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Design Dilemma Remodeling Bathrooms

please critique this bathroom floor plan

5 years ago

Debating between flipping the locations of the shower and the tub but don’t know pros and cons. Also considering making the door into a pocket door. Would like to extend shower, but that was the offered size on the ikea software. The tub will be standalone and ideally I’d like the shower to have just a frameless glass panel similar to attached pic. Do I have enough room for a 48 inch vanity? Would very much like the have dual sinks.

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User
5 years ago
That glass panel will require a wet room build, even with gobs of silicone on the bottom edge. With a wet room build, the tile will likely need to be smaller, for traction.

The necessary placement of the glass panel perpendicular to the tub will result in cleaning issues.

The toilet is only 16 7/8" from the wall to centerline, minimum is generally 18".

The shower entry width, from the toilet, will be about 2' 4", not too generous.

31.5" shower width is pretty tight.

With a tub and shower, I don't see a double vanity as working well in that layout.
E H
Original Author
5 years ago
So, what I was thinking was putting the shower next to the vanity, and having the glass panel be between the vanity and the shower. That would mean no wall between the shower and tub. Would that work? Also re: toilet, my drawing might be off. The toilet is the only thing staying in place in the remodel and is already installed but will just be replaced once its retiled.
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User
5 years ago
No. The glass length would mean that you would have to step through the tub into the shower. Honestly, if you can dump the tub and go with a larger shower and extend the vanity along the wall, you can get the two sinks. That gets you a 3'+ x 4' shower. Ditch the prefab glass panel for a pony wall to eliminate the need for a wet room, with glass on top. You can likely then get a open entry shower with a curb, dual sinks, and a semi private toilet area, some niches in the pony wall for hidden storage in the shower, and much more storage in the vanity cabinet.
Nancy in Mich
5 years ago
You want a rectangular shower where the corner one is in the Ikea plan? Going toward the toilet? So the toilet is at the opening of the shower, right? Then the vanity will be in place of the tub, outside the glass panel for the shower. Where does that leave the tub?

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