Minimum size for toilet / laundry room

larnier

I am planning to buy a new house in a few weeks and am wondering how viable my plans with regard to re-jigging downstairs are. There is a garage which is about 2.5m x 4.5m. In theory I would like to convert this into a small snug room for my daughter to watch TV and if at all possible also build in a little downstairs toilet with the washing machine in, using the top end of the garage. To allow space for a door, I am thinking I could make a small room (1.5m x 1.2m) using 1.5 of the 2.5, width of the existing garage and making the room about 1.2m wide to accommodate a toilet (probably one with the sink on top of the cistern) and the washing machine right next to it. This would leave 3.2m x 2.5m of the garage to make a small sitting room, in an area where the garage already has a window. The toilet room wouldn't be that far from where the upstairs toilet is and the boiler is already on the wall in this part of the garage and would be above where the washing machine would sit. Does this sound possible?

Ant555

I dont know how the entry/exit door to the area would impede on the 'snug' area but if you are asking about the loo then my in-laws squeezed a downstairs loo into an area and from memory, its no more than1m wide.  Its cosy but works fine.

They have a tiny basin in there also but said if doing it now, they would get one of those loos with the wash basin built in to the top of the cistern to save space.

https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/iconic-combined-two-in-one-wash-basin-toilet

NSG666

Yes but a sketch might help along with the position of the soil pipe. Don't forget to position the door so that you can get the washing m/c in and out without the w/c being in the way!

georgehere

If you are building new stud walls you can use a pocket door to avoid the need to provide room for a door opening - it is perfect for this scenario.

I would aim for door in the middle of the longer wall, toilet one side, WM other, sink opposite door opening. In that case you need to be able to bend down and load the WM whilst you are fully in the room. Depending on other factors it might need heating - underfloor heating takes no space - a radiator or rather a heated towel rail, would go on the wall opposite the toilet.

I would be tempted to use the whole width at one end of the garage and build the wall 1100mm out ie. 1200mm finished depth.

This leaves 3300x2500 as a nicely proportioned room for the snug.

TELLIT01

A garage, assuming it's not integral, normally only has a single brick wall.  That will need to be insulated if she is going to be able to use it year round.  Insulation and plasterboard is going to reduce the width by a minimum of 15cm each side and end.