ᐅ Bathroom Renovation Planning in Existing Buildings – Any Suggestions for Improvement?

Hello everyone,

Since the main thread hasn’t received any comments or feedback yet, I’m trying to share the detailed planning here, starting with the bathroom design.

This is an existing house built in 1972, which is currently being renovated and remodeled. For the planned bathroom, a dormer has already been added to slightly enlarge the space. Attached is the floor plan including the planned bathroom.

I’ve attached the current plan; the most important part is the floor layout, as the individual fixtures are unfortunately not exactly available in the online tool as we want them.

Previously, we switched the positions of the toilet and bathtub, but that made the access to the toilet too narrow.

Are there any comments or suggestions for improvement here?

How are the water pipes and, even more importantly, the sewage pipes positioned? They can definitely limit the planning.

I have marked the existing riser shafts in red (they run from the basement all the way up to the roof ventilation).
At the top of the plan (the bathroom layout) there is a dead space that can be used for routing pipes. In the house floor plan, this is the dead space at the bottom of the bathroom.

Departing from the original design, the showerhead should also be mounted to the left on the wall directly next to the riser shaft (this was not possible with the online planner).
Since the floor will be completely rebuilt, water pipes can theoretically also be installed within the floor structure.

How about the following idea:
In the lower left of the plan, the shower as shown, with a bathtub above it. The entrance to the shower would then be on the longer side.
On the right side of the plan by the window, the toilet, with the washbasin below it as before.
I don’t like the corner bathtub, and this could be a way to avoid it.

Pinky0301 schrieb:

How about this idea:
On the left side of the plan, place the shower at the bottom as shown, with the bathtub above it. The shower entrance would then be on the longer side.
On the right side by the window, the toilet, and below that the washbasin as before.
I don’t like the corner bathtub, and this could be a way to avoid it.

Do you mean like in this old sketch? Note that the sketch is rotated 180° compared to the previous one.
We didn’t like this "niche" by the toilet here, so we swapped it.

By the way, the shower will be an open, walk-in shower, just to mention. The depth of 1.4m (4.6 feet) is not very generous but should be sufficient.

No, the bathtub should be placed the other way around, directly next to the shower. That’s why the shower entrance will be on the long side. The bathroom isn’t very spacious, so an open shower without a door might be too unrealistic.
This will be our bathroom, and I would arrange yours in a similar way: