Is there a perfect bathroom layout? Have you got it?

Doozergirl

Just wondering, really. It's all subjective, I have the flexibility to design a room where the walls don't exist yet and the position of the waste is flexible. Needs bath, shower, loo and basin.

Just wondering what Goldilocks might pick as the ideal layout. Not too big, not too small, but just right.

I find too much choice confuses me. I like solving problems more than I like blank pieces of paper. I also like everything to fit perfectly. My pet hate is baths that point corners in the room.

Anyone absolutely over the moon with their bathroom?

JP08

Well pleased with ours, given the constraints of the house (being chalet style, a right pain - you can take a dekko at my insulation? thread for the travails).

The sloping ceiling and door position dictated the location of the bath - 18" at the 'foot' end under the 4' low end of the slope (unless doubling up in which case care is required not to wallop head getting in - it is a big double ended bath) - and the loo - exactly at the position where the brother-in-law, at 6'4 the tallest family member, can stand upright with an inch clearance overhead. The only thing I think we might have liked is the next size up shower tray, but the joist underneath fouled the wastepipe. Still, there's room for two in there as it is.

The room is only about 8'x6' with an additional shower cubicle sized alcove, but there's still plenty of space for a vigorous towelling off.

System

If it's possible I would always go with a separate shower and bath - also I tend to try and pick out the sanitary ware first when it's a new build. Tbh the most efficient layout is usually the one I like the best where the floor space is kept to (a wee bit over) the minimum.
I would generally allow a bulkhead for the plumbing and to conceal a cistern, maybe with a semi counter top sink - or even line out an entire wall and recess mirrored cabinets/storage etc into it.
It really depends on your priorities for the room, and as you say it's entirely subjective...

chappers

Are we talking separate shower here.
If so then showers at the head of the bath separated by a stud wall work well as they utilise common pipe work, options then include extending the stud wall out beyond the width of the bath to allow for a larger shower tray or creating a tiled shelf area alongside the bath.
Then on the opposite wall box the whole thing in with a semi recessed basin and back to the wall pan with concealed cistern. setting the boxing in slightly behind the pan if width across the bathroom is restricted. This again creates useful shelf area on top and can incorporate cupboards below.
Did this for a client a while back and from memory it all fitted into a 3.5x 2m space. door was quite tight opening back along the end of the bath, but it all worked pretty well.

Cisco001

How big is the room?

If you want the most efficient way, here is my though.
Assume your room in a rectangular shape. First, imagine divide your room in to 9 areas like your keypad

7 8 9
4 5 6
1 2 3

Door open at 2
toliet at 8
bath with shower on top at 3,6,9
basin at 4. You can get build in basin cabinet if you want some storage.

The min space you need is probably about 8' x 6'

Doozergirl

Yes, separate shower.

I'd just come to the conclusion that the door in the middle of the room was the best option.

I'd randomly drawn on 2.7m depth which would give room for bath, stud then an 800 width tray on the internal wall side. In theory, 2.4m would be adequate in width but more would be luxurious. The other two walls are outside so not too much worry about boxing, but cabinets would be useful anyway and I'm hankering after a wall hung loo.

Doozergirl

Cisco001 wrote: »

How big is the room?

It doesn't exist yet - that's been my problem.

System

800mm is too small for the "perfect" bathroom imo

andyhop

Doozergirl wrote: »

Yes, separate shower.

I'd just come to the conclusion that the door in the middle of the room was the best option.

I'd randomly drawn on 2.7m depth which would give room for bath, stud then an 800 width tray on the internal wall side. In theory, 2.4m would be adequate in width but more would be luxurious. The other two walls are outside so not too much worry about boxing, but cabinets would be useful anyway and I'm hankering after a wall hung loo.

We tear more bathrooms out like this when we fit, developers round here always do this.

Anything less that a 1000x800 enclosure is uncomfortable when your used to larger free spaces

Cisco001

Have you consider P shape bath?

What is the length of your proposed shower tray?
Mine with 1.2 x 0.8, which is about right.
Don't get those 0.8 x 0.8, it is too small.

paddyrg

Separate shower, spacious, and get it tiled - I have not regretted this once in 8 years, still feels like going to a decent hotel. Get a sink big enough that even with a cabinet above you can still wash your face - rented a house with one that wasn't, and boy is it irritating. Allow for lighting options - sometimes you want a bright bathroom, sometimes low-light (or gloomy as I call it, but my wife likes it).