Master Bath floor plan HELP!
Megan Melba
3 years ago
I know there is a better layout I just feel it. I would love my toilet room to have a window and I don’t like the tub shoved in the corner. The door by the shower is a “secret door” to laundry room. This is a brand new addition one story ranch. Thank you!
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Peke
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoDo you need a toilet room? There is a lot of wasted space between the secret door and the tub.
Put a storage cabinet or makeup area between the two sinks. The linen cabinet/closet could be moved beside the secret door. Hers closet would be a little bigger. Add a window to the toilet room. I don't know why people design windows by a bathtub.
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Comments (8)I want to show you a couple mock ups I did for Sweeby because while they're not the same space, the baths might be able to have some similarities....she had a slooped ceiling to play with so I put cabinetry into it. You have a higher slope it appears, so we could do more, but let's start with a few ideas and then I have homework for you... If you can tuck a tub into an alcove...you could tuck a toilet into one as well. So I'd like to play with that, but I really can't without specific dimensions. Can you give total dimensions and an idea what the slope is (draw a line where it begins to go down, and then give a beginning and final height). I too have issues with the long room (my closet in the master is about 10' by 15' long and it's pretty narrow for a real master suite....but if we could play with the whole space we could incorporate some ideas...say something like that back wall in sweeby's bathroom storage (window seat etc) into your master and closet...and have a spacious and fabulous room to play with. So how about giving total dimensions, slope, etc., and show me any window placement to deal with as well....See MoreMaster Bath Remodel...Floorplan help!
Comments (6)All right, here is where I'm at now. I've abandoned the idea of taking room from my closet. I really like the space in there, and I think we've found a layout that will work within the existing room, while minimizing plumbing changes where possible. In the pic below, the vanity will stay here it currently resides, but we will add a second sink. The toilet remains NEAR it's current location, but actually gets enclosed... It is a short room, but meets code for 21" in front of the toilet. An enclosed toilet is a MUST HAVE. Currently, we have a large corner tub and small fiberglass shower. They are reversed in position from what you see on the plan below. In this plan we get a much larger tiled-in shower, with a glass door. I am hoping for two shower heads, and room for two people showering at the same time. The differences in the floor plans shown below are the size of the tub. You can see one uses a 5'6" tub, one a 5' tub. I lean towards the larger tub, but in doing so we lose width on the shower. The shower gets used daily, the tub a couple times a week for the kids, maybe once a month for a grown up. Thoughts?...See MoreAny suggestions for this master/bath floor plan?
Comments (10)CPartist, my feeling is if there is a door on each side of the bed both going to the same place only one of them has to be 36", if the turn into the bathroom is negotiable. One of them could be 36" and one could be 24" for that matter as long as they are both going to the same place and it doesn't extend the length of the trip appreciably--because one of the openings is essentially redundant. And also, I don't know where this bedroom is. There is a set of switchback stairs out in the hallway. If this bedroom is on the main entry level for the house and the person doesn't need to navigate the stairs, sure. But if this bedroom is upstairs and there is no elevator, outside a chairlift and ability to transfer to a wheelchair at both ends, the point is essentially moot. I've been through the process of dealing with age (father), disease related (mother) and temporary accident related (sister) people having to function in walkers and wheelchairs in a house that was not very accessible, and my conclusion is that it all has to be put in context. Accessibility starts on the sidewalk or in the garage before you even get into the house and proceeds from there. So I agree wholeheartedly that the house should be as accessible as possible, but if you are going to start talking about wheelchair accessibility the entire house has to be considered in that same context....See MoreMaster Bath floor plan help
Comments (5)pamal66, thanks for responding. We haven't used the existing tub ever, and there is another bathroom with a tub in the house. The current shower is a massive annoyance for both of us--it's one of those classic brass framed enclosures with rolling door and fiberglass pan. Relative to standing in it, it's only 30" wide and has no storage alcoves and no good place for my wife to shave her legs. It's 47" deep. If we leave the shower where it is we might be able to stretch it to ~34-36" wide and 56-58" deep. That probably isn't going to be enough to make us happy, especially in the width direction. If the shower moves to where the tub is now it can be quite wide. It needs to be pretty long (roughly 58" or more) along the left (outside) wall to look right with the window opening. So if the shower is in the corner as in the new layout, putting the vanity on the outside wall instead of the linen/storage closets allows adding the transom window for more natural light, which is a major goal of ours. Also, keeping the vanity along the garage wall -- especially if the w/c is the current size or near it -- means there's not enough space for a decent size (7' minimum) vanity to be floating. Vanity along the garage would also mean the shower door was on the bottom, ie, opposite the shower head and sprayer. That might not be a huge issue due to the size of the shower? Presumably we could put the Moen U digital controller on the outside wall just inside the door. The current door to the w/c is only 24", so it's not even close to the 36" ADA/wheelchair requirement....See MoreMegan Melba
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