Bathroom Layout - Help! (with diagram)

[SlightlyJaded]

Help me Oh Designy Mumnsetters

With everything shut, my plan of getting a bathroom showroom place to plan my bathroom has fallen through, and I am having to buy things I can't touch or see online which I'm finding really stressful. But to keep on top of the build schedule, I need to confirm layout by Monday. Is anyone any good at this kind of stuff that would be kind enough to suggest the best layout? I need: A large shower (ideally 1800/90 if possible), a freestanding bath (around 1700) a loo and a decent sized sink area that allows for some surface with side of the basin - so either a basin on a countertop or a basin set in a countertop of vanity unit that has usable space either side. And somewhere - a duel fuel heated towel rail. It's not a massive bathroom and I can't seem to make it all fit.

REALLY rough not-to-scale drawing attached. Any suggestions gratefully received. Only caveat is I'd rather not open the door straight onto the loo if possible.

The design showing DDs bathroom is based on 2700 x 2700. Is that before or after a false wall is added? This bathroom is awkward because of the chimney breast that isn’t moveable. This makes it smaller and adding a false wall bakes it smaller too. If you swap the basin for the loo in my design attached above, it fits. The bath waste, loo and shower can all be on one wall. So add the false wall along that wall.

Nothing is ideal but it needs drawing out with chimney breast measured. You do need less space for a basin and they can be used easily next to a bath. Squeezing into a loo in a 600 space doesn’t work. Giving designs that fit into 2700 x2700 are not the same as the op has. If the chimney breast is 300, with a 1700 bath this gives 700 max remaining space on the window wall. That is a bit tight for a loo but ample for the basin.

When you showed a basin op, it was 1000 wide. This clearly isn’t possible. Choose 600 then it would fit at the end of the bath. But I don’t know how big the chimney breast is. If it’s 500, you need a very small basin or you would reduce the bath below 1700. So more of a tub.

Yes I agree percy not knowing the chimney breast dimensions is difficult. I suggested DDs corner bath as it’s just under 1300x1300 so allows an extra 500 compared to an 1800 bath length. The window wall in DDs (where loo & bath & window are) is 2.5 as the concealed cistern uses 200. So would be the same as a false wall in OPs bathroom. Is that right? She’s starting with 2.7?
I spent an awful lot of time trying to get a normal bath into her room along with a decent shower and also that basin unit that allowed space for make-up etc and it just wasn’t doable. You guys have been incredibly creative!

A standard bath will be 1700 X700 long so with 1300x1300 one side takes up less room and the other side takes more room. This is why the dimensions are important. If the bath has to come further into the room, it can compromise space for moving around and/or space for loo/basin. Dimensions are critical!

We recently changed our bathroom to a showerroom but we previously had an extra-deep and extra-wide bath. It provided great space to shower in and having a bath in it was wonderful as it was so deep.

Best of both worlds.



How about door opens out to hall, heated towel rail next to door on left wall as you enter, sink next to that, bath under window, shower on right as you enter and toilet between bathroom and shower so a little hidden. This is from my old house, we changed the layout to this and I really liked

Sorry attachment dropped - trying again

That’s what I suggested but the op has a chimney stack where the bath is in your pix. But this layout works. Exact measurements are needed to work out what size the sink needs to be at the end of the bath. The size of the chimney stack is vital.

@PresentingPercy

That’s what I suggested but the op has a chimney stack where the bath is in your pix. But this layout works. Exact measurements are needed to work out what size the sink needs to be at the end of the bath. The size of the chimney stack is vital.

But she has a much wider space than a bath so can go the side...

Like on mine (can't be seen in pic) there was a build in tiled shelf to left of bath for putting products on etc as room was wider than the bath

The question is the length of the bath. Not the width.

If a bath is 1700 long, but has to be fitted 300 or 400 down the wall from the position you have posted because of th chimney breast in the corner, this affects where the basin goes. It could leave only 600 or 700 space for the basin on the bath/window wall. You do not really want the basin in the position in the picture (but it would technically fit there) as it leaves an awkward space at the end of the bath which would not have great access as most basins are 500 deep. It also means plumbing is needed on yet another internal wall. So more boxing in which is likely to be unsightly.

I think this pix does not take into account the size of the space, the chimney breast or plumbing difficulties or the creation of awkward spaces. However, once again dimensions are key. I suggeted having hte towel rad where the sink is in the above pix.

@PresentingPercy

The question is the length of the bath. Not the width.

If a bath is 1700 long, but has to be fitted 300 or 400 down the wall from the position you have posted because of th chimney breast in the corner, this affects where the basin goes. It could leave only 600 or 700 space for the basin on the bath/window wall. You do not really want the basin in the position in the picture (but it would technically fit there) as it leaves an awkward space at the end of the bath which would not have great access as most basins are 500 deep. It also means plumbing is needed on yet another internal wall. So more boxing in which is likely to be unsightly.

I think this pix does not take into account the size of the space, the chimney breast or plumbing difficulties or the creation of awkward spaces. However, once again dimensions are key. I suggeted having hte towel rad where the sink is in the above pix.

She has made 2.7m - no bath is that length :)

@PresentingPercy

The question is the length of the bath. Not the width.

If a bath is 1700 long, but has to be fitted 300 or 400 down the wall from the position you have posted because of th chimney breast in the corner, this affects where the basin goes. It could leave only 600 or 700 space for the basin on the bath/window wall. You do not really want the basin in the position in the picture (but it would technically fit there) as it leaves an awkward space at the end of the bath which would not have great access as most basins are 500 deep. It also means plumbing is needed on yet another internal wall. So more boxing in which is likely to be unsightly.

I think this pix does not take into account the size of the space, the chimney breast or plumbing difficulties or the creation of awkward spaces. However, once again dimensions are key. I suggeted having hte towel rad where the sink is in the above pix.

The bathroom looks to be 3m long, only narrowing to 2.7 where the chimney breast is, and 2.7m width i.e. on window wall. So the chimney is 0.3m deep, still leaving a run of 2.7m.

Floor area is a minimum of 7.3m2 + (0.3m x 'X') as unsure how much the chimney breast measurement is up to the window to remove that from width of room. That's how I understood the OP diagram anyhow.

Not sure why anyone would care, but so many of you invested time and effort. A local bathstore was doing zoom design meetings and so I double checked measurements (all correct as per my original post) and this is the final layout.

So Freestanding back to wall bath - thank you for those that pointed out the cleaning issue. Two stud walls allowing for recessed shelving, and the mirror over the basin is a recessed cabinet that sits flush to the wall which is nice. I'll post a pic once it's all finished in the interests of completeness!

Thanks again MN design team.

That looks beautiful enjoy your new bathroom when it's done!

@SlightlyJaded

Not sure why anyone would care, but so many of you invested time and effort. A local bathstore was doing zoom design meetings and so I double checked measurements (all correct as per my original post) and this is the final layout.

So Freestanding back to wall bath - thank you for those that pointed out the cleaning issue. Two stud walls allowing for recessed shelving, and the mirror over the basin is a recessed cabinet that sits flush to the wall which is nice. I'll post a pic once it's all finished in the interests of completeness!

Thanks again MN design team.

I have just clicked on this thread out of interest - your bathroom is the same size/shape as mine.

We had a plumber out yesterday discussing possible layouts. And now I love this! So thank you.

In the interests of completeness. THANK YOU everyone. I've been meaning to post this for ages, but you collectively designed my bathroom and I love it.