ᐅ Planning a Guest Bathroom in a New Build – What Is the Minimum Size? (Building Standards?)
Created on: 11 Dec 2022 12:59
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Hello house building forum,
we are currently planning a semi-detached house. The building plot is very small, and the footprint is accordingly limited. To achieve a reasonably usable living area, we want to keep non-living spaces small and allocate the saved space to the living rooms.
On the ground floor, we are planning a guest toilet without a shower—that is, only a toilet and a washbasin. Recently, I have been carrying a laser measuring device when visiting friends and have measured several guest toilets. Conclusion: 1 meter (3.3 feet) in width and 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length are more than sufficient. In our case, the door would be on the short wall, the toilet opposite the door, and the washbasin on the long wall.
We are currently looking for a builder and have roughly presented our plans. One potential builder mentioned that according to the DIN standard, a guest toilet must be at least 1.24 meters (4 feet) wide.
My online research so far hasn’t been enough to find the relevant regulation or DIN. The DIN 18022 on bathroom planning appears to have been withdrawn without replacement.
Is anyone familiar with this requirement? Is it not allowed to plan a 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide guest toilet in a new build?
we are currently planning a semi-detached house. The building plot is very small, and the footprint is accordingly limited. To achieve a reasonably usable living area, we want to keep non-living spaces small and allocate the saved space to the living rooms.
On the ground floor, we are planning a guest toilet without a shower—that is, only a toilet and a washbasin. Recently, I have been carrying a laser measuring device when visiting friends and have measured several guest toilets. Conclusion: 1 meter (3.3 feet) in width and 2 meters (6.6 feet) in length are more than sufficient. In our case, the door would be on the short wall, the toilet opposite the door, and the washbasin on the long wall.
We are currently looking for a builder and have roughly presented our plans. One potential builder mentioned that according to the DIN standard, a guest toilet must be at least 1.24 meters (4 feet) wide.
My online research so far hasn’t been enough to find the relevant regulation or DIN. The DIN 18022 on bathroom planning appears to have been withdrawn without replacement.
Is anyone familiar with this requirement? Is it not allowed to plan a 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide guest toilet in a new build?
xMisterDx schrieb:
was that "once in a lifetime" the last second in life...Yes, some people really shouldn’t be out on the road or driving a car.X
xMisterDx12 Dec 2022 23:11ypg schrieb:
Yes, some people really should neither be out on the streets nor driving a car. Especially those who live by the motto "just this once, what could possibly go wrong"...
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xMisterDx12 Dec 2022 23:40As long as I have 11ant on my side, you can laugh all you want 😉
If anyone wants to pull a corpse out of the guest bathroom, they should contact ypg. Maintenance included? That’s just negligent planning.
By the way. Do you wear your seatbelt in the car? Why? Que sera, sera?
If anyone wants to pull a corpse out of the guest bathroom, they should contact ypg. Maintenance included? That’s just negligent planning.
By the way. Do you wear your seatbelt in the car? Why? Que sera, sera?
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xMisterDx12 Dec 2022 23:57Please disregard the previous post. No offense was intended; I simply remembered something.
Someone without children often lives by the motto, "Well, if it happens to me, so be it..."
That might be acceptable for a single person, but not for a parent of two children.
In this respect, the emergency option in the bathroom serves an important function. It doesn’t just save the dad or mom from becoming a drooling vegetable; it also ensures that care can be provided...
And... watch out ypg, here comes the funny part:
My father had a stroke in the bathroom. The door wasn’t locked and opened outward. That was his rescue.
It was incredibly funny, and we still laugh about it today...
Oh, and since then he rarely goes outside. He has become very frail. I assume that’s in line with your feelings. Driving a car is no longer possible...
Someone without children often lives by the motto, "Well, if it happens to me, so be it..."
That might be acceptable for a single person, but not for a parent of two children.
In this respect, the emergency option in the bathroom serves an important function. It doesn’t just save the dad or mom from becoming a drooling vegetable; it also ensures that care can be provided...
And... watch out ypg, here comes the funny part:
My father had a stroke in the bathroom. The door wasn’t locked and opened outward. That was his rescue.
It was incredibly funny, and we still laugh about it today...
Oh, and since then he rarely goes outside. He has become very frail. I assume that’s in line with your feelings. Driving a car is no longer possible...
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NatureSys13 Dec 2022 02:09motorradsilke schrieb:
How often does that happen? I wouldn’t plan based on that unless there’s no other option. We have it like this as well.Most likely only that one time, after which you lose too much time due to lack of access and then the next step is the funeral.
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motorradsilke13 Dec 2022 03:49NatureSys schrieb:
Probably just that one time in a row when too much time is lost due to lack of access, and then the funeral follows.I was more referring to how many people does this actually happen to? Sure, these cases exist. But it is much more common for someone to suffer a stroke or similar condition alone in their apartment/house and then be unable to get help anyway. Everyone has to assess for themselves how high they consider the risk to be.