Shower room layout

3 years ago

Hello,

We are putting in a shower room in the loft conversion and would like to squeeze in a bigger shower enclosure, if possible! If we could put in something such as a 800cm x 1200 cm shower enclosure with sliding doors would be amazing. I had a play around with the layout on PPT but I don't think it will work so we may be stuck with this square enclosure shown in the plan.

The shower room will be in a dormer so headspace not an issue. Would prefer to not make the shower room any bigger as it sits between 2 bedrooms

Architecture drawing below of the existing plan. Room measure approx. 1.7m x 1.65m (width of boiler cupboard approx. 0.86m)

What do you think?

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Zoe Kelly
3 years ago
Could you put the shower across the whole width of the window wall, put the toilet where the shower currently is and manage with a small/shallow basin? If you’re prepared to go wetroom style the basin could even overlap with the shower a bit (though that obvious limits you to one that can get wet!). Otherwise you could create a tiny stub wall and put a corner cloakroom basin in, which would allow normal shower screen. I think it will always be a bit tight though!

There’s also the space saving toilets that have a sink ontop... though I’m guessing that’s worse than a smaller shower :)

I can draw out what I mean if it doesn’t make sense!
Zoe Kelly
3 years ago
Oh and also check with your plumber/builder whether you will need a stack for the soil vent pipe as that might need to cut out a corner of the room.
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Trina Trina
Original Author
3 years ago
I've tried those layouts but I don't know if it works...

The first idea, I think you'd have to climb over the toilet and the second idea looks okay...perhaps a small shallow basin you suggested is the answer here. What would you suggest go in the gap?

Also with the second layout, is the access to the shower easy?

As this will be in the loft, I'd prefer to steer clear of wet rooms just in case of any leaks!
Zoe Kelly
3 years ago
Sorry I didn't really mean the first one. Drawn out the two I meant, I think the first is probably out if you don't want a wetroom (though not checked exact dimensions on whether this works!)

Would suggest doing the shower for the whole of the gap - your builder will hopefully be able to give you some options there, but options with a standard shower tray include having a floor level tiled section on one side or building out the wall a bit which allows you to have tiled shelves or niche within the shower. If you don't fancy either or the gap is quite big, you could build the wall out & have deep shelves for towels accessible from outside the shower above the sink.
Zoe Kelly
3 years ago
Definitely is a bit of a trade off though - your original plan has a bit more wall room for things like towel rail or heated radiator.
Trina Trina
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3 years ago
Good point! I think we will keep to the original plan as a towel rail/radiator are a requirement.

Now on to a design question, should we have a feature wall (either on the window wall or sink wall)? Or will this make it look too busy given it is a small room and we should keep all walls to the same finish?

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