Bathrooms Building a Home Design Dilemma

Advice on small bathroom and where to put everything.

last year

Our bathroom on this plan will be around 130cm by 200cm. The plan as drawn by the architect we are worried the shower will be too small. So we considering having a toilet infront of the door and sink along the wall facing the door, and then a rectangle shower the length of the room(around 80*130cm).
The problem is the shower will be right next to the window so our options are to....
1. Not have any window and put in a sun chimney
2. Have the shower where it is but reconfigure. Any ideas on how to reconfigure?
Would it look bad not to have the natural light?
Grateful for views!

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last year
I have a window in my shower. It's a upvc window with a fully clad reveal so is waterproof. No problems so far. Just make sure there's a slight slope on the windowsill away from the window.
Leena
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last year
Thank you. So when your shower is on does it fall on the windowsill and window? Our area will be really small so the shower would literally be coming down next to/on it. Thanks again.
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Hi everybody, thanks for all your suggestions. Both Lauren's and Whizywig's look really interesting. I don't think the door move would work in this case though - see below for the space around the room. I really liked the idea of a sort of 'wet room' shower by the bathroom and had suggested that myself to somebody in a bathroom showroom. But I was advised that wet rooms can actually be a pain, because water does spray about the bathroom and in a confined space, that turns our to be really annoying (apparently). I was told I would need to be constantly wiping things down? I wasn't utterly convinced but not sure why - it could very well be correct! I'd also considered a very low bath with a shower over it (makes it easier to use as shower on a routine basis). I liked that idea as the main purpose of having both was to make both very usable - as opposed to shower over bath and that being a bit annoying for daily use as a shower. However, I haven't seen a low bath in usage, so not sure what they are really like!
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smac232
last year
My first thought when looking at this plan is do you really need that huge 5 seater breakfast bar? It’s nice to have the food preparation space but I doubt you’d ever seat more than three people at it at a time. Could you make it shorter and then extend out the bathroom/utility space to be in line with the external wall line. I only say this as the dining table on the plan is quite small and suggests seating 6 people max.

It’s not clear if this bathroom is for occasional or daily use. If it’s for daily use, I agree that the shower is too small.
User
last year
Hi Leena, my shower controls are only 18" from the window, so yes some water does fall on the window and sill. But I mainly use a rainfall head which directs most of the water straight down, so it's probably the water deflecting off me that gets on the window. The windowsill is very handy for shampoo etc.
Angela Tate
last year
I have a window in my shower. The windowsill is great for putting shower essentials on. The window doesn’t get water on it as a have a rain fall head. My shower is not all enclosed so I can just walk in/out. It doesn’t feel claustrophobic 👍.
Leena
Original Author
last year
Thanks for the comments. We've decided to flip the utility room units to the other side of the wall so the door is on the other side going into the bathroom then we can have a longer shower along the wall and keep the window!
Leena
Original Author
last year
@smac232 thank you we have changed that to an island instead with room for 4 seats!

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