Bathroom layouts...which is better ( if either )

[bobkate]

We are in desperate need of redoing our bathroom. It's quite small 2110 x 1770, with a quite a large, low window.
We currently have a bath running along the back wall underneath the window, with a shower over the top. The shower curtain gets pulled across the window. There is a loo ( that is on it's last legs flushing wise ) and a sink.
I'd really like a stand alone shower but my DH loves baths so I'm trying to find a way to get it all in.
I'm thinking that the doorway is taking up a lot of space - so I am hoping we'd be able to put a pocket door in instead.
Which of these layouts do you think would work the best ( if any ) or would it all look too cramped?
If you have any better suggestions they'd be gratefully received!

[oldbirdy]

Like this:

soak.com/bathroom-furniture/combined-toilet-&-basin-units-f23818022.htm?gclid=CMeb9Omr1tECFfcK0wode38GsA#esp_sort=prices&esp_order=asc&esp_cf=Type&esp_filter_Colour=gloss-white&esp_filter_Type=Combined%20Vanity%20Units

[titchy]

Swap shower and loo and it's perfect!!! (You'd also only need two shower panels if it's in the corner - get a bifold shower door by the way.)

[bobkate]

Yep - I agree - I'm not keen on that last one. Just found this on pinterest which I think looks most like the last layout...

[titchy]

That's our exact layout!

[bobkate]

Like this titchy?

[bobkate]

How big is your bathroom? Is it a similar size?

[Collymollypuff]

Shamelessly marking place, OP. Will come back later to see if I can help.

[bobkate]

Ooh yes please colly

[Bambooshoots14]

I agree the last one is best so shower in the corner

[titchy]

Ours is about 200mm longer so slightly bigger space between shower and loo - enough for bin and loo roll holde. Width is same though.

[namechangedtoday15]

I think you will not fit all the items in, I don't know where you have got your measurements from for the items but only from personal experience, it will be massively cramped. Our bathroom is 1.8m wide and 2.6m long. We have a bath across the back wall as in one of your early photos, and I searched for quite a while for a short projection sink (about 38cm deep although its quite wide) and a short projection toilet. There is absolutely no way we would get a stand alone shower in it without it being so cramped its unworkable.

[wowfudge]

What about this layout OP? We had this in our last bathroom - offset quadrant shower and d shaped back to wall bath. It gave us a usable amount of space in the middle of the room without it feeling cramped. The crappy diagram is the wrong way round, but you should be able to get the idea.

[Purplebluebird]

That's a massive struggle for space. I'd go with a shower over bath thing if I'm honest (interior designer here). If you absolutely need it all, I would potentially go with one of the original options - the one with the toilet in the bottom right corner. Or the most recent one, but yes - where would the loo roll go? I struggle to see how you can fit it all in, don't forget there needs to be room to install it all as well.

[namechangedtoday15]

How does that work wowfudge? I'm guessing a bath (even D shaped) comes out by at least 70cm, even if you lose the corner to the D shape, a shower comes out at least 70 or 80cm and then a doorframe is about 90cm with the woodwork (a door is usually between 70-80cm). The OP has a width of 1.7cm - there isn't enough width to be able to enter the room without turning sideways??

OP think about where you would (for example) dry yourself as you get out of the shower?

[bobkate]

Hmmmmm... I feared that I was being slightly hopeful trying to squash it all in!!! I'll have a rethink - maybe one of those l shaped baths? Also - I guess until I get someone bathroomy in to have a look then I won't know how much real space there is to play with. I tried to do it all to scale...but maybe I'm a bit off along the way somehow.
Anyway - thanks for all the feedback. It's certainly given me lots of food for thought.
Titchy when you say yours is the same layout do you mean the same as my 14.51 post, 18.00 post or the pinterest photo? Do you feel yours is cramped?

[TwentyChews]

Please don't put the loo between the wall and the shower - my PIL have done this and it feels very, very cramped and public-loo like - looming wall/cubicle either side.

[wowfudge]

namechanged if you rotate my diagram by 90 degrees anti clockwise (I did say it's the wrong way round), I think it can work. Don't push the bath right into the corner. There is a pocket door so the sink can come closer to the door.

[bobkate]

Good point Twenty
wow is your drawing saying to put the shower in the top left hand corner...if so - it'll come right across the window thanks for putting another idea out there though.

[titchy]

Ours is the same as the Pinterest photo. Looks the same size as well. We have the heated towel rail high up on the wall at the end of the bath though not behind the door.

Doesn't feel squashed. Small cream tiles probably help.

[bobkate]

Thanks Titchy so it could still be a maybe

[wowfudge]

Ah - bloody window! Your first diagram is probably the best then, if the bath were curved and the shower enclosure 800mm on the wall where the door is, otherwise it's tight between the two. A sink in a vanity unit can save some space on the long wall.

[purplepingu]

One thing to consider with pocket doors (if I remember rightly from our architect) is the electrics. You can't have any sockets or light switches on the same wall as where the pocket door goes, so have a think about what you've got or need on your wall.

[namechangedtoday15]

They will also eat into your floor space, as the stud wall is deeper than a normal stud wall - unless you're building the "pocket" on the outside of your current room.

[bobkate]

Hadn't thought of the electrics purple although we just have a towel rail there at the mo which we would move. The light switch is a string pull down thing ( can't think what that would be called ) from the ceiling. But yes, the stud wall would take up some room which I have roughly allowed for. But these are very rough scaled layouts so all would need checking.

[ChishandFips33]

This brings back memories - the time spent looking at layouts!

How high is your windowsill? A soaking tub sits quite high...would it stick up above the sill? ours does by a couple of cm and it annoys me no end!

have you ruled out a large shower bath completely - up in the top corner where you have the shower

We have a pentangle shower - changed the curved one because the runners on the doors were a nightmare to clean! Looks tonnes better though not spacious but does the job

Could the door be opened out over?