Small main bathroom - should we move the wall?
Hi, we are having a loft conversion and the new stairs go through our main bathroom. This bathroom needs redoing. At the moment it has a bath over by the soil pipe along the long outside wall, a sink and toilet. We would really like a shower (separate) or shower bath.
We initially thought we would need to swap the sink and bath around (as shown in architects drawing) because of the reduction in head height from the stairs but we can actually keep the current layout.
However, we have now discovered there is very little room to put back the current door for the bathroom and we need to either move the wall with bedroom 4 (reducing that in size) or have a smaller door.
If we move the wall we could potentially move the bath along the exterior wall under the window.
The question is, is it worth moving the wall? Could we somehow fit in a separate shower as well as the bath if we did?
OH doesn't want shower under window as it gets window wet but I'm not sure of shower over the bath with bath on exterior wall as screen along bathside would overlap the window and we would either have to box out soil pipe all the way along or do something strange with screen along end of bath as well. I'll post a photo tomorrow.
Any ideas? We keep going round in circles!
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PROSTUDIO PARKOAR
8 years ago
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PROAmber Jeavons Ltd
8 years agojodg
8 years agohmm, I like the headboard idea but don't think we can do pocket door as we wouldn't have wall for the door to retreat into unless we take 45cm out of room 4 to give us a straight wall. I've attached a picture of the bathroom as is.
The eaves by the window come out so we have a flat wall at that end.
See how the bath screen on a bath where it is would cut slightly across the window. We are planning on having the under stairs open into the bathroom. Maybe a washing machine or at least the wash baskets under here?
jodg
8 years ago
PROOnePlan
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STUDIO PARKOAR
8 years ago jodg
8 years agoIt's the family bathroom and there are three (soon to be teenage) boys so functional rather than pampering. I drew it up on some pieces of paper and I think if we move the wall 20cm towards bedroom 4 then we may be able to fit in a separate shower as well but there isn't much space to walk between. I like the combined bath shower areas I've seen on house. Alternatively we can reduce the length of the bathroom and then use the front part as utility. Moving the wall also means that we can keep a full size door. Just need to convince OH that we aren't losing too much of bedroom 4 and work out where to put a radiator which I have forgotten!
jodg
8 years agoOK, so this is the architect plan of part of the 2nd floor. The current intention is to move the door of bedroom 4 back by 40cm, this is the maximum we can move it. The wardrobe in bedroom 4 will have to move.
The rest of the wall between the bathroom and the bedroom may stay where it is or could move - but not if it makes bedroom 4 too small. The bathroom is currently 1.46cm wide and 2.78cm long.I'm looking at lots of pictures of baths in the shower but I think the bathroom is too small for that and it's probably a bath with a shower in it.
jodg
8 years ago
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