Two shower rooms or one big bathroom?

last year

Hi,

We live in an Edwardian 3 storey home in London. It currently has 4 bedrooms - two with en-suites - and one loft bathroom, using some of the eaves on the top floor. This bathroom can only really have a bath (not a day to day shower) due to head height, and we need a bath for young kids.

We want to remove one of the en-suites on the middle floor and turn it back into a bedroom (as it was). Means us and our two young children can all sleep on the same floor, with three double bedrooms on one floor,and create 5 bedrooms over overal.

The family bathroom on that floor has been turned into a really large en-suite so needs changing.

Do we:

1. Turn the large en-suite back into the family bathroom off the hallway and have no en-suites at all

2. Split that bathroom and create two small shower rooms? layout is compromised due to reduced ceiling height in one corner.

Could make both showers 900 x 800 instead of one bigger and one smaller.

Help! The shower rooms are very small but not sure one large bathroom is as good with a growing family!

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mcarroll16
last year
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That smaller radius shower looks uncomfortable to the point that people will avoid using it. What if you split the difference and had one full bath, using a shower/tub combo, and one half bath? That's enough toilets on the bedroom floor that no one has to hike upstairs in the middle of the night. And you get a tub on the same floor as the bedrooms, which is also much more convenient.
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Original Author
last year
Agree a tiny shower isn’t great. Luckily we’re not a tall family! Think we could make it 800 x 900 so a little more generous!
What do you mean by half bath?
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Kendrah
last year
I'd find a way to have two bathrooms: One with toilet, sink, tub/shower combo and the other smaller with just a toilet and sink. I believethat is what @mcarroll16 means by a half bath.
mcarroll16
last year
Kendrah is correct. Half-bath is American for toilet and sink only.
HU-388555225
Original Author
last year
Never heard of that before! Thank you!
Not sure I see the benefit really, without a shower, but it’s a new concept to me so will give it more thought!
mcarroll16
last year
In my experience, one shower is an easy thing for 4 people to share, but an extra toilet will bring a lot of family harmony. As will an extra sink and mirror, when the kids get old enough to spend a lot of time primping. So I would get one shower that's large enough to be comfortable, and two toilets and sinks.
la_la Girl
last year
^ great advice, agree that the half bath will see lots of action - we go to the bathroom and need to take care of our teeth more often than we need to shower. Also I would want to maximize storage in the baths - they don’t need much when they are little but their toiletry needs will grow exponentially as they grow