Bathroom layout

Russinating

Russinating

Russinating

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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).


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UK Building Regs. won't control this if this is on the upper floors, so you'll be pretty much free to do as you please within the limits of keeping the layout useable.

Part M would come in if the house is fairly recent and you were modifying the current accessible facilities (say, for example you wanted to remove the ground floor toilet, this would be a no no in terms of the finished work resulting in a situation of compliance being "more unsatisfactory").
 
200sols said:
Water will get everywhere.
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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.
 
Semple said:
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.
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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.
 
Could you put the shower in the corner where the toilet is pictured. The toilet where the shower is and have a corner sink next to the door? I had a corner sink and it was actually surprisingly large.

At least if you drink too much wine in the bath you could then throw up in to the loo... :D
 
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.

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Don't know if I'm just being crazy!
 
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.
 
Semple said:
Mans don't get them luvly views then!

(i assume that's why the bath needs to stay central)
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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.
 
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?
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
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?
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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
 
Russinating said:
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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Maybe I misunderstood, I thought the placement was to look out when in the tub not when standing in the room.
I'm 6 foot when standing but certainly not 4ft 8" when sitting.

Im not sure if its allowed to mention corner sofas baths but that would be ideal in the room you have there
 
Russinating said:
Purely from a 'water everywhere' perspective or?
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Partly, also a shower in that position will just look odd IMO but end of the day its you that has to live with it. If you had a bath on the corner you could fit a nice size walk in shower on the left wall but you'd lose the copper bath centerpiece.
 
Wouldn’t all the water, soap etc on the outside of the copper bath just ruin it’s finish?

You’ll be constantly polishing the thing and it would drive me up the wall.
 
Out of interest, is it going to be frosted glazing? Surely that will obstruct the views somewhat? And I'm sure the whole of Bristol doesn't want to see you naked? :D

Id say the ideal is to flip the toilet onto the other side and check with your builder if it can be done.
 
Angle the bath across the left hand corner, move the whb to the opposite wall and have a walk in shower to the right of the window. With the door being off centre the focal point wont be the centre of the back wall.
 
Just spent a good hour or so moving things about all over the place and pretty much settled on exactly the above @BF-Bert.

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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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