Make one bathroom smaller? Advice on bathrooms remodel
Hi all and happy new year!
I'm looking to remodel the two bathrooms in my flat. I would like some advice/comments on an idea I have for the remodel.
I currently have an en-suite with basin, toilet and shower and a slightly larger bathroom that has a basin, toilet and bath. The bathrooms share a wall and all the waste pipes lead from a cavity into the rooms. My idea is to move this wall to make the en-suite bigger and the other bathroom smaller, turning it into a powder room. I would like a larger en-suite with a larger vanity space since this is my main bathroom and having a bath in the room that opens to the hall has never made sense to me and I don't really like it. I haven't used the bath yet but I'd like to and having to walk through the hall puts me off. It's basically used as a powder room now.
I've attached some rough floor plans to illustrate.
My questions are:
- would this negatively affect the resale value? ( I'd still have two bathrooms but the shower and bath would be in the same room)
- Would this be feasible with how the waste pipes work? (Both toilets wastes running into the same cavity)
- I assume the water pipes for the bath and basin can be hidden in the new wall, is that right?
Excuse my ignorance on how the waste pipes work. It's my first home. I haven't been able to get any details from the management company, all I know is that there is a cavity in each bathroom with waste and water pipes. The cavity in the en-suite is slightly bigger, not sure why. It would be nice to make these smaller but I have no idea what's in there without removing the tiles and plasterboard. If anyone can shed some light on this I'd appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Comments (18)
Jonathan
4 years agoJames T
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Lena
4 years agoLena
4 years agoJames T
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThanks Jon. I assume that's the bath on the right side wall? It's only 140cm long there so not sure a bath would fit. Interesting layouts.
There's currently a bath+shower in the main bathroom. Was planning on just having a bath as I don't like bath+showers. There's not enough room for a bath in the ensuite in it's current layout.
Good point about bumping into the bath! Not ideal to have it in front of the door I know but only place I could put it.
Here's the floor plan with the measurements.
PROOnePlan
4 years agoJames T
4 years ago
Clare Jones
4 years agoJames T
4 years agoJust thinking about guests needing a shower. Don't think I can fit a shower in each room and a bath in the en suite. I can live without a bath but I think it might hurt the resale.
What about a shared shower or is that too weird? Obviously have frosted glass doors or similar either side for privacy and lockable from the inside if possible.
Jonathan
4 years agoYou have created a plan based on the position and shape of the boxing but I think you need to plan it based on what has to stay .
You need to have a peak inside the boxing to see what is contained and therefore how big the boxing has to be. Of course it might be full but I doubt it.
James T
4 years agoJonathan
4 years agoIf you look closely you can see the measurements.
Both showers look like they are 1000x700
A B
4 years agoJames T
4 years agoI've been thinking about options to cover all basis and came up with this.
To allow guests to use a bath/shower the ensuite would be shared. I added a wall in the master bedroom to divide it and add privacy so guests don't have to walk into the bedroom to get to the bath/shower.
The upsides are that the ensuite is larger, includes a bath and shower and has more vanity room. Also, by diving the bedroom I can add sort of a walk-in wardrobe. The downsides are that there's only one bath/shower that has to be shared and guests have to walk through the walk-in wardrobe to get to it. Also, it reduces the size of the master bedroom but it's quite a long room anyway and it would cut out the light from the windows in the bedroom.
Personally I don't see these as big problems but I guess some people won't like it. Do you think this is a good idea?
Lena
4 years agoJames T
4 years ago
Jonathan