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5x11 Bathroom plans Would Love Input

6 years ago

Here is a pic of my current plan for the bathroom in my basement. I can increase to 6' if necessary, but it starts bumping into my bedroom space. I am hoping to make a separate room for the toilet, and I want to make sure that this plan should work. Thanks!


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  • 6 years ago

    You don't have room in a 5' wide space for a separate toilet room. Your shower needs to be a minimum of 30", and your need a minimum of a 36" walkway to get past the shower to the toilet room. For those dimensions you need to put the shower where you show the toilet room and the toilet on the wall between the vanity and the shower. Honestly, I think it will feel tight with the layout you show even if you bump the width to 6'.

    mitrellim thanked Kristin S
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    If you don't mind a tight bathroom, what you want is certainly possible in a 6" x 11" space.



    mitrellim thanked User
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    6 years ago

    By the toilet being in the 5' x 11' room, it is in separate room. Forego the gas chamber and do a layout similar to Mrs Pete's.

    mitrellim thanked Mark Bischak, Architect
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    In general, the need for an enclosed toilet space usually occurs when the bathroom will be used by two people at the same time and they wish to have some privacy. But two people in a bathroom also requires more space for movement and often two lavs so the solution inevitably involves enlarging the bathroom.

    The OP is aware of this and wants to know if a 6x11 space will work. The obvious answer is yes but it will be tight. I went a step further by drawing a plan to show how tight it would be.

    I think it would only work if the space were to be 2 ft longer so a second sink would fit.

    If the OP decides to abandon the two person bathroom approach, its obvious that a conventional bathroom layout will easily fit in the smaller of the two space options by switching the toilet for the shower.

    mitrellim thanked User
  • 6 years ago

    Thanks all. This is my first try at this, so I greatly appreciate the information. Though the extra room for the toilet would be nice, I think the spacing issue (as many of you indicated) makes it less than ideal. Thanks again!

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  • 6 years ago

    You could have a decent-sized shower, toilet and vanity all in the 5x11 space. We have a similar space and set it up almost like the HOUZZ pic above. One thing we did was have the glass shower door swing inward and outward (the glass installer just doesn’t install the hinge stops). That way, the door doesn’t have to protrude into the room. We also put the shower head and valve on opposite walls so we could reach in to turn the water on without getting wet. Good luck!

    mitrellim thanked HU-527663426
  • 6 years ago

    If you are looking for privacy for more than one person, my brother has this setup and when we visit, I find it very convenient and it works well for two people.

    11 feet gives you a nice shower, room for the toilet and a 48 inch vanity.

  • 6 years ago




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