1930s Semi - Family bathroom layout advice - work starts tomorrow!

3 months ago

Hi there,

I've got a 1930s semi with a pretty standard layout, where there is a bathroom and toilet separated by a wall on the first floor. We have decided on layout, with the following ideas and some of the key materials already ordered (unless specified)... The room is roughly 2700mm x 2400mm.

1. Separate bath (1700 x 700mm - slim edge bath) - Not yet ordered

2. Offset quadrant shower (1000 x 900mm) - Not yet ordered

3. Traditional toilet (480 wide x 720mm depth)

4. Wall hung 800mm wide vanity unit

5. Wall hung 1400mm tall cupboard (400 wide x 300mm deep)

6. 1600mm x 500mm Towel Radiator

Basically, I'm keen to get some advice on my proposed layout based on the position of the proposed door and the rear window staying (positioned above bath). A 100mm stud wall will be erected behind the shower shown in red and the current side window blocked up. I've gone for a quadrant shower 1000mm x 900mm to give 300mm-400mm to the door frame for towel hooks or similar and so it's not right to the door. Space between shower and bath where toilet is, is roughly 1000mm, so space either side of the toilet.

Am I limiting myself too much with the shower or could I go bigger? I would like to feel like it is a spacious bathroom too, so don't want to take up too much space... The idea was also to keep the majority of the plumbing and waste pipes on the external side wall. Maybe I'll go 1000mm x 1000mm quadrant...

Any advice is helpful.

Thanks!!

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Gini Interior Design
3 months ago
Your proposed set is well designed. However, in my view, a quadrant shower now feels somewhat dated. Cleaner shapes and lines tend to make the space appear more modern and open. I have suggested an alternative option for your consideration.

Additionally, the dimensions provided for the bath wall do not fully align with the 2700mm measurement. I have based my layout on an overall size of 2700 x 2400mm; naturally, this can be adjusted to suit the exact site dimensions.
Andrew Jackett
Original Author
last month

I ended up going with the same design and I'm thrilled with how it's turned out. A few little additions to go like towel hooks, but loving it so far!
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Devyra Atelier
last month
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I almost agree with Gini suggested floorplan but instead toilet I would place the cupboard there

Personally I would advise the toilet to be separated from bath so if someone taking a bath people can still access the toilet, keeping it dry, less cost and add bidet wiping with only toilet paper not clean just like if we got s*** on hands we wont just wipe it with dry tissue and consider it clean
Andrew Jackett
Original Author
last month
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Thanks for the comments.

We combined the bathroom and toilet as they were previously separated by knocking through the wall and created a master bathroom, the main part of our plan. We have a single separate toilet downstairs.

Gini's design, while it looks clean had 2 flaws (for us) in that there was no cupboard and where the shower is placed it really overshoots the window so that would've felt really boxed in and closed down that space by reducing the window size (I think my measurements were on the wrong walls, 2400 across the window wall).

And a bidet... Just no 😂
Sarah L
last month
I'd replace the pine loo seat with a white one. The pine doesn't go with the vanity and storage unit, which are a more modern style than the other items.