ᐅ Renovation Tips for a Very Small Bathroom with a Shower Instead of a Bathtub

Yes, but 60cm (24 inches) won’t be enough.

A compact floor-standing toilet still takes up about half a meter (50cm / 20 inches) in depth. A usable shower should be at least 70cm (28 inches) wide. That leaves only 37cm (15 inches) of passage.

That’s too tight.

With the design from @Fummelbrett, the toilet would definitely need to be installed under the window, and the shower entry would have to be positioned somewhere on the front half. The shower tray is probably about 120cm (47 inches) deep, so with a 60cm (24 inches) door or sliding element, it might just work.

I also considered placing the shower in the back right corner with the entrance on the short side at the front. The washing machine would go in the back left, and the toilet at the front left.

Of course, many connections would need to be relocated, but this would make better use of the space overall.

The shower would also have to be custom-built around the boxed-in soil pipe, as a standard shower tray wouldn’t fit.

Fummelbrett schrieb:
Here is my quick idea. I’m not sure if the dimensions will actually work. Especially since you still need to be able to get into the shower and load the washing machine... The washing machine would be moved to the opposite side, with a shower next to it extending to the window. If the window can’t be made smaller, I would install a glass shower screen inside, directly in front of it. For the toilet, choose a space-saving model that doesn’t protrude more into the room than necessary. Next to the toilet, there would still be room for a shallow cabinet.

And the toilet is rotated.

apokolok schrieb:
But there won’t be 60cm (24 inches) left. A compact floor-mounted toilet still has a depth of about half a meter (around 20 inches). A usable shower should be at least 70cm (28 inches) wide. That leaves just 37cm (15 inches) for the passageway. That’s too narrow.

In the design by @Fummelbrett, the toilet would definitely need to be installed under the window, and the shower entrance would have to be in the front half somehow. The shower tray would be about 120cm (47 inches) deep, so a 60cm (24 inches) door or sliding element might fit.

I also considered placing the shower at the back right, with the entrance on the short side at the front. The washing machine would go to the back left, and the toilet at the front left. Of course, that would require moving a lot of plumbing connections, but it would make better use of the space. The shower would also have to be custom-built around the boxed-in soil pipe, since a standard tray wouldn’t work.

I don’t see the toilet there because of the drainage.

apokolok schrieb:
Yes, but there won’t be 60cm (24 inches) there.

I didn’t mean at the toilet, but the passage at the bottleneck.

Regarding legroom at the toilet, everything will be better than now ;-)

apokolok schrieb:
A compact floor-standing toilet is still about half a meter deep. A usable shower should be at least 70cm (27.5 inches) wide. So that leaves 37cm (14.5 inches) of passage space.

But with 167cm (65.7 inches), that leaves 47cm (18.5 inches) in front of the toilet. I find that acceptable in this situation. The bathroom is, in any case, far from being accessible or comfortable...

That's right, I had missed 10cm (5 inches). You can do that, and it's definitely better than what it is now. However, I would still rotate the dish.

One more EXTREMELY bold idea: a shower in the entrance area. That means a walk-in shower level with the floor, with the main door opening outward as usual, and then an additional shower door installed inside the frame. Then, at the narrow section, another shower door that would stay open all the time. It’s kind of a crazy idea, but this way you would have a large shower and still plenty of space near the toilet, the sink, and the washing machine. The window wouldn’t be an issue either.
It’s definitely something quite unusual *laughs*