Help! Walk in shower with toilet vs separate shower, bath and toilet
Tamara Huaki
4 years ago
Help please! I have a huge scale renovation happening and need to cut costs. The biggest cost is cutting new drains into our existing concrete slab, and separating the toilet (see proposed plan). It all feels a bit tight in that region for the size of the house. In the New Zealand market, traditionally separate toilet, bath and shower seems to be the way to go, however we don't have enough space and budget to make that work. What would you compromise if you had to? Is a bath necessary these days, and same with a separate toilet if there is another in the house. It is important to note that we use our own ensuite so this is a main but guest bathroom as our child is an adult. I would look to sell in the next 10 years.
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Comments (10)I'm doing it in a guest bath that won't see much use, except over the holidays and the like. The toilet/shower area is separated from the vanity/tub area by a pocket door. The tub also has a shower. My thought was that the visiting relatives with small kids could use the space as families, sort of: dad could be in the shower area while mom did her makeup at the vanities and the kiddies bathed in the tub. Or, two people could shower at once, so long as the one in the tub area isn't too sensitive. Not a perfect solution in many ways, but all it required in my case was adding a pocket door between the shower and vanity area, and it should allow guests a few more options....See MoreMaster Bath Layout - will this walk-in shower work?
Comments (37)Well, I know how you feel there. But you will be tying up access to your closet if another person (not your partner) is using the john or taking a shower. If I read your room use correctly, you have half baths in attic and basement, but no other bathing facilities? Just in this area. IF you split this you could make a secondary toilet/vanity area which could also be entitled to use the shower. But you could still lock off their access to YOUR master bath and closet area. I think that MongoCT drew something like that. And technically, if there is no closet directly associated with the main bedroom, it technically cannot be called a bedroom. I understand what Terriks means about that. Even a small closet can keep it designated as a bedroom, but it would be hard to call it a "master suite." In my DH's house in Mass, I've been dealing with a similar problem, so I know how mind boggling it gets. On the main floor of the house, a cape, we have a full bath with a tub. It serves as a guest powder room. I am adding a master bath adjacent to it, but this bath only has room for a shower. So what I'm doing is making it possible for us to combine the two when we are at home with no guests. And when we have overnight guests upstairs, we can also lock the door from the living room which gives access via a tiny hall to this full bath. OR, conversely, I have a door further down the hall which is really the bedroom back door(another one exists)---it blocks off access to our bedroom from this direction, as well as to the 3/4 master bath. By making all the flooring the same in the full bath, the tiny hall, and the 3/4 master bath, it will I'm thinking look cohesive. I'll have to try to put this drawing up for you. It is much simpler than your plans, because our walkin closet access is separate from the bath areas. I'll have to go back and view your current setup for the plumbing etc, to see if your dream of a big bath can be achieved while keeping the walkin closet dedicated to your bedroom....See MoreShower/tub combo or walk-in shower for 5' x 5' shower & toilet space?
Comments (3)gee, if you are planning to sell in the next few years and if it is the only tub or bath I would probably keep a tub/shower combo even though you would most likely sell to someone without kids, many people do love baths. If resale is not in the future do what works for you. No tub and glassed shower or wet room will feel much larger. My in laws in the UK just replaced their only tub with a walk in shower and will let the possible future buyers change it if need be. I just added a master bath and chose closet space and nice large shower instead of doing tub and smaller separate shower and have no regrets but we have a hall shower/bath combo....See MoreTricky Bathroom: Work with current layout or swap shower and toilet?
Comments (27)Amanda- I've been thinking about this a bit more and my conclusion is that you should do very little to it. I say this because: 1. It's going to be expensive and perhaps complicated to significantly redo it (and I'm not sure how much you would gain). 2. You may be moving, and many potential buyers would love that retro bathroom as it is, particularly the tile. 3. You may need a bathtub for the adoption if you stay. Having said that, I offer these possibilities which would be inexpensive, but make the bathroom more usable: 1. Leave the toilet where it is, but replace it with a "corner" toilet, such as one of these: Corner toilet. This would give you much better side clearance when using the toilet. 2. Get rid of the bulky, generic vanity and sink and replace it with a pedestal or wall hung sink, which would be much more in keeping with the original design and take up much less room. You could possibly even move the sink location a bit more toward the door, freeing up even more space for the toilet. These two changes would be inexpensive, relatively easy to do, and I doubt that you would need to even get a permit. The only other thing I can suggest is that you follow up on the idea of putting a through-the-wall exhaust fan in....See More
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4 years agoYou can have it all if you move the bed#3 wall inward about 60cms.
And I've removed the window as bed and closet could go there.
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