bathroom layout - sloping roof prevents shower

danlightbulb

danlightbulb

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Hi all

Bit of advice / ideas needed.

I just viewed a house and the bathroom, whilst nice, has a sloping roof on one side. Currently there is a free standing bath under this, but not enough headroom for a shower.

Fitting the bath in an alternate location or a free standing shower might be possible but would require moving the toilet. I have sketched the layout below as best as i can and would appreciate any ideas for how this can be done. The house is otherwise very nice and Id like to solve this problem. The green boxes below represent toilet sink and bath and the red area is where the roof slopes down to the right. The window is above the sink (middle green box).

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Shower where the toilet is and either move the toilet opposite to where the sink is currently or move the toilet over in between the bath and shower and move the sink to the opposite wall. It might make it a little cramped, without knowing the dimensions it's hard to know. You'll definitely need a smaller sink. Is a shower a dealbreaker? Is this the only bathroom?
 
Do you want a bath and a shower or are you happy to get rid of the bath?

Would a bath fit on the right as you walk into the bathroom? (bath turned 30 degrees and put against the wall opposite the sink) The reason I'm saying this is there are showers that protrude from the ceiling (google "ceiling shower" to see what I mean) and so you could have one on the flat part of the ceiling above the bath.
 
tom_nieto said:
Shower where the toilet is and either move the toilet opposite to where the sink is currently or move the toilet over in between the bath and shower and move the sink to the opposite wall. It might make it a little cramped, without knowing the dimensions it's hard to know.
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This was my first thought.
Another option might be to rotate the bath/shower to run along the wall where the door is, and move the sink into the corner - might mean less upheaval. Again, depends on dimensions though.
 
Room is 2.7m x 2.1m.

Ideally bath with shower over is what Id like. I can get rid of bath though for a shower cubicle if thats the easiest option, then left with dead space under sloping roof.

Bath could maybe fit along the wall where the door is.

The soil pipe is directly behind the toilet at the moment on the outside wall.

It is the only bathroom in house (60s 3 bed semi).
 
Is it possible to get an 'L' shaped bath?

Im thinking could a 90 degree shaped bath go along the back wall and behind the door with a square shaped area? Hope this makes sense ill draw it up in a few minutes.

Edit. this kind of idea. a 90 degree bath filling the corner with the shower on the door side where the height is.

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danlightbulb said:
Is it possible to get an 'L' shaped bath?

Im thinking could a 90 degree shaped bath go along the back wall and behind the door with a square shaped area? Hope this makes sense ill draw it up in a few minutes.

Edit. this kind of idea. a 90 degree bath filling the corner with the shower on the door side where the height is.

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I’m sure it’s possible. Seems a bit OTT though! Definitely don’t search the forums for “corner sofa”!

Keep the bath where it is, it’s the best use for the space for sure... unless you’re planning built in storage.

EDIT: looking at the photo you’re going to be limited with a separate shower cubicle where the toilet is due to the window. Unless you significantly reduce the depth of the existing sink you’ll struggle to get a freestanding shower opposite it without it seeming very tight. I suppose you could turn the bath 90’ to incorporate a shower.
 
tom_nieto said:
I’m sure it’s possible. Seems a bit OTT though! Definitely don’t search the forums for “corner sofa”!

Keep the bath where it is, it’s the best use for the space for sure... unless you’re planning built in storage.
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I was thinking a bath shaped like that would be more space efficient than a separate bath and shower cubicle. And it would have one drain outlet too, being all one prefab unit.

Built in storage was something I considered for that space, but still leaves the problem of where to fit the shower.
 
The only other option I can think of would be taking some space from the adjoining bedroom and making the bathroom bigger. This could allow fitting a walk in shower cubicle the left of the existing toilet and keeping the bath under the sloping roof to the right.

Would be a much bigger job though. Woukd have to demolish wall between bathroom and bedroom and build a new one.

I dont know if this issue is a deal breaker on the house or not.

The only other issue is the north facing garden. Other than that and the bathroom its a good house in a nice spot.
 
you can get below kind of shape, without the door, which I have, which is fine, if you are happy to step into bath,
shower base is plenty big enough to turn around in

jpaul said:
Has anyone got one of these

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but with such a bath on the door wall, you loose the light/view, when in it.

-existing bath looks nice .. is it steel ? could shower head be on sloping ceiling, with a curved screen ?
 
jpaul said:
but with such a bath on the door wall, you loose the light/view, when in it.

-existing bath looks nice .. is it steel ? could shower head be on sloping ceiling, with a curved screen ?
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Not sure what you mean by lose the light/view? Window is frosted anyway.

I don't know what material the existing bath is, but the headroom just isn't there for a shower without coming further out into the room. If I put the toilet to the right of where the sink is, I don't think there would be enough room to stand up in front of it.

The window appears to be in the way of fitting a shower cubicle where the toilet is too.

Not a lot of options really, disappointing as the house is good otherwise. Silly to design a bathroom that way.
 
danlightbulb said:
ot sure what you mean by lose the light/view? Window is frosted anyway.
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if you're the kind of person whio spends a long time in the bath, then being able to look towards the window's a bit more pleasant;
- like having a sink in front of the window, miles better than just a wall mirror in front of you.

... so there isn't enough space on the door wall for a combined bath/shower ?
 
Ive given the B&Q bathroom planner a go. It would be something like this. I used paint to edit in the roof line on the right hand side of the room.

I dunno, does this work? My main concern is how to fit a bath in that spot - i.e do I need to build a wall to back it on to, and to house the shower gubbins, if you see what I mean?

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Move the toilet to the top right corner and put the sink on the left wall so you can have a mirror above it. Radiator/towel rail below the window.

Having a toilet facing the door is a bathroom faux-pas according to my architect friend
 
The headroom to stand in front of the toilet to wee would be limited if its moved to top right corner, because of roof slope. I agree it would otherwise be a better spot.
 
Id have to go and measure to see if this layout is possible. It all depends how far out the roof slope comes as to whether the toilet will be properly accessible without banging head on the ceiling. Also lost the bath here for a walk in shower.

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If you're going to have issues standing up to wee, you're also going to have issues standing up to have a shower, with the shower also tucked underneath the sloped roof? Albeit in a different corner?
 
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