Fitting a bath in a very small bathroom

[Paddingtonthebear]

Would this be possible?
Outside wall where the shower and WC are currently.

There are baths measuring 150cm, so yes

Could you not put one at the bottom under the window then move toilet to top left corner and shift sink further up the right wall?

I agree with the previous poster. Out the bath under the window.

I wonder if you could put a shower over bath along the wall under the window and then move the toilet and basin along so all of the services are on the outside wall?

You may have to have some quite serious tanking round the window to ensure it didn't leak - or have a shower screen that went partly over the window, so it may need to be a bit of a compromise. But I saw that in one house we look round where they had a shower cubicle and its glass screen went partly over the window, and it actually looked okay.

Sliding pocket doors also quite a good way of gaining space taken up by a conventional opening door – but that is then more work to get done. Depends how your door fits in on this room.

PS - I now see the door opens outwards so that isn't a problem...

I've got a similar sized en suite and think it's definitely possible if the rest of the bathroom furniture is kept quite compact. I have been looking at this company www.albionbathco.com/albion-iso-enamel-baths/tubby-tub-free-standing-bath#.

I really like the idea of this one as we can put a shower over it.

My only alternative is using the bath that the kids use and it's not the relaxing experience I am aiming for!

We have a similar size bathroom. Have a P shaped shower bath along the wall where your shower is, the loo is in the corner the other side of the window wall and the sink is further down the wall nearer to the doorway. We used a space saver suite, had this in place for about 20 years and it's worked really well in a very difficult space. We are all quite tubby as well. It's the only bathroom (family of 4) and it is so much better than what it replaced. The design and suggestions were all my plumbers at the time and I think it's been spot on. All still working absolutely fine too. Apparently it's not a good idea to have the bath/shower under the window, I guess maybe down to sneaky leaks.

Our only regret in this time was that it would have been better if we could have had a separate loo to avoid urgent interruptions!

our bath is 170x70. The length is fine but I would definitely prefer it a little wider, or me a bit thinner! Pick carefully to get the max bath size for the footprint. You'll have to move the loo but it'll be worth it. Re-measure the room carefully, at different points and heights because it might not be a perfect rectangle. Maybe consider removing tiles to measure the full width, because tiles can overlap the bath. We even cut into the plasterboard once to get a bath in, but probably best not to go there!

Yes pretty standard to have a 170cm bath. You can even have the plaster board wall nicked out a little - probably the end away from the shower - to accommodate the lip of the bath if it's tight (providing everythings properly sealed).

It depends how much money you’re looking to spend and also on the structure of the room to some extent. Moving a toilet can be quite a big and costly job, especially if you’re looking to move it onto an internal wall and have concrete floors. I’d get a quote from a plumber and then decide whether you want to proceed.

I agree that moving the toilet is costly and a big job usually. What about moving the sink to where the shower cubicle is, moving the door across,
leaving the toilet where it is and having the bath across the wall that is left.

Have you considered something like a deep Japanese soaking bath? We use them where space is tight, and they're great. I'd avoid claw feet free standing baths where space is tight as you really need to be able to get all round them to clean up water spills.

Thanks everyone, some good ideas here. It’s a house we are viewing not one we have at the moment.

Is this the only bathroom? If so I'd just double check the rest of the set up is geared for a bath.
Only flag this because we only have a shower but the large (old and dangerous) hot water tank was also removed and replaced with a smaller more efficient one. Plumber pointed out a large one was pointless when you have an electric shower, dishwasher and cold feed washing machine!
Probably unlikely as I live in an area without gas so set ups here are more varied than they would be in most places!

Yes only bathroom, there is a downstairs loo also

Can you replace the toilet with one that has a sink in the cistern then put a corner bath in where the current sink is?

www.bathshop321.com/p2-combination-toilet-and-sink?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi9nGj__C9AIVF-ztCh2uiQ9wEAQYBiABEgLfrfD_BwE

Like this

Bath under the window sink and toilet opposite each other. We had a small bathroom like this and that was the layout we had. It worked OK.

No unfortunately would need a bigger sink than that for a family bathroom

it might be better if you switch the door round so it's opening flat against the wall in the hall, and you're walking more into the middle of the room rather than into the corner where the loo, basin or end of the bath will need to go. It might even be worth moving the door a few inches to the left, or narrowing it slightly (but get the bath in first!!). Small differences matter when you are right for space. If it's an older house there's a good chance it was originally a bathroom.

*tight for space

How wide is the internal bit of wall that the shower is half on?

My bathroom is much the same size as that and I couldn't have it the way I wanted due to where the waste water outlet was and I couldn't have a flat shower tray due to the concrete floor etc etc so I couldn't have planned it exactly before moving in unless I'd had access.

But you'll be able to get a bath in one way or another!

That's the same size as my bathroom. The bath is on the left on that plan as you look at it, loo under the window, basin against the window wall with a cabinet above, radiator on the right. The door opens in against the radiator wall.

I've just been trying to work out if I can have a shower instead of a bath and move the loo, so that plan helps a lot funnily enough.

@NovemberNovemberDarkNights

How wide is the internal bit of wall that the shower is half on?

My bathroom is much the same size as that and I couldn't have it the way I wanted due to where the waste water outlet was and I couldn't have a flat shower tray due to the concrete floor etc etc so I couldn't have planned it exactly before moving in unless I'd had access.

But you'll be able to get a bath in one way or another!

Not sure, haven’t seen the house yet but I know the staircase runs up that way and opens right by that wall

I was wrong about the door, it opens in towards the bath.