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Putting in an ensuite...

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emdude · 01/08/2018 13:06

Does anyone 'in the know' have any idea how I can put an ensuite into this floor plan? The family bathroom is big - much bigger than we need - and we would be happy to lose the built in wardrobes from the Master. Still can't figure out how to make it fit!!

For reference the bathroom is 2.4m x 3.5m roughly

Putting in an ensuite...
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flirtygirl · 01/08/2018 22:19

Half the bathroom and leave the door where it is. You would need to move the toilet over towards the wall and then fit a bath and sink. Same layout as now but all shunted over.
Your ensuite would be in the part where the bath currently is.

The wall would be halving the window so you would need to remove it and put a smaller one in your ensuite. The entrance to the ensuite would be where the wardrobes are, you could keep some or remove all.

If needed you could move the bedroom wall also instead of just knocking a door in by the wardrobes. This would give you a larger ensuite and you could give the bathroom a little more space that way also by keeping it as large as possible.

mrs2468 · 01/08/2018 22:23

I'd just put one in where your fitted wardrobes are. I viewed a house once where behind the mirrored doors was an ensuite.

Geneticsbunny · 02/08/2018 07:54

You could put a new door from the hall into the main bathroom and the chop the space the other way than flirty suggested and put your ensuite where the wardrobes are and pinch a bit of space from the existing bathroom. Then you can keep the existing window. What it to the right of your house? Could you take a toilet waste out that way?

TheGoldenWolfFleece · 02/08/2018 07:58

Isn't that a lot of faffing about when the bathroom is right next door to the bedroom anyway?

serbska · 02/08/2018 11:41

Isn't that a lot of faffing about when the bathroom is right next door to the bedroom anyway

Maybe they want a second bathroom? 2 bathrooms for 4 bedrooms is pretty much the minimum acceptable ratio now! Most new builds have more tokens than bedrooms.

You could do something like this OP

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serbska · 02/08/2018 11:42

It’s kkda funny having the toilet down the back like that but removed soil stack issues.

serbska · 02/08/2018 11:59

Actually this is better if you can take out the cupboard on the landing (might contain pipes or something?)

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emdude · 03/08/2018 20:04

Thank you @serbska

Like an idiot I didn't check what was in the cupboard in the bathroom, apparently it's the water tank so will defo have to work round it somehow!!!

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Killerqueen2244 · 03/08/2018 20:12

We’re looking at moving our bathroom and our plumber wasn’t overly keen in putting the water tank up in the loft. We would have to get a slimmer one to fit through the hatch and apparently these don’t work as efficiently as a standard sized tank.

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