of the campsite.

I would pass on the skylight and add my own solar.