minimum distance between toilet and side of bath?

4 years ago

Urgent advice needed!
Our bathroom (Victorian terrace) was once made bigger by borrowing space from the back bedroom. We’re now clawing back 25cm for the bedroom by moving the wall back and making the bathroom a little bit smaller. Along this wall we have our bath, and next to that we have our toilet.
The plumber ripped everything out yesterday but now says that the gap between the toilet and bath is too tight. We’ve ground to a halt.
The gap will be 15cm.
Is this too small? There’s plenty of room on the other side of the loo.
Unfortunately we can’t move the toilet any further across because we have a sash window (that has only been replaced recently!).

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Sarah U-S
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4 years ago

Few - I think we will be ok! The seat is about 36cm wide and we then have an additional 20cm to the edge of the bath. We have plenty of room on the other side of the toilet and also on front of the toilet. The plumber is great - we’ve made a slight alteration to the geberit cistern by removing a side bracket which means we can get a few cm’s further away from the bath!

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Thelma Henry Interiors
4 years ago
Ideally everything should have been measured before you ripped everything out.

15cm is very very tight. About 40cm from the centre of your toilet to your bath.
kwg kwg
4 years ago
Do you have a rough plan with measurements and where your bath / toilet/ basin will be?
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The Arch KBB
4 years ago
Minimum gap between the toilet and surrounded should be 250mm +

Ask you builder if he can make some changes perhaps to give more room for the toilet or perhaps move the bath slightly if there is any possibility in other sides?
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Cigal Kaplan Interiors
4 years ago
30 cm is ideal ( you can also find a tinny cabinet in Ikea to put between the toilet and bath if the gap is 30cm)

It is very tight and wondering if your builder can steal some space from another place

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OnePlan
4 years ago
Sounds like a shower room might be a good solution - ditch the bath !
Sarah U-S
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks all - unfortunately I can’t steel any space as I’m actually reducing the size a bit and giving back a proportion of some previously stolen space!
The room is about 2.2m x 2m, so in theory plenty big enough for bath, vanity and wc. The problem is a sash window which we can’t place anything beneath because it’s quite low. Luckily the plumber has squeezed every cm from the available space and we are now just short of 20cm between the edge of the toilet seat and the bath. I know it’s not ideal, however we’ve mocked it up and I think it might work!
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OnePlan
4 years ago
Freestanding baths can often sit infront of lower windows if necessary.
Tani H-S
4 years ago
What about a slimmer bath?? Or slimmer at that end? (Depends where your shower is of course)

Unless people are very large, I find my legs don’t even go past the edge of the seat so the side space isn’t much of an issue. As long as you have some gap for tolerance then it will be fine. Try mocking up the space with a chair next to a set of drawers etc and sit on it and see how you feel.
rinked
4 years ago
How much cm from the centre of the toilet to the bath? 40 would be just fine. But no less than 36. If the bath doesn't have a screen/curtain on that side the most important is elbow space.

How far up is the window sill?

And could you please post a floorplan with measurements (door, window, soil pipe)? Perhaps there's another solution.
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GN Builders L.L.C
4 years ago
Bathroom fixture locations have code compliant clearances, like toilets they usually go by a centerline. For toilets, it is 15" min to meet the code, but most designers will recommend 18" which is a more comfortable clearance if there is room to be away from any side obstructions like vanities, wall, bathtub, etc. Also keep in mind that if space for the toilet to tight and you add a paper holder to the sidewall, etc you will lose an additional few inches which will make it more tighter.
Sarah U-S
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks to everyone who took time to reply to my original post. The plumber has finished today and I’m really pleased - the gap between the bath and toilet seat is just over 15cm, and it’s actually much better than I thought it would be!
Sarah U-S
Original Author
4 years ago
I forgot to say - the painting isn’t finished - this is just the first mist coat. The walls are globing to be finished in Little Greene Inox.

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