Set Square wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
In2Minds wrote:

is there any software available for designing bathrooms ?

I plan to split ours to create an en-suite for one bedroom but am
having trouble with the design
the room is currently 2500 * 2900 and would be split into...

800 * 2900
1600 *2900
allowing for a 100mm dividing wall

or possibly take a 1200 * 1200 (roughly) block out of a corner to
create an L shaped main bathroom

I've discussed it with the local estate agent and she says it's a
good idea and would definitely add more value than it would cost

any advice would be appreciated

thanks

There's plenty of CAD-like stuff which would help with the layout -
but that's the easy bit anyway, and can just as easily be done on the
back of an envelope.

The tricky bit is sorting the plumbing - particularly routing the
toilet waste to the soil stack - taking account of joist positions,
etc. It would probably take longer to model that with software than
it would to do it!

that's a very good point, well made. often the poo stack will dictate
at least which side of the room the loo goes on and that in turn will
affect the layout.

my father in law has done several self builds / £200K+ refurbs using a
drawing board, an A2 graph paper pad and a few rotring pens.