How easy to split a bedroom into two?

theoretica

FreeBear said:

Pocket (sliding) doors will also save a bit of floor space at the expense of slightly thicker walls (and cost more).

Narrow double doors can be worth considering too.

Rosa_Damascena

theoretica said:

FreeBear said:

Pocket (sliding) doors will also save a bit of floor space at the expense of slightly thicker walls (and cost more).

Narrow double doors can be worth considering too.

Do you mean bifolds?

Emmia

Rosa_Damascena said:

theoretica said:

FreeBear said:

Pocket (sliding) doors will also save a bit of floor space at the expense of slightly thicker walls (and cost more).

Narrow double doors can be worth considering too.

Do you mean bifolds?

Probably french doors - two half width doors in a single sized doorway. They'd open in the usual way on hinges, rather than folding back.

They're not that common though these days.

Doozergirl

I think people are being a bit enthusiastic expecting a bathroom to fit in the middle of the space.  This space has at least one significantly sloping ceiling, and I suspect two, with a small dormer.   You'd be spending a lot of money to devalue the house by putting a bathroom in the middle of that space.   

You could install a larger dormer at the rear to help with head height, but I would do as little as possible as far as the bathroom is concerned, to ensure that the house could easily be returned to its previous layout of being a three bed with a decent master bedroom.  

It wouldn't kill a child to use their sister's ensuite, which seems to be best positioned.  

KaratePigeon

Thanks Doozergirl, yes it does have sloping ceilings with one dormer. The plan is really to stay in the house for about 3 years until the youngest has finished primary school, so something that can be returned to previous layout is appealing. (Although if house prices keep going up we might be there forever!)

My 8 year old isn't really bothered, and my 11 year old just wants her own bedroom with a door that she can close, however small it is. Maybe I just put a couple of walls up around the dormer window to create a small bedroom for her and leave the rest as it is? Or just put a diving wall half way, and the 11 year old can either use her sisters ensuite or just go down the stairs to the main bathroom! would I need building regs?

Doozergirl

KaratePigeon said:

Thanks Doozergirl, yes it does have sloping ceilings with one dormer. The plan is really to stay in the house for about 3 years until the youngest has finished primary school, so something that can be returned to previous layout is appealing. (Although if house prices keep going up we might be there forever!)

My 8 year old isn't really bothered, and my 11 year old just wants her own bedroom with a door that she can close, however small it is. Maybe I just put a couple of walls up around the dormer window to create a small bedroom for her and leave the rest as it is? Or just put a diving wall half way, and the 11 year old can either use her sisters ensuite or just go down the stairs to the main bathroom! would I need building regs?

If you turn it into two separate bedrooms with doors, yes.  If you divide the existing space without doors, no, as it would still count as being one room.