How wide is the toilet room?

It’s 48” wide.

It's a nice wide space so may be ok if you're not too tall.

Ours is 44" W x 81" L actual finished measurements. Door is 36" wide. We have a window.

Is your door on the wall opposite the toilet? My parents had one like that. It was ok, except there was no window.

I was told in CA code was 24" required in front of toilet. 24" is plenty of space but would limit your toilet options. I think minimum may be 21" elsewhere, although once drywall put in my still limit some toilet options. We have a 45" deep miniature half bath and used a compact wall hung toilet to leave 24" in front of it with door that swings out. It's surprisingly comfortable. Although when you only have one toilet in your house ANYTHING is comfortable. Building new is a whole different story!! I think as long as you pick a not giant toilet it will be fine, especially as you have plenty of room on the sides. But I would check about code now and before buying a toilet.

Could the wall be moved? If so, I'd move it.

Those may be better ideas. I'm partial to windows in my room with a toilet too so not in love with seperate toilet rooms in general. a layout may be helpful for easy fixes...

I would hate to clean the toilet base and floor in that size wc I would prefer the wall and door gone if you can not increase the depth.

It might be possible to move the wall, but there is a window right there. We might have to bring the whole window into the toilet room. If not we could do away with the door, which is directly in front of the toilet. I will also look into a smaller toilet. Am pretty sure minimum code in our area is 30” x 60” for a water closet and am wondering if this was approved by mistake.

The 2018 International Residential Code (which forms the core of most statewide building codes) requires a minimum distance of 15" from the centerline of the toilet to adjacent walls and a 21" clearance in front of the toilet. A 48" room should enable you to meet code, even with most elongated bowl toilets. Whether or not it's "comfortable" is a matter of personal preference. You might ask your architect or builder what additional clearance would be achieved by inhstalling a compact, wall-mounted toilet if that's an option.

There are minimum dimensions you should have for a water closet compartment. Anything under it will be a "Dutch Oven". Add additional distance to fit a minimum 2'4 door + casing.

Last year I was invited to a Christmas/Home welcome party they just moved into the house, there was a half bath you have to get on the side of the toilet to close and open the door and they had plenty of room to make it bigger, there is an over-sized coat closet behind that wall, and someone didn't catch it during layout, they said they will move the wall not sure if they did or not.

That said as the township/county approval goes, they only care if the layout meets the code which is a bare minimum you are good to go.

Design the bathroom to be able to accommodate someone in a wheelchair, life is uncertain, believe me.

Can you post a plan? There could be some tricks available to gain some inches, if not an easy rework.

Here is the plan. The room has a window in front, a shower to the right and a garage behind.

This is what you will end up with in scale.

Yikes!

I see a 24" tall transom noted above the window, which I believe would call for a 10' high ceiling. Even if you keep the wall (leave the door off) so you can lower the ceiling to 8' height, you will feel like a single chip inside a Pringles can.

I would also not have a door here. Will feel very tight.

A cased opening would provide a little sense of privacy, so I would just leave off the door. I'm on the side that always says no one should be in the bathroom while I'm using it, so the door doesn't matter.

It seems that the toilet area is private enough, I would not put a door. Would you consider posting the whole floor plan ... maybe houzzers could find a better layout?

WARNING: Posting your entire floor plan opens you up to facts you may not want to know, but should. Be prepared for suggestions that will make for a better design. Keep a thick skin, open mind, sense of humor, and a glass of wine within arms reach. You may not enjoy it, but everyone else will and you will be better off in the long run if you heed well the advice.

I’d just leave that space open. i’m 100% in favor of natural light though and have no need for a toilet closet. everyone except the kid use the full bath with window preferencially over the tiny windowless water closet.. and even if you leave the door open it blocks the window.