Bathroom refit- Ideas?

KBNewby

Hi MSE's,

We are just in the process of buying this house and have solid plans for all the house except the bathroom... it's small at 1.45m x 3.46m and we were playing around with whether we can fit a shower in separately to a bath...we don't want a shower curtain so would have to relocate the shower from the current arrangement but we're a bit clueless on being able to move toilets etc...

Any ideas?! There is currently some boxing in behind the door due to an old back boiler/chimney breast..... trying to work out the best/most economical solution!

Here's the house..
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66095007.html

Silvertabby

A bath and a shower cubicle would be a bit of a push.

Are you bath or shower people? Would you be happy with just a nice big shower? If the bath is non-negotiable, then how about one with a glass screen rather than a shower curtain?

GDB2222

1. It's a really big deal to move a toilet more than a few cms. That's because of the waste.

2. You could put a shower cubicle in the bedroom next to the bathroom. That would make it en suite, sorta, and it would be a cheap solution.

3. The current bath is by the window. That's why there's a "wrap-around" shower curtain, ie to stop the window getting soaked. If you want a 'proper shower' in that bathroom, you'll need to remove the bath and replace it with a shower cubicle. I can't see how you can possibly get both in there.

KBNewby

GDB2222 wrote: »

1. It's a really big deal to move a toilet more than a few cms. That's because of the waste.

2. You could put a shower cubicle in the bedroom next to the bathroom. That would make it en suite, sorta, and it would be a cheap solution.

3. The current bath is by the window. That's why there's a "wrap-around" shower curtain, ie to stop the window getting soaked. If you want a 'proper shower' in that bathroom, you'll need to remove the bath and replace it with a shower cubicle. I can't see how you can possibly get both in there.

Nah the shower curtain is there because the way they have the bath means there isn't anywhere to mount the shower fitting which comes from it other than on the wall it's on, so it stops the bathroom flooding. We would possibly look at swapping the bath round if we could only do a shower over the bath and putting in a false wall maybe to mount the shower...

KBNewby

Silvertabby wrote: »

A bath and a shower cubicle would be a bit of a push.

Are you bath or shower people? Would you be happy with just a nice big shower? If the bath is non-negotiable, then how about one with a glass screen rather than a shower curtain?

We are mainly shower people but worry we'd want a bath if we had it removed :rotfl: We'd have to turn the bath round and build a false wall if we wanted a shower screen instead of curtain, hence seeing if anyone has bright ideas we haven't had yet

dunroving

There are no dimensions in the ad for the bathroom, but could you move the bath into the corner behind the door? That removes the window issue. You could then have the sink by the window.

As Silvertabby indicated, a shower plus a bath would probably give you very limited standing space, storage space, radiator space, etc. But if the bath is in the other corner, you could get a nice shower bath with a screen instead of a curtain.

The other option is to eat into the master bedroom, and move the bedroom door to the right.

dunroving

Great looking house, BTW.

GDB2222

Turning the bath round is yet another problem. The waste has to have a fall on it. If you turn the bath round, the waste has an extra couple of metres to run, which means the bath has to be jacked up a bit. So, it's more of a step up into the bath.

You may be able to take the waste under the floorboards and change the connection on the soil stack. Depends which way the joists run, and I expect it's not the way you want. It's never the way you want!

KBNewby

dunroving wrote: »

There are no dimensions in the ad for the bathroom, but could you move the bath into the corner behind the door? That removes the window issue. You could then have the sink by the window.

As Silvertabby indicated, a shower plus a bath would probably give you very limited standing space, storage space, radiator space, etc. But if the bath is in the other corner, you could get a nice shower bath with a screen instead of a curtain.

The other option is to eat into the master bedroom, and move the bedroom door to the right.

Thanks, no room behind the door unfortunately as it's only 1.45m wide in total so a "false wall" is the only option really. I think a shower above the bath is the best option, just working out what where!!!

KBNewby

GDB2222 wrote: »

Turning the bath round is yet another problem. The waste has to have a fall on it. If you turn the bath round, the waste has an extra couple of metres to run, which means the bath has to be jacked up a bit. So, it's more of a step up into the bath.

You may be able to take the waste under the floorboards and change the connection on the soil stack. Depends which way the joists run, and I expect it's not the way you want. It's never the way you want!

Haha! Too true! That isn't something we'd considered re. the waste so that's really helpful, thanks!

KBNewby

dunroving wrote: »

Great looking house, BTW.

Thank you! We like it