Bathroom layout

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We're having a new bathroom as part of a loft extension and as well as a freestanding bath I'm trying to fit in a wet room shower, preferably without having this as an over-bath (but that's potentially a worst-case fall back).

Does anyone know or can anyone link to building regs in terms of distance from doorless/screenless shower area to door opening? And any other considerations with a doorless shower?

Searching comes up with a lot of US regs.

This is an ideal, with an old-fashioned type semi-circle shower curtain around the wetroom shower tray (or just between it and the door). Distance from centre of shower head (in ceiling) to door is 1140mm. From door opening to edge of shower tray is 630mm. Green is tiled zone (up to 1.1m atm).

 

[Russinating]

As much as i absolutely love the sleekness of a doorless shower, in most designs they're built towards the corner of the room where water spray can be a bit more contained.

Having yours bang in the middle of the room whilst you've got a bathtub there seems somewhat bizarre.

Yeah it's the only place to squeeze one in whilst keeping the bath central, apart from having one over-bath. The bath itself will be copper so that's not ideal for the standing but may be a better solution.

I agree it's an unusual place but does make the most of the space. Will have a think.

 

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Unfortunately the toilet has to be where it is due to existing waste pipe (on the floor below). I'm 95% sure anyway, but it's certainly worth double checking.

This is a bit better/more revised thought with dimensions. Effectively trying to create exactly what Semple has said in that most are built into the corner, and so by pulling a curtain effectively between the shower and the door you're creating a temporary corner, with room to change the curtain from one-side to two-sides (to also block toilet and sink) depending on how bad spray actually is in reality.

Don't know if I'm just being crazy!

 

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Yes it is a bad design choice. One other option I see is move the bath over to the corner next to the sink and have the shower opposite.

Purely from a 'water everywhere' perspective or?

 

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Mans don't get them luvly views then!

(i assume that's why the bath needs to stay central)

Quite!

Yeah, ideally. We're going with a freestanding copper bath as a focal point, so if we were going to shove it up into the corner we'd probably change tact entirely and go for a standard bath and cubicle but MEH! The window won't allow for views whilst in the bath obviously but will otherwise be a panorama of Bristol, basically.

 

[Russinating]

Rotate the bath 90 degrees so your back is to the door and you facing the window when in the tub, then the shower unit can go in the top right ?
You may need narrow the window a little

Actually hang on, is that showing the window being 1.35M above floor level? Would most people even be able to see out of that?

Yeah I toyed with that but the bath felt a little cramped by the door opening, not quite squeezing past it but that sense of it being squeezed in to an otherwise good sized bathroom.

I would say most people are taller than 4ft 8" yeah? lol

 

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Just spent a good hour or so moving things about all over the place and pretty much settled on exactly the above @BF-Bert.

1500mm bath:

1700mm bath:

Window won't be frosted but the way we look, although we're surrounded by houses, the next road over is almost a full storey lower and the view is a clear mile to the suspension bridge. So yes people can "see in", but only the ceiling/someone's head if you're right next to it.

 

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I thing that design is terrible personally, lots of wasted space and an unusable shower.

If its not too late have you considered moving the bath over and the window, small and offset to allow a shower in the corner?

This is what I did to fit a shower in, there velux window centred over the bath

That layout is nothing like ours? How is the shower unusable?

I personally don't think this is a great use of space. Cleaning behind the bath will be a nightmare and liable to collect fluff/dirt on the areas that get damp from the bath, the bath could end up looking out of balance if you don't get the angle perfect and there's no decent storage even just for some bubblebath. Freestanding baths work great when you can get all the way round them with a large amount of space dedicated to show them off as a feature.

Yeah, fair point re: cleaning, but I have seen plenty positioned in this way, especially in bedrooms/hotel rooms. In fact most freestanding baths I've seen the intention definitely isn't to actively walk all the way round and most are 250-500mm from a wall or bed on the longest side (when looking at inspo photos on Houzz etc). I obviously haven't drawn any storage in but there'd be shelving on the left hand wall.

I have a bathroom about the same size.
My layout is:
Shower where your toilet is
Toilet opposite door, where bath curremtly is
Basin as soon as you walk in door to right
Bath runs under window into where your shower curremtly is

Toilet can't be moved I don't think.

 

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Its roughly the same size and shape, just to illustrate using a partition to create a more screened off shower area.

Ok the shower won't be unusable, but the bathroom would be for hours after afterwards with the amount of water that would go everywhere

That seems a bit extreme. I'm all for advice and thoughts but are you telling me that every single wetroom is unusable for hours afterwards? Not like, floor is a bit wet in front of the tray, but actually totally unusable.

For one my friends have a much smaller bathroom with a smaller glass screen and it was one of the features he praised when I asked for advice. Not to mention the 6,104 wetrooms on Houzz.