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How would you re-configure this bathroom?

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MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 16:50

Floorplan on my photos - click my ID to see.

I would really appreciate some creative advice! We are moving to a house soon which has a separate bathroom and loo. We were thinking of knocking the two together... This leaves us with a fairly large but narrow room. The room is only 1.65m wide and so if the bath is kept in the current orientation it will have to be a short bath (1600mm) - I'd like a bigger one really! and also a decent sized separate shower. Obviously we could choose which door of the two stays and possibly brick up a window... We think the hot water tank in the bottom left corner is obsolete so that could come out.

Any ideas would be great including if anyone knows which pieces are easier (and cheaper) to move!

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Talkinpeace · 04/11/2013 20:56

Another vote for a big corner bath - where the basin currently is by the window - as then a shower into the bath will feel huge
basin where the tank is
toilet where it is but wall mounted into a nice run of storage cabinets

en suites are a pita unless you have enough of them
we went for two family bathrooms rather than an en suite

CMOTDibbler · 04/11/2013 20:41

What made a huge difference to the feeling of room in our bathroom was an offset corner bath. This way we have a huge bath, but it fits in much better, and instead of the claustrophobic shower cubicle which was at the end of the bath before is now a corner one with curved doors. Strange, but when we did the bathroom we started with what felt tiny, and then put a bigger bath, bigger shower in and it feels more spacious!

Liara · 04/11/2013 19:00

yes, I read it as 2.2.

Then I would turn the toilet 90 degrees, put the sink next to it and the shower where the water tank is.

Would be fine imo.

If you wanted to keep a separate toilet you could have a small partition between the bath area and the toilet area too, with the access through the bath area (effectively a screen wall between the toilet and the bath)

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 21:15

I suppose that is an option too billy, I did really want a separate shower but I suppose it might make the room look a bit more cramped...

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BillyBanter · 03/11/2013 20:53

I haven't read any other posts but at first glance I'd say block up the door by the water tank and swing the bath round to go along that wall. Have a shower in the bath.

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 20:48

Thanks - that doesn't sound to bad, drop in the ocean compared with the expense of moving house and renovating. Did you have a gap between the shower and bath or some kind of partition?

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AllIWant85 · 03/11/2013 20:38

About £2000 all in - bath, sink, toilet, shower, shower tray, shower enclosure, taps, tiles (floor to ceiling), plastering, spotlights, fittings, cabinet, towel radiator, flooring etc etc

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 18:49

thanks all I want glad to know it works at least - do you remember how much it cost

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AllIWant85 · 03/11/2013 18:43

We had a bathroom just like that. We left the toilet where it was, blocked up the toilet door and put the sink there. Put the bath along the wall under the window and then put a 900mm shower cubicle where the cupboard is (taking cupboard out). The door may need to move along a bit towards the new sink. We never got around to replacing the 2 windows with one.

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 18:10

actually if we did do that we could have the shower where the water tank is next to the bath on the back wall like this or this miracle if those links work!

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RandomMess · 03/11/2013 18:02

Should do in our downstairs loo we have a shallow rectangular one works fine.

No bad smells in the bathroom - heaven!!

I am gutted the people who own this house before us knocked it into one room and took out the original bath - could weep!

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:59

that is an idea... will have to look at it when we view it again (if we do before completing that is) to see if a little basin would work...

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RandomMess · 03/11/2013 17:54

Pop a mini handbasin in it?

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:48

The bedroom next door wouldn't be the master, it's the 3rd (of 4) biggest rooms so prob will be kid's room. Would love to squeeze an ensuite in somewhere but that's for the future .

Separate loo has it's advantages but there's no handbasin in there?!

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RandomMess · 03/11/2013 17:33

I reckon ours is about 2 metre wide 3.2 metres is massoouve in comparison!

Can you not replace the cupboard with a seperate shower cubicle and keep the loo in a differant room - much nicer IMHO!

My other dream I had was to give the bedroom next to the bathroom an en-suite...

So small family bathroom nick a bit of space and have a shower & hand basin & loo next to it as well...

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:27

Liara - 3.2 metres - did you read it as 2.2m?

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RandomMess · 03/11/2013 17:27

Can you steal some more room out of the bedroom next door?

I agree it could be very cramped.

I would get a swanky new shortie bath and put it where the sink is now tbh.

Liara · 03/11/2013 17:24

Moving the toilet 90 degrees will make it impossible to put a bath along the far wall.

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:24

No worries, I'll measure up when I can - not sure what sort of condition the bath was in as we knew we would replace if we could, it does have some rather attractive gold taps though!

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Liara · 03/11/2013 17:23

That means that if you have a 1.70 bath, you have 50cm left over. That's a tight fit for most things. You could leave the loo where it is, and have the bath along the long wall (just about).

But imo a shower and a sink in the leftover space will make it feel very cramped. Any chance of moving a wall slightly? If this is onto the hall, could you steal a bit of space to make the bath longer but still going across the room?

RandomMess · 03/11/2013 17:22

Please do not forget me...

We haven't had a bath for 4 years!

So we have the toilet 90 degrees, large shower cubicle next to toilet where door is.

Door is where the bath is now (our bathroom was smaller) so we just have unit and handbasin on the other short wall.

MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:17

oh, moving the toilet 90 degrees would solve that and let us put the shower on the wall where the door is

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MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:16

not at the moment Random because it's not mine (hope to complete on the house in a month or two!)

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MILdesperandum · 03/11/2013 17:15

Good to know I should try to keep the toilet where it is, that narrows the options a bit! Would look better with just one window but is that really expensive?

thanks for all replies so far!

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