I've found a house that i rather like, infact I have an offer in and the vendor has told me what they want etc so its just waiting on me.

 

However the bathroom is a split affair, with a seperate toilet and then a bath and sink nextdoor in typical original 30's style. Having been and measured it, if the two were knocked together and part of the landing reclaimed to make the bathroom square (well rectangular) it would make an 11' 6" x 7' 6" room.

 

I'm not sure how easy it is to move things though, things like the toilet has to be on its waste pipe obviously, but can you move that easily or not?

 

Also for the boiler people on here, this house has a (baxi?) gas boiler and a copper water cylinder, I have been told a modern combi boiler can do away with that as the cylinder is housed in a cupboard in the bathroom at the moment.

A very common conversion to a lot of old houses, the toilet can be easily moved, especially if you are keeping the toilet close to the outer wall. Any good builder/plummer can do this.

Great cheers for that! Actually looking at a planner I found online I think I can do it without moving it!

 

Argh so much money!

Designed! Job done!

 

What design programme did you use to draw that up?

 

And yes a combi will get rid of the hot water cylinder and 2 tanks in the loft.

 

Me personally, I would fit the shower behind the door, bath under the window and if it fits, the toilet and sink along the wall (at the bottom of your pic) which I assume is an outside wall? Then you'd have a larger space in the bathroom to dry etc.

 

Vijay

Its not a design program as such, just something I found online. Quite cool actually! After designing im totally cheating by taking a screen shot, firing up paint, cutting the bit out I want and just saving it as a jpg... Ah I could bluff my way along as a bathroom designer with this tool! :D

 

http://www.bathroom-guides-planner.com/planner/planner.htm

 

Have a V2 of the bathroom now... lol

 

Edited January 28, 201114 yr by Quavey

What design programme did you use to draw that up?

 

And yes a combi will get rid of the hot water cylinder and 2 tanks in the loft.

 

Me personally, I would fit the shower behind the door, bath under the window and if it fits, the toilet and sink along the wall (at the bottom of your pic) which I assume is an outside wall? Then you'd have a larger space in the bathroom to dry etc.

 

Vijay

 

You mean like this? Just been looking at shower enclosures, shocked at how expensive they are. When a bath appears a similar amount!

 

In my experience in v2 move the bath and shower along and get rid of the wasted space between these items and the wall with the window in it.

In my experience in v2 move the bath and shower along and get rid of the wasted space between these items and the wall with the window in it.

 

It was more a space so I could access and clean the window if required. Alot more thought needs to be put into it as ive just guessed the window sizes and postions etc.

Not even bought the house yet... lol

your looking at about a 30kw boiler to give you good flow rate 24kw is a joke. as for the bathroom the windows really screw up your plans, on v3 you'll be showering in the window

your looking at about a 30kw boiler to give you good flow rate 24kw is a joke. as for the bathroom the windows really screw up your plans, on v3 you'll be showering in the window

 

Lol the windows are a pain, that little one is frosted though as the loo is there at the minute. Better than the big one at the end of the room which is open to the world!

didn't notice the little window :( Do you think you'd lose much light if you bricked it up?

how wide is the bathroom? If it's just over 1800, the bath fits nicely under the large windon which is why I suggested it :)

its 7' 6" so 2200+mm long. So you would get a bath under the big window. As for the little window, yes it could be bricked up but would mean patching the render and might look a bit of a mess? Its only a little frosted window in what is now the toilet.

If the little window is high enough, once tiled out it may make a nice shelf your your shower stuff ;)

mike ditch the shower tray and enclosure spend your money on under tile heating and have a wet room shower area ie drain into a fall away in the floor tiles ...the under floor heating wil dry the room in no time and makeit toasty relatively cheaply ..and when your not usingthe shower you have more room after a bath ....plus you can get two or three if your lucky in the wet shower area .....

mike ditch the shower tray and enclosure spend your money on under tile heating and have a wet room shower area ie drain into a fall away in the floor tiles ...the under floor heating wil dry the room in no time and makeit toasty relatively cheaply ..and when your not usingthe shower you have more room after a bath ....plus you can get two or three if your lucky in the wet shower area .....

 

Mike? Whos mike ;)

 

Chris remember steve not been that long has it hehe

 

Yeah I like that idea, also like the idea of a walk in shower! Only issue I have with the wetroom idea is that when u go to the loo you have to walk through it, well if its still wet then that isnt great! Although I suppose it could be arranged to avoid that. Decisions decisions

 

Ive been back to look at the house this morning and im sold on it tbh, took a friend of mine who develops property and has an eye for detail and even he was impressed at the room sizes and quality of property although he has pointed out a few things to me that I, my parents and the estate agents had missed.