Your thoughts on a bathroom layou
Need bathroom layout experts! We are looking to renovate both main bathroom and ensuite. They are old, there is some water damage so likely totally gutted.
They share a wall and each shower has it's own nook. However, the shower spaces are on the small side and it feels like it's worth changing the layout so we have a bit more space in the showers (though particularly the main one). I feel like I've tried a million options but can't decide!
I would rather not have a wet room or a shower over the bath. And would like to keep the bath. Whatever configuration - the space is all pretty tight. Both doors are cavity doors. Ceiling is sloped.
Currently thinking that we will move the wall to widen the main bathroom shower.
With the current layout, this would look similar to the following:
This would leave the ensuite with it's current layout looking like this:
We have toyed with moving the external door for the ensuite to allow for a larger shower in the ensuite too but perhaps dependent on cost.
Another option we have considered is moving the main bathroom door to allow for a bigger shower but this leaves less room in an already small main bathroom.
We have considered putting the vanity or toilet into the current shower nook and then fitting the shower somewhere else but haven't managed to land on anything that works that well.
Appreciate any thoughts or ideas!!
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Kate
2 years agoSiobhan M
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oklouise
2 years agooklouise
2 years agowith careful choice of all fixtures you should be able to have a bigger shower in both bathrooms
Siobhan M
2 years agooklouise
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoif the goal is to have bigger showers then my suggestions has bigger showers in both the bathroom and ens as well as the bigger vanity in the ens and makes the ens more spacious ...the attached plan without fixtures shows the hatched section of wall that needs to be moved (the label for the 1700 bathtub size in my original plan may have been misleading as i was aiming to show suitable built in bath size although that section of wall doesn't need to change) although the bathroom door does need to be changed but should be quite straightforward for any carpenter rearranging the other walls...and potentially the original door frame and most fixtures could be reused.. the biggest challenge will be deciding if it's worthwhile to swap the ens toilet and vanity which is not essential to have the two bigger showers i just think the ens vanity looks nicer built into the alcove
Siobhan MOriginal Author