Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jul 19, 2014 10:26 am Hello, me again! We are choosing from the two attached designs for our (small) bathroom. Drawbacks with the first - there is an internal window on the right side wall. It used to be external when the house (old Qlder) was built, but the sleepout has been closed in. I don't really want to remove it because it adds character I think - but it might get in the way with the shower? Will it? Drawbacks with the second - the toilet is on the wall that backs on to the bedroom and it might be loud - but then again it's a bottom entry so pipes wont be in the wall I think ... Please comment, thank you Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Comment on these bathroom designs 3Jul 19, 2014 2:38 pm The first would work with a sufficiently small vanity/sink or one that is a different shape. As drawn - 57cm is a mighty small gap to squeeze past, but at least it's only a single choke point. Version two looks like it's narrow all the way along and that would not be good at all. As regards the window - did you want to keep it as it currently is, or do you just want a window there? The former probably isn't great with a shower, the latter is quite doable. I had a similar pair of problems with a tiny bathroom in my first house, a 50s weatherboard. I chose to steal depth from the linen cupboard that was in the equivalent position to your bottom left corner, and basically built a vanity into that niche. The old window that was where the shower was going was removed and replaced with a high, fixed window with a tiled sil. I actually got a piece of slumped glass for it - it made a beautiful feature that I still think of fondly! - and my handyman dad built the frame to suit. As for the toilet noise versus the bedroom - since you're renovating, invest in a bit of insulation to go in the wall to reduce noise transmission regardless of where each item is located. It's a very small extra outlay for something that's impossible to do easily later, and it is likely to be of much benefit. Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Comment on these bathroom designs 4Jul 21, 2014 4:22 pm Hi again guys, have been doing a bit more fiddling based on your thoughts. I really appreciate them. Mark, great design but that's exactly where the window is on that wall where you've marked the shower unfortunately. Dragonchild sounds like my house is very similar to your first. We also have a linen cupboard there. We could potentially remove it. I'm really not keen given it's our only storage area outside the kitchen, but we might have to. The window - we just wanted to keep this window particularly for the 'character' rather than replace it. If we were replacing it we would probably remove it all together. I've entered it into the reece bathroom planner and have identified that there are two points that will be too narrow - the arrowed section and also walking past the vanity will only be 516mm. That's only a 600mm vanity too. The shower head and screen are slightly away from the wall as we will need a 50mm hob for pipes. The screen is 850mm... I can't imagine any less than that would be effective enough? Although one potential solution is a fixed & swinging panel. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I have also been told that there is nowhere for insulation to go because they are VJ walls. Not an easy task! Re: Comment on these bathroom designs 5Jul 21, 2014 7:15 pm What about a corner shower and/or a basin under the window? Wall hung basin instead of vanity? eg: http://www.reece.com.au/bathrooms/produ ... em-1775428 or http://www.reece.com.au/bathrooms/produ ... em-1775414 corner showers. Wall basin: http://www.reece.com.au/bathrooms/produ ... in-9500779 - you could mount some shelves below it with a set of boxes for 'stuff' and make use of the wall on the right hand side of the basin for more creative storage? Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Comment on these bathroom designs 6Aug 10, 2014 4:30 pm Hi guys, me again, thanks for all your suggestions. We have been rethinking and might remove the window... and go with a design like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Window will be gone. There will only be around 50cm or so between the toilet and shower screen, but at least a toilet is easier to squeeze past than a vanity. We will put the toilet as close to the wall as we are able to. Vanity is 600mm. Re: Comment on these bathroom designs 7Aug 11, 2014 6:50 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I would swap the toilet to where shower is and shower to toilet area but have to have a enclosed shower which would be 868mm by about 950 and maybe even put an angle on it with the door opening to where the vanity is. Slide the vanity into the end under window and you will be able to have a 900mm and towel rail on wall where vanity is. Would anyone on this forum know of a builder/company in Brisbane with house designs for a shallow block. I have a block 20 x 20 so with front and rear set backs I need a… 0 4743 Your best bet might be to go visit the display homes and walk around in them, and take photos. Get a feel for it in person instead of deciding from the floor plan. There… 1 21437 |