Small Master Bathroom Layout
Dear Community,
our family just started to build a house and while geodesists are checking the land, my wife and I are practicing our designers skills and getting familiar with AutoCAD.
Our master bathroom is 3400mm X 3200mm and I just finished a first draft of its layout. With a lack of experience, I did research on the standard distances and used some common sense (e.g. shower is closer to window so it has more ventilation). Also, the false walls for shower/toilet and sink are from floor-to-ceiling and their width is based on the Duravit requirements.
From the constraints point of view, I think we are flexible except one fat big one - a bathtube. As I absolutely hate bathtubs and my wife is obviously the biggest fun of it, we reached a compromise - the bathtube must be standalone in order not to look too boring.
Is there any chance you could have a look on the attached layout and give any feedback? Do you thing all openings are wide enough for an average adult?
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PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
2 years agoCyril
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Comments (5)On Kohler's website they have a whole section of sample bathroom floorplans. And there is a Virtual Bathroom Planner on their site too. http://74.3.251.227/view22/kohler/main.jsp On a search engine try the terms Bathroom Floorplans and a lot of information comes up. Here is a link that might be useful: Bathroom floorplans on Kohler site...See MorePlease help me with a layout for a small master bathroom.
Comments (4)4'x7' is a waste of space when it comes to a closet. It's not big enough for hanging except on one wall and a bit of the small wall. You'll get better storage in less space with a simple reach in closet with organizers. The bath itself also needs to increase in size if you want a soaker tub and a shower. A soaker tub isn't designed to work with a shower. You need a shallower tub with an integral tile flange to work with a tub/shower situation. A deep soaker tub will be a PIA to step into to use as a shower, and you'll have water infiltration issues if you try to use it as a shower as well. Also, most 4 bedroom houses would want to have 3 bathrooms. You may want to rethink your wants and needs and the small size of the space you are working with. One needs to reduce, or the other needs to enlarge. Since you say the budget is small, and this will be an expensive project, I'd suggest reducing some of your wants, and eliminating one of the bedrooms to better utilize the existing space split between the others. A 3/2 is a common configuration, and would give you more space to work with for the design. Remodels like this are costly because of working within the constraints of the old footprint and accessing the major systems. Also, integrating the old and new isn't always successful. It's just easier to do plumbing and electrical and HVAC (all of the expensive stuff) when the walls are completely open and you don't have to fight the old stuff into submission. It's one of the reasons teardowns of older homes in older neighborhoods became popular. It's less money, and you end up with more house that has more modern proportions and amenities....See MoreOne large bathroom or two small bathrooms?
Comments (26)In the picture, black is the current layout. Green is the change if only shower was made bigger and one door would be eliminated. Red is a complet demo, removing the wall section between two toilets. All the water lines from upstairs are in the section of the wall that is between two toilets so removing this wall would require a major move of water lines to the side and there would have to be a section of wall kept behind new toilet and vanity. The door from master would have to be framed and move to the left as a pocket or barn door. The drowing is disproportionate. It is all very cramped in there Current shower is only 26"x26". But may be replacing vanity for a wall hung vanity in the larger bathroom would change the feel. It will all have to be torn down and replaced including removing subfloors as they are rotten. So either remodel will be a lot of work. What should we do?...See MoreHelp with small master bathroom layout
Comments (5)What type of window do you have now? Have you thought about converting the window to a transom window above the where the shower / tub would be? That way you could still get a lot of natural light from the window but it would not be in the actual line of the tub....See Morescout
2 years agokudzu9
2 years agojojabis
2 years agoI think you could make much better use of the space Here's ours 3200mm x 4114mm huge shower freestanding tub WC and a vanity. If you deleted the linen shelves and shortened the vanity I think you would be closer to 3200 x 3400
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Jennifer Hogan
2 years agoCyril
2 years agoThank you all for the great feedbacks and suggestions! Considering all the points, i have reworked the draft to have more "habitants-friendly" layout of our future master bathroom.
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