Bathroom Design options

jennifernil

Have you got an extractor  fan in the plan?   I may have missed it.

You do need more heating than you have drawn in.   A proper radiator somewhere, plus your towel warmer, which as already  suggested should be dual fuel so towels also get dried in the summer when your CH will usually be off.  Or have the towel warmer electric only operated by a timer.      A towel rail covered in big towels will not heat the room much if at all.

You could consider a slightly smaller shower , maybe 900x900 mm, and a wider, minimum 400mm, but tall towel warmer, plus a suitably sized vertical radiator behind the door, or a regular radiator on the window wall, with a rail above it to have your towel handy when coming out of the bath. That would probably heat the whole room better than one behind the door.      I think the 1100mm shower sticks out into the room too much.

If going for a freestanding bath, consider how you will get into the small corner spaces left, to clean the floor.

We have a cistern unit similar to what you have pictured, they will be at least 220 mm deep, possibly 300mm, and about 600 mm wide.   Yes, a decent depth basin unit with drawers in it, as wide side to side as you feel there is space for, you do need some storage space for  bulky items such as towels and toilet rolls.   Anything above the basin needs to be shallow so you do not  bang your head on it, so will not offer a lot of storage space .  We have only a mirror above our basin, and then a deeper wall cupboard above the toilet cistern.   You do however need to be careful not to drop anything onto/into the toilet!  

Emmia

Mnoee said:

A bath like the pictures you've posted in the space you've got is very difficult to clean around. The floor in the gaps by the window/shower will become grim quite quickly. You'll drop bottles of shampoo and shower gel down the gaps and then have to fish them out. It's what I inherited when I bought my house and I can't wait to change it to something else. 

I'd have it boxed in too...

 This bath style reminds me of a larger version of the bowl style basins we used to have, which were a pain in the proverbial to clean round the back properly, I've switched them to basins that are flush against the wall and form the whole top of the vanity unit.

As a bonus, whilst the overall height is the same, not having a massive bowl on the top means there is an additional, deep storage drawer in the vanity unit. 

clw1

The latest design looks great but as others have said the small curved gaps near the bath would be a dust magnet and a nightmare to clean.

A couple of other more practical things you might want to consider:
  - The mirror cupboard above the sink won't give much storage so depending on how many people are using the bathroom think about a cupboard under the sink and possibly a cabinet that links the toilet / sink (which gives counter space for toothbrushes etc).
- how many towels will be on the towel rail - it looks small for more than 2 people
- wall storage recesses in the shower are great, you may also want them near the bath if it's being used daily by kids
- in the shower I prefer having the controls by the door and not under the shower head so you can switch it on without getting wet.
- a hand held shower in the bath is a must for me for hair washing and also bath cleaning
- think about lighting - possibly some over the basin on the wall (direct light to the face for shaving / make up)  and maybe in storage recesses that can be used as dim lighting if having a relaxing bath

jennifernil

Looking at the last plan drawn, if the room is 2640 mm long, a 1700mm bath plus a 900mm wide shower will leave  very little space for  stud wall between them.

ThisIsWeird

jennifernil said:

Looking at the last plan drawn, if the room is 2640 mm long, a 1700mm bath plus a 900mm wide shower will leave  very little space for  stud wall between them.

A suitable wall/partition can be as little as 1.5" thick.

Fromdownwest

Thanks again all, all noted re the issues in getting to the rear of a standalone bath.

I think I have the final proposal here, addition of a dual fuel towell rail on wall next to the shower.
800x1000 shower, if it can fit a 900,1000 then I will

810 vanity unit for additional storage. Shelving on the partion wall between bath and shower.

Extraction will be included.

Spots are in situ, but will be moved to ensure in centre of shower run.

3 Column rad added as per comments.

I think this is the best usage if space, given what I have.

Re Shower - Was unable to add a partition wall with the software I have to hand, so used a closed in shower screen. So betweem shower and bath is a floor to celing partion wall.

ThisIsWeird

"800x1000 shower, if it can fit a 900,1000 then I will"

I agree to do this if you can - a roomy shower is simply a great thing (speaking from the pov of mine not being...)

That plan doesn't show the shower as being 1m long?

Fromdownwest

ThisIsWeird said:

"800x1000 shower, if it can fit a 900,1000 then I will"

I agree to do this if you can - a roomy shower is simply a great thing (speaking from the pov of mine not being...)

That plan doesn't show the shower as being 1m long?

Thanks, restrictions with what I could input from the websites online design software.

That is an 800x800, so just 200 more shoot out along the inside wall

Doozergirl

Fromdownwest said:

Thanks again all, all noted re the issues in getting to the rear of a standalone bath.

I think I have the final proposal here, addition of a dual fuel towell rail on wall next to the shower.
800x1000 shower, if it can fit a 900,1000 then I will

810 vanity unit for additional storage. Shelving on the partion wall between bath and shower.

Extraction will be included.

Spots are in situ, but will be moved to ensure in centre of shower run.

3 Column rad added as per comments.

I think this is the best usage if space, given what I have.

Re Shower - Was unable to add a partition wall with the software I have to hand, so used a closed in shower screen. So betweem shower and bath is a floor to celing partion wall.

I'd say that's bang on.  You've fitted a lot in and there's still plenty of floor space. 

Doozergirl

ThisIsWeird said:

jennifernil said:

Looking at the last plan drawn, if the room is 2640 mm long, a 1700mm bath plus a 900mm wide shower will leave  very little space for  stud wall between them.

A suitable wall/partition can be as little as 1.5" thick.

It would look silly and it wouldn't be structural.  It needs studwork.  

An 800 shower will be fine if it's a bit longer than it is wide.  There are also 1600 baths.  Just a matter of deciding what is most important for the OP.