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Design Dilemma
mountainfreak4465

small master bathroom layout

12 years ago
I've got a very small master bathroom I'm remodeling and I'm struggling with the design. I want to maximize my space without making it feel cramped. The layout of the fixtures needs to stay like in the diagram but I can manipulate the size of the shower and vanity. The diagram shows my plan, but I'm worried this design will make it feel cramped. If I make the shower width 30" from tile to inside edge of curb, that leaves me roughly 28" from the other side of the curb to the wall where the vanity will sit. I thought a frameless glass shower would help and have considered putting an angled entry into the shower where I'm showing the shower door. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Can I just ask why you dont move the shower to the end of the wall, and then place a thin sink in front of it (opposite where you have it) entrance to shower is on opposite side and leave the toilet it where it is? Switch the opening of the door.

    Comments (19)

    • PRO
      12 years ago
      This space doesn't have enough room for a shower.
    • 12 years ago
      Sorry, I should have been more clear.
      Let me try this again.

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    • PRO
      12 years ago
      Bust the floor put the shower in the back toilet center and vanity by door. This will never be right if your gonna do it do it right. A plumber will bust it for you and run the pipes pretty cheap. I'd go the extra step and recess the shower with no shower curb.
    • 12 years ago
      I would put a pocket door in the main entrance it will save space in side for the door swing.
    • 12 years ago
      Having a hard time reading the 3 measurements can you write them down in a response?
    • 12 years ago
      61.5 x 79.5. Thanks
    • 12 years ago
      Thanks for the the positive responses. It's always more difficult to imagine what's possible. I think I'll make the bathroom door an outswing to alleviate some congestion in there and stick with the basic design. Does anybody like the idea of making a corner entry into the shower?
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      mountainfreak445, contact me via my Pro page, I do conceptual 3D modeling, I can help you figure out your ideas. This is a quick render sample to scale and within building codes of your room diagram measurements
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      Like this ... Pretty much as ASV suggested - with small basin (450mm drawn ) and 900mm deep shower it just works - check locally that it is code compliant - but I think it will be ! ( I'm UK based rather than US !)
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      Thanks One Plan ;-) a picture does speak a thousand words!
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      ASV, One Plan, nice idea and lay out, regretfully because of the size of this room and the minimum distance requirements of open space between vertical obstacles of toilets and basins called out by US house building codes there is no room for the basin even at the small size you are proposing. One Plan just looked at what part of the UK you're from, I spent 4 months a few miles from you a couple of years ago in Yeovil, Somerset doing a consulting job for A/W helicopters, loved the country, the people and the driving on the opposite side of the road and learned how to speak British English :-)
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      Hi Fernandez Design Group ! Thanks for checking the code ! What a shame ! Would be fine here :-(

      I've been to Yeovil a few times ! It's not far from us !! So we've probably driven the same roads !!!! Small world eh !!!
      I'm glad I don't live too close to the helicopters though ! They are jolly noisy !!
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      yes, regarding a small world I find that to be true more often than one would think and as for the helicopters being noisy !! indeed!! cheers!!
      mountainfreak4465 thanked Fernandez Design Group
    • 12 years ago
      Use an offset quadrant shower. Toilet on wall opposite door, narrow end if shower on same wall, longer aspect coming forward towards door. Open door out wards. Very quick and even rougher sketch attached. Also is reversed as dimensions are same as a bathroom I'm building and this is the layout we have. Shower is a 1000mm x 800mm offset quadrant.
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      Don't know if you can use this, but this is, hands down, one of the coolest showers I've ever seen. It's made by Duravit and the shower walls actually fold-in up against the wall to open up the bathroom when no one is using the shower. They do make one 31 x 36
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    • 12 years ago
      Thanks for all the advice! ASV, The reason I didn't want to push the shower up against the 61.5" wall was to accommodate a slightly larger vanity. With IRC codes as they are, that design only leaves me 19.5" for my vanity. By Keeping the shower in the corner I can fit a 24" sink. But yeah,now i feel like it's going to be a little cramped... and of course my showers a little smaller. Thanks a ton for your input.
    • 12 years ago
      Thanks a bunch Fernandez group. That's pretty much exactly what I was thinking. It might be cool to try and incorporate a sliding shower door as well. Maybe similar to what you see for barn door hardware, or a recessed ceiling track. I think I'll switch the bathroom door to an outswing as well.
    • PRO
      12 years ago
      mountainfreak445, you are welcome!! Please take a look at my Pro page, I have some samples of my projects. I can help you bring you ideas and thoughts to life so you can see what the end product will be before you start anything.
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