bathroom

10 years ago

Hello, I'm looking for some opinions on my soon to start bathroom remodel. I have done several of these for friends and professionally working for a contractor. This is in my own house and the layout is not the most desirable but I am determined to make it work. The bathroom is only 6' 8" (80") by 5' (60"), and the overall goal for the remodel is to obtain a large frameless walk in shower while improving the already horrible current layout. Having such a tight space makes the addition of a large walk in shower difficult but I think I have a layout that will work. I am curious what others think, or if anyone has some better ideas.

So the drawing is mostly to scale. The door is on the bottom left of the room. With the shower taking up most of the space lengthwise, including the curb there is only 43" to fit a toilet and a vanity. 20" for one side of the corner vanity, and 23 for the toilet. I opted for a corner vanity to make the most of wall space and am attempting to increase storage by adding a set of small drawers next to the vanity. I could decrease the width of the shower, but how small is too small. I am somewhat of a bigger guy and the current shower is quite cramped. I would do the in between studs shelving for in the shower and add "bench" in the bottom right corner. What do you guys think? Any and all feedback is appreciated. Thank you.

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kudzu9

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

You can't have that layout and comply with code. The requirement is that there be 15" of clear space on either side of the centerline of the toilet. So you would need a minimum space of 30", and you only have 23" as you've designed it. I suggest you re-draw that with no corner sink. I'd put in a 24" pocket door, and move the door opening to the right. Then mount a narrow depth sink (12"-13") along the wall where the drawers currently are. Also bear in mind that code requires a minimum clearance of 21" in front of the toilet, too, so you basically need to design with the idea that there is a rectangle in front of the toilet that is 30" wide and 21" deep that has to be clear space.

If the door could be moved to the middle of the wall where the sink is, then you would have a much easier design job and the sink/vanity could be deeper.

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Zach McBournie
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks for the response! Interesting, I actually got the 23 inches from the other bathroom in my house that I haven't touched yet and it also has 23 inches total space between the wall and vanity. Moving the door is a really good idea, I can move it right and have the opening be as close as I can to the shower. That would give me 19" (not counting trim) what if I put the toilet on the left wall and then I would have room for a larger vanity along the back wall. Possibly double sink. The toilet would be blocking the door way though. By 9 inches or so. Shoot!
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sheloveslayouts
10 years ago
Disproportionate; too much space devoted to shower and too little devoted to sink. As stated above there are multiple code violations as well.

My husband is a bigger dude and was surprised at how comfortable our new 36x36" stall is for him. I'd do something like this with a 24" vanity and neo angle shower on the 60" wall.
silken1
10 years ago
benjesbride, your floorplan looks identical to what we did with a small 2nd bathroom. Our shower is a 36" Maax Neo Round which is a space saver over a normal round corner shower. My 6 ft tall (but slim) DH and I are using it full time for the last few months while the other main bathroom is under reno and it is just fine. We put in a niche on tiled walls rather than have shelves which would jut out and take space. We love our little bathroom, but no way a double sink would ever fit in it.
homepro01
10 years ago
With benjesbride option, consider a sliding curved door to save even more space in the room. Here is one from Vigo. I know nothing of the quality but this was just to show you the look.

VIGO Round Shower VG6031 Series · More Info

Good luck!
flyingkite2015
10 years ago
Show door must open outward, it's safety!
weedyacres
10 years ago
My inlaws have a corner sink with corner medicine cabinet over it, and I bump my head when bending over the sink to spit toothpaste. I recommend against that configuration.

I think the shower is disproportionate in size with the rest of the fixtures. 5x7 is small, and that's how big our bathroom is, so I can sympathize. :-) But I'd shrink the shower down to tub size (30"x60"?) (you can turn sideways for more room), then have the toilet in the center of the back wall with a 24" sink to its left. It might not quite meet code requirements for the 30" toilet space, but that's the room's fault.

I disagree with those that say 36"x36" is sufficient for a shower. I'm not a big guy and I bump my elbows in a shower that size.
kudzu9
10 years ago
Unfortunately, telling the inspector that it's the "room's fault" that you didn't comply with code is not usually persuasive :-)