Your ideas for our toilet and bath layout
Hello!
I would love to hear your ideas on the design of our common toilet and bath.
As you can see from the plan, I have a separate toilet and bath. I want to have at least a small sink in the toilet but the space won’t allow it. I was thinking of removing the bath tub in the shower area to give way to a larger toilet, or if possible a small powder room.
What do you all think? Thank you in advance.
Comments (22)
kiwimills
3 years agoWe have the same layout. We took some dry wall/ gib off the wall and used the bath plumbing to put in a tap and 200mm deep basin, so half in the wall..half out. Little bit of tile as a splashback.
Easy!
Powder room, tick
Although ours is behind the door as that was where plumbing was. Yours would be as you walk in...
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HU-206141322
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3 years agokiwimills
3 years agoLike this, but you should be OK as your door opens the other way.
The secret is getting a skinny basin. And putting some of it into the cavity of the wall. Ours rested on a dwang.
We have about 12 cm intruding into the room, which works ok...just!
dreamer
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Kate
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purplekristi
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Kirsty Brown
3 years agooklouise
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siriuskey
3 years agowithout further input from HU-206141322, dimensions and wall materials we can't offer precise ideas. A basin fully or partially recessed into the wall is the best solution but depends on material used for the walls. The following suggests moving the door which could allow enough space for a small hand basin without recessing. But without more details hard to know
A C
3 years agoMaybe there is the option to change the doors around. It would allow a longer toilet room & more towel rail space in the bathroom.
lumpets
3 years agokiwimills
3 years agoExcuse the craftsmanship, hubby did it.
Its low so kids can use it. It's 5 cms inside the wall on a dwang, 20cm deep basin.
You can see in last pic how much door width we have.. Doable
Used Bath plumbing as we put a sep shower in, lowered nosal
kiwimills
3 years agoDoor width
You can get in and shut it. We have lost maybe 20 cms but room is 900mm wide so it just works. Any smaller we may not have been able to add a basin.
I used tape on the floor to see if door would hit etc u can try that now.
Gives u a good idea then if the door can stay where it is...
kiwimills
3 years agolumpets
3 years agokiwimills
3 years agoL H
3 years agoI would’ve liked to instal a hand basin in our toilet but brick walls and plumbing location made it too difficult, so we went with the Caroma basin over the cistern. Actually very pleased with it, there’s enough room next to it for good access. Certainly makes one realise how much water is used for flushing!
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