Help with Master bath remodel and layout

9 years ago

Hello,
We are in the midst of a reluctant remodel. We found asbestos in our home and now have undergone a complete remediation. Our master bath is tiny, really tiny. It is 7'8" by 4'10" at the end of a 8'6" hallway. I have attached a photo of the space and a rough layout. It currently has a tub/shower combination with a single wall sink and toilet. We were thinking of taking out the tub and just having a larger shower and we would LOVE a double sink (or even a trough style sink with two faucets) to avoid the early-morning-everyone-getting-ready-at-once dance.

The drawing has a 31" trough sink with a toilet next to it. I had a thought of making it a wet room and moving the toilet to the opposite corner next to the shower and putting in a double sink on the wall where the current sink is.

Am I missing an obvious fix? The space is really small and the fact that the sink is right at the entrance is a bit awkward. The window is about 36"x53" but can be sized down.

Comments (5)

JenniferMonahan
Original Author
9 years ago
Here is the drawing. And three walls are outside walls this is in a dormer in a 1915 1 1/2 story craftsman bungalow. We don't necessarily need to honor the era of the home in this room. We were hoping to do a wall mounted toilet to save some space but I have heard that is not possible.

This post was edited by JenniferMonahan on Wed, Jun 4, 14 at 17:13
lotteryticket
9 years ago
I love that big window but it would limit your options to keep it that size. how wide is the hallway? Where is the door to the bathroom, which end of the hallway? Can you take any space from whatever is on the other side of the wall at the foot of the tub?
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JenniferMonahan
Original Author
9 years ago
@Lotteryticket, the door to the bathroom is the end of the hallway that is not visible in the photo or on the drawing. That hallway is about 8' long by 44" wide. The bathroom is above a stairwell in a dormer so the wall are outside walls and the one at the foot of the tub is the space for the stairwell. We are stuck with this foot print unless we want to go big - and we really don't. This room also faces north so while I love the light that the window brings in, it does limit what can be done in the space.
User
9 years ago
How wide is the toilet alcove? If it's the 24'' that I think I'm reading, it's completely unusable. 30'' is the minimum, and 36'' is the reommended width.
ineffablespace
9 years ago
Here if the bathroom walls were staying in place, and there was no room for expansion, the toilet in that position would be grandfathered even if it was on 12" centers instead of 15" centers. Since the sink isn't a "wall" they allow some of the knee room to be shared with the space under a pedestal sink. I wouldn't call it unusable, it's been in service for 99 years.