Small En-suite Layout/ Shower Cubicle Size

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I have a small en-suite that I'm struggling decide on the right shower cubicle size, without it looking overwhelming in the space.

I have tried the offset shower quadrant 80cm x 100cm and it feels a bit tight (I'm 5'7 and weight about 70kg). Ideally i wanted a bit more space in the shower which a normal rectangle shower 80cm x 100cm shape will give me, with a sliding door. I'm just a bit worried that it might feel a bit tight in the space, and there will only be 53cm from the corner of the shower to the corner of the sink to walk through. There is only a window and radiator I'd need to access, but I'm more worried about whether it would look cramped or not? I could fit an 80cm x 110cm offset quadrant, but im not sure if another 10cm in length will make much difference? My left arm was touching the glass when i stood centred in front of the shower, in the showroom one. I think it's because the doors sit inside the quadrant so they reduce the space more.

The toilet and basin will both be wall hung, and the radiator will be a ladder chrome radiator.

Also struggling on tiles to pick, as i think the marble effect can look a bit overwhelming in a small space, but i find polished white tiles a bit clinical.
Do you think the below could work? Plain, but with a bit of texture.
https://pin.it/7oXDEY6GZ

Any ideas or experience you have on this would be really appreciated!

Diagram of Bathroom

Is it possible to rijig the plumbing so the shower goes along the "top wall" and toilet moves to near window? Then you could fit a cubicle the whole width of the room and just have an opening in the glass screen.

I've done that recently and it works well. We actually went for very dark tiles in the shower bit and I think it looks great, but might not be your style.

Loo needs to go where radiator is and shower along the longer wall
there is always a way of sorting waste pipes

I’d put the basin next to the window, toilet next to that (opposite where it is currently) and the shower in the remaining space.

If you want to keep it as it is go for a smaller sink. We have 45cm ones in our two small bathrooms and they’re fine.

If an 80cm shower feels tight, a 53cm gap isn't going to work.

I agree with the others. Radiator under the window, loo where the radiator is shower spun through 90 degrees across the back wall. What does that look like if you sketch it out?

I agree with others. Alternatively if you can't move the loo, you could put the radiator on the wall with the door on it and extend the shower the full length of the window wall but that will look weird and obscure the window.

We had a shower cubicle across a window in our last house. It was absolutely fine. We put a lovely shower curtain across the window (Anthropology do fabulous ones https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/search?q=shower+curtains ) which we used when in the shower so no one could see in the window. I did shorten the shower curtain as it was too long for the cubicle, but that was very easy with a sewing machine.

Those are really nice shower curtains.

When I had a tiny en-suite, I installed a shower with doors that folded back against the wall so you only pulled them out when you wanted to use the shower. It was a great solution for a small space and quite common according to my local bathroom shop.

If the basin is just for hand washing, I’d go for a small corner one. I had one in my downstairs loo otherwise the door wouldn’t have swung wide enough - no pedestal just the basin and it really grew on me! Then the shower can take up the whole length. Otherwise, basin under window and radiator where you have basin now.

Is there any possibility of moving the door slightly to the left by about 30cm? If it's a stud wall then it's likely to be significantly easier than moving where the toilet goes because they're generally next to the soil pipe. Moving a soil pipe is a major undertaking!

If you shift the door along, then you could have a fab walk-in shower with a sliding door running along the 167cm wall, with the window at one end and the shower head on the same wall as the door. The toilet can stay where it is and you can have a much larger vanity (maybe even a double) on the wall opposite the door. Towel rail on the wall where your shower head is currently.

Your en-suite is about the same size as our only bathroom, now a shower room. We have a walk-in shower along the wall you want yours. Think the Mira low tray is about 760x1700cm and a 1100cm glass panel with the open end gap where your basin/radiator is. Put the wall hung basin next to the wall hung loo and box them in as they will need frames to hang from.
Oh and I'd only tile at most half the wall height except for the shower space.

Thank you for your replies - the plumber told me the soil pipe runs underneath the bath or floor area and comes up behind where the boxing is on the far left wall, so said the toilet would need to go where it is now (atm there is a shower over bath where the shower cubicle is shown, and toilet and sink are the other way around).

I can ask him about that, but would it get very expensive to start moving soil pipes?

Hi, Sorry im not sure what you mean - do you mean to have the shower across the wall where the window is, but just extend it all teh way along? There isn't enough wall space to hang the toilet and basin side by side? Or do you mean to have the walkin shower along the left wall as you enter the bathroom and have the toilet and basin on the right wall?

And what's the reason for only tiling half the room? I thought fully tiling with polished reflective tiles would make it feel biggar and more seemless?

Hi - yes its a stud wall i think so sounds possible - so the toilet and sink are currently the other way around to what is shown on teh diagram. But the installer said if i want a shower enclosure instead of a bath, then the toilet must go where its shown currently on the diagram, as the soil pipe runs up along the back of the shower boxing. (He was unsure why they put the toilet the other side to start with, as it meant they had to run the soil pipe underneath the floor). I had never thought of having the shower on the right hand wall as you enter - ill run that by him!

Our bathroom is 1.7m deep x 1.85m wide. Here's a photo of our wall hung loo and basin (along the 1.85m wall). The boxing would hide the soil pipe before it went outside if the loo was moved slightly? I'd only tile half the room (shower and loo) because when we had the whole room tiled before it looked more 'enclosed'. Just my tuppence. :)

Our bathroom is a little under 1.9m wide and we’ve done the same thing, toilet and sink side by side, works well. Our sink is 450mm wide.

Have you thought about a two in one toilet and sink?
Here's an example
https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/artis-2-in-1-back-to-wall-toilet-and-basin-combination-unit-grey-gloss-500mm-width-936-1274657?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=shoppingfeed&utm_campaign=googlebase&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21233956054&gbraid=0AAAAAD_lDOgaNAhNWanr7CzqDAKlE2-8_&gclid=Cj0KCQjw58PGBhCkARIsADbDilyS1ooEII_13liApp74J5xi02znzKKKOH6Rj5mt9sfZz7qHdtaSiLAaAm5_EALw_wcB

Oh god! So sorry. I thought I was posting a new thread. How do I delete? I didn't mean to interrupt the thread 🤦