Hello everyone!
Since construction will start in a few weeks and we have decided to make the house a bit more compact based on the offers, we are now planning our bathroom.
This is already very important for us because the bathroom is located on the ground floor. There is no basement, so we need to finalize the base plumbing now.
Requirements:
We want a fully functional bathroom, preferably with two sinks, a toilet, a bathtub, and a walk-in (built-in) shower without glass.
The door on the left should provide access to the garden.
Access from the bedroom is not desired; the bathroom should continue to be accessible through the dressing room.
The 45° angle would almost be a natural choice here, as this would make the access to the bedroom less cramped and dark, while the space behind the bathtub would not be needed. Moving the bedroom door downward in the plan, to align with the bathroom wall, is not possible because we need that wall as a support (otherwise, a beam with steel lintel would be required).
The bathroom is mainly for my wife and me; the children have their own bathroom.
What do you think of this idea? My architect said he could only imagine it if the sloping shower wall were made of glass.
Is the 5.5cm (2 inches) space between the bathtub and the door enough?
Should I worry about water always getting onto the area near the toilet while showering, or should it work? If only a little water drips out, which is probably the case, that would be fine with us.
Do you have any other ideas in advance? The rough construction dimensions are currently about 2.63m x 3.15m (8 ft 8 in x 10 ft 4 in), the position of the garden door is completely flexible (also possible at the top of the plan), and the door from the dressing room to the bathroom could be moved slightly downward in the plan.
Thanks a lot in advance for your help and ideas! 🙂
Best regards, Mathias
Since construction will start in a few weeks and we have decided to make the house a bit more compact based on the offers, we are now planning our bathroom.
This is already very important for us because the bathroom is located on the ground floor. There is no basement, so we need to finalize the base plumbing now.
Requirements:
We want a fully functional bathroom, preferably with two sinks, a toilet, a bathtub, and a walk-in (built-in) shower without glass.
The door on the left should provide access to the garden.
Access from the bedroom is not desired; the bathroom should continue to be accessible through the dressing room.
The 45° angle would almost be a natural choice here, as this would make the access to the bedroom less cramped and dark, while the space behind the bathtub would not be needed. Moving the bedroom door downward in the plan, to align with the bathroom wall, is not possible because we need that wall as a support (otherwise, a beam with steel lintel would be required).
The bathroom is mainly for my wife and me; the children have their own bathroom.
What do you think of this idea? My architect said he could only imagine it if the sloping shower wall were made of glass.
Is the 5.5cm (2 inches) space between the bathtub and the door enough?
Should I worry about water always getting onto the area near the toilet while showering, or should it work? If only a little water drips out, which is probably the case, that would be fine with us.
Do you have any other ideas in advance? The rough construction dimensions are currently about 2.63m x 3.15m (8 ft 8 in x 10 ft 4 in), the position of the garden door is completely flexible (also possible at the top of the plan), and the door from the dressing room to the bathroom could be moved slightly downward in the plan.
Thanks a lot in advance for your help and ideas! 🙂
Best regards, Mathias
One person is sitting comfortably on the toilet, another happily comes in from the garden, and boom — kneecaps gone.
In my opinion, this is just way too much for such a small bathroom.
Two doors, two sinks, a bathtub, and even a built-in shower...
Either the space needs to be significantly enlarged or the fixtures and fittings need to be drastically reduced.
I would ask the architect to revisit the overall concept for the ground floor. A 10m² (108 sq ft) walk-in closet and a cramped tiny bathroom just don’t add up for me.
What’s the purpose of the slanted wall behind the bathtub? It makes the bathroom even smaller and doesn’t really help much in the bedroom either.
In my opinion, this is just way too much for such a small bathroom.
Two doors, two sinks, a bathtub, and even a built-in shower...
Either the space needs to be significantly enlarged or the fixtures and fittings need to be drastically reduced.
I would ask the architect to revisit the overall concept for the ground floor. A 10m² (108 sq ft) walk-in closet and a cramped tiny bathroom just don’t add up for me.
What’s the purpose of the slanted wall behind the bathtub? It makes the bathroom even smaller and doesn’t really help much in the bedroom either.
I would also straighten the slanted wall and reduce the size of the bedroom entrance. That space doesn’t bring you any benefit.
A walk-in shower without a glass door takes up twice as much space as a regular one, two sinks take up twice as much space as one (you can brush your teeth at just one), and on top of that, you have two doors...
I like having an exit to the garden, but you’re trying to fit all these nice-to-haves into a small room without considering that it might end up looking overcrowded.
I’ve sketched back and forth and haven’t found a satisfactory solution.
Maybe a shower with a door, a smaller asymmetrical bathtub, and/or just one sink (possibly a bit longer), plus removing the slanted wall—then the whole thing will feel more relaxed 🙂
Best regards in brief
A walk-in shower without a glass door takes up twice as much space as a regular one, two sinks take up twice as much space as one (you can brush your teeth at just one), and on top of that, you have two doors...
I like having an exit to the garden, but you’re trying to fit all these nice-to-haves into a small room without considering that it might end up looking overcrowded.
I’ve sketched back and forth and haven’t found a satisfactory solution.
Maybe a shower with a door, a smaller asymmetrical bathtub, and/or just one sink (possibly a bit longer), plus removing the slanted wall—then the whole thing will feel more relaxed 🙂
Best regards in brief
On paper, this solution makes any engineer’s heart beat faster—everything is so neatly and compactly arranged. In practice, however, for exactly the same reason, it looks terrible: the shower is sufficient for personal hygiene. When you sit in the bathtub, you want comfort—but a sense of spaciousness is an essential ingredient for that feeling of coziness. Either long hair or short, ponytail or bald, a decision will have to be made. Cramped like this, it just won’t work.
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Knallkörper17 Feb 2017 16:25I would like to add:
1. The shower is too dark
2. If someone is standing at the washbasin, the door is blocked
3. The bathtub cannot be installed as tightly as shown in the drawings
4. You have still calculated with the shell construction dimensions. Plaster + tiles + adhesive can easily add up to 3.5 cm (1.4 inches).
Leave out the bathtub and order a standard shower screen from the glazier.
1. The shower is too dark
2. If someone is standing at the washbasin, the door is blocked
3. The bathtub cannot be installed as tightly as shown in the drawings
4. You have still calculated with the shell construction dimensions. Plaster + tiles + adhesive can easily add up to 3.5 cm (1.4 inches).
Leave out the bathtub and order a standard shower screen from the glazier.
Even better, skip the shower and use the bathtub for showering!
The bed in the bedroom is probably only 160cm (63 inches) wide?
Roughly calculated: 750cm (295 inches) - 30cm (12 inches) - 30cm (12 inches) = 660cm (260 inches) - 315cm (124 inches) - 7.5cm (3 inches) for the plaster on the wall, so the bedroom width is about 300cm (118 inches).
The bed in the bedroom is probably only 160cm (63 inches) wide?
Roughly calculated: 750cm (295 inches) - 30cm (12 inches) - 30cm (12 inches) = 660cm (260 inches) - 315cm (124 inches) - 7.5cm (3 inches) for the plaster on the wall, so the bedroom width is about 300cm (118 inches).
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