Please help with layout for family bathroom.Dimensions/draft attached
Hi there, we are dithering over a new layout for our family bathroom. My husband knocked down the dividing wall between what was a narrow separate toilet and a very small bathroom to create a better space, but for the past 6 months it has remained a building site because we can't decide what to do. We are mainly dithering over whether we have the space to squeeze in a separate shower or whether it would be better/ look nicer to just have a shower over the bath (we definitely want to keep a bath).The position of the two windows is creating our biggest headache, the door can be moved a bit (we need to put a new door in any way as it was originally two separate rooms).
We would be extremely grateful for any thoughts/critique on our current draft layout... or any ideas on what else we could do... we just want it to look lovely and luxurious! Many thanks in advance.
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last yearI like Jonathan’s layout. The loo isn’t too far from the soil pipe and you can have a mirror over the sink. i think 750 is fine for a shower width but perhaps make the bath slightly shorter. Would you consider making it a wet room perhaps with a folding shower screen similar to the first pic so the room feels a bit more open?
Or using J’s layout again maybe the bath across the corner
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last yearlast modified: last year@Whizzywig… thank you for your suggestion but I'm not quite sure what you mean, wouldn't it be a bit of a squeeze to have the WC, basin and bath all on the left wall?…perhaps if we went for a pedastal sink overhanging the bath it might fit , but I was hoping to have a reasonable sized vanity unit with drawers for storage underneath.
Thanks again KatLucy for your ideas Certainly some interesting ideas to think about.
What are everyone's thoughts on this idea for the layout? I have drawn an 800mm square shower but perhaps as Whizzywig suggests a bigger offset quadrant shower would look and feel better, but I did want to keep enough wall space for a towel radiator.. sorry I know I am still going round in circles
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last yearHi Charise, I thought something like the attached - I have tried to make it to scale. The shower enclosure could be either 1200mm or 1000mm long, depending on your preference. You could always make yourself some paper templates of the items you need to include in the room and do a full size plan to walk around in if you”re struggling!
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12 months agoYour design works with a corner wc. Can be wall hung and hidden cystern options.
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I have attached some more photos to help people visualise what I am taking about. Please ignore the old sanitary ware, it will all be replaced with brand shiny new, we just rescued it from the skip so we could play about with different layouts.
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