Pocket doors are very useful as space saving devices but I would not use on a bathroom if it can be avoided as they are just not as soundproof as a normal door. Bath centered on the window is good. Without moving the door, you could have the loo in centre right and the sink on the wall the door is on.

Thanks for your thoughts on this Siobhan. You're not the first person to give that warning about a pocket door actually. Good to be able to strike that one off.

Regarding the sink position, I had thought of that, but the clearance between the toilet and the sink might not be big enough to be able to access it comfortably.

Something like this might work?

The first one works but the second looks tight.

Hey folks,

We've decided to take approx 30-40cm out of the neighbouring bedroom to make the bathroom a little bigger/wider. We are giving space back to the bedroom from the extremely deep HP (on the floor plan) so won't lose much if any floor space in there.

This gives the ability to lay out the bathroom in one of the two ways (that I can come up with). Apologies I'm using IKEAs bathroom planner for this, but in both designs both vanity and bath will take up entire space they sit within. (130cm or so for vanity and 1800x800 for the bath).

I'm edging towards the first layout. Feels like better chi and can add extra storage to the hall.

Any thoughts?

Hey rinked,

Thanks for the idea. I had considered that before, but wan't sure about taking quite that much out of the room. It would be an extra 2-300mm but as per your sketch I hadn't thought about leaving the nook behind the door which lessens the incursion (and in the bed room that space could be used for storage too).

We are moving the soil pipe to the side of the house to allow for the bifold downstairs, so the toilet on the outer wall as per your sketch would really be better. Of course we could use a pump or so, but that's not ideal. Bath drainage could also run out that side too.

We are completely renovating the room, everything is coming out and it will be tanked and retiled etc, so seams aren't an issue. My main consideration for having the toilet and vanity on the other wall is to perhaps conceal the toilet with a false wall, and also so that the light from the window (extremely bright as south facing) isn't to the side when looking in the mirror.

Thanks again, lots to think about!

EDIT:

Mocking it up, it could look something like below...

I have a similar bathroom and we hung horizontal blinds that are always down and semi-closed, so that we can dash around naked but still have some daylight. I wouldn't add a wall inbetween.

Thanks again, rinked. You're right, no need for a wall at all.

I checked with the builder and this is indeed the optimal layout. Our joists run front to back so no way out for soil pipe under floor anyway. In this configuration we can run the bath waste out the back wall and into the current water waste pipe which is top right corner currently.

We are replacing both the interior walls. Currently they're only 50mm thick (concrete wall board) and new stud ones will be 100mm approx, plus 50mm insulated plasterboard on both exterior walls will mean the room might be just slightly too small to allow for the little storage nook in the bottom left corner with the 1800mm long bath we have. Not the end of the world and we could just allow for a recessed shelving nook above the end of the bath. We'll see as we progress...

Look up Alcreflex, we used this in our entire home, as the exterior walls are just 13cm concrete. It takes up less space than oldschool insulation (20mm wood + foil + 20mm wood + 12mm reinforced plasterboard for bathrooms). Much luck with the makeover! And post results here when ready! :)

Cheers, I'll run that by the builder.

I will definitely post before and after photos. Work is currently underway!