What is the reasoning for the glass panel/doorway dividing the room? Personally, it would throw me off a bit walking into a bathroom that has a dividing wall the entire length of the room, especially since it is a single vanity.

However, if it is the only bathroom in the entire house and you want it to remain accessible while someone is taking a bath or shower I would not be so thrown off, but the glass panel/doorway should not be able to be seen through.

The glass panel will make the bathroom seem smaller. You could be loosing space the way the layout is currently. You might think of reconfiguring the bath and shower space. Here are a few options that may help with design.

See how the top left photo the tub is open no glass. it makes the space feel bigger. That is not a great photo but the closest one I have to help with the look you are going for. We have more bath photos on our profile.

You might move the toilet under the window put in a slightly larger vanity and move the shower and tub in the corner nook. Not sure if you have room for that because I don't have dimensions to work with here. Either way I would get rid of the glass wall.

The layout of this bath does not give the proper clearances to function according to what I could figure from your plan. Can you give dimensions of all the walls, door opening, window, window sill height? What is the space on the other side of the toilet? If it's a closet, is it a hall closet or does it open to a bedroom? According to your door swing, to get into this bathroom is almost impossible. If you have an image of your inspiration for the slider, please post. Not sure what that is exactly. I am so curious! Would love to help!

Ok so I guess im off the mark with this idea! Firstly, thanks everyone so far. Secondly, the plumb layout is confirmed so the toilet , basin, tub and shower will be where they are in. Here's the dimensions as per the drawings please bear in mind the fixtures in this are not to scale. And here is one photo of where I got the idea of having the tub and shower enclosed. I had seen more but typical now I can't locate them. The shower has to have a splash screen anyway which is why I thought enclosing it all would work. (Guess not) and it will be the main bath currently for any guests and possible future family.

There's another idea of where I got the notion from !

This layout doesn't make sense, sorry! Why would you put a cabinet in a wet area and the cabinet doors will hit the toilet. Glass panels work well when they are incorporated into the design not just placed as a partition.

Here is my 2-cents
1) Remove the glass divider.
2) Move the tub to where the WC is
3) Make the vanity a double-sink vanity from the current location to where the wall is
4) The WC to be between the vanity and the shower
But all this depends on the dimensions with enough room to get into and out of the shower depending on the shower door position

Now that you posted your idea, it looks smashing. However, that tub/shower area is about 8' x 11' larger than most entire bathrooms. You can achieve the look by installing a frameless glass enclosure and tricking it out with tiled niches like the one above the tub.

If it's possible, make the sink vanity as large as you can. This layout works for sure. You had us all nervous wondering how it was going to work out. Whew!

What is the dimensions for the bathroom... can you post a sketch with that? Is this new construction or remodeling?

About your plumber saying "plumb layout is confirmed". That is a load of rubbish. It's fairly easy to move drains around (yes he might have to rip up some walls, but he can also do off-the-wall installations to avoid that). In a small bath proper placement is of the utmost importance!!!

If you have the bathtub and shower next to each other that will be much better and then the glass separator idea should work.

padmaramachandran's (see post above) setup sounds more reasonable to me as well (see first picture below). This is similar to your setup but as you have more space you could put in bath tub and shower where the picture only shows a bath tub.

Also if you do it that way you could theoretically have a bidet or a wider wash basin (small double perhaps too).

Example layout:


Do you need a bathtub in the guest bath? If not you have a lot more room to work with. E.g. for a double wash basin and large walking shower and a bidet (2nd picture).

Example of off-the-wall installation for toilet and bidet and a large walking shower.


Finally if you ignore this advice and do it the way you planned ;) then I suggest you really thing about that glass separator. Doing it right will make a lot of difference (see 3rd picture).


Good luck!

Thanks for all the comments I will take all on board and play around with the design. In terms of some of the questions;
It is a new build house.
This bath will be the upstairs bathroom. My h and I will have our own en suite, so anyone else that either stays or lives with us will share this bathroom
We want a tub in this room for two reasons: sometimes its nice to have a bath! And also if we have children ; a tub is needed.
The floor will be tiled out for a wet room so that we won't have the shower tray- i thought this would give us more room in the area.
The vanity unit will most likely be a double - the programme i used is limiting for actual furniture and the door into the room can be adjusted to swing left or right.
My heart isn't set on the glass divider so all your suggestions are great and thanks for taking the time to help!

Back again! I think this is probably going to work best for me taking all your comments into account. Thoughts?

This is great!