In our new house, the bathroom (1.78, x 1.78m) has a rather awkward layout.
The bath is to the left of the door and the sink to the right (the trapper
is at the back right). This prevents the door from opening inwards enough
for the user to get in. Currently the door opens outwards which is fine and
dandy, but if you're coming up the stairs and the bathroom door opens,
you'll probably find yourself at the bottom of the stairs again rather
quickly...

The obvious (to me) solution is to move the bath to the back of the room so
it lies along the back wall and move the toilet to the front left and leave
the sink where it is. Now I know nothing about plumbing so I'll get someone
to do it, but how difficult would something like this be to do ? The piping
at the moment runs around the side of the room and is boxed off, and the
room has floorboards which I presume you could run pipes though as well. Is
it possible from a plumbing point of view to have a toilet that doesn't sit
on an outside wall ? Would it be a rather expensive job to do ? The bath
is a normal size bath (matches the smallest width that b&q do), so getting a
smaller bath doesn't seem to be an option.

Any ideas ?!

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""Séan Connolly" mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk" "Séan Connolly"
mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk says...
In our new house, the bathroom (1.78, x 1.78m) has a rather awkward layout.
The bath is to the left of the door and the sink to the right (the trapper
is at the back right). This prevents the door from opening inwards enough
for the user to get in. Currently the door opens outwards which is fine and
dandy, but if you're coming up the stairs and the bathroom door opens,
you'll probably find yourself at the bottom of the stairs again rather
quickly...

So fit a sliding door.

In our new house, the bathroom (1.78, x 1.78m) has a rather awkward
layout.
The bath is to the left of the door and the sink to the right (the
trapper
is at the back right). This prevents the door from opening inwards enough
for the user to get in. Currently the door opens outwards which is fine
and
dandy, but if you're coming up the stairs and the bathroom door opens,
you'll probably find yourself at the bottom of the stairs again rather
quickly...

So fit a sliding door.

hmm, did cross my mind, I don't think it will go with the rest of the house
though (1930's semi)

Séan Connolly wrote:
The bath is a normal size bath (matches the smallest width that b&q do),
so getting a smaller bath doesn't seem to be an option.

Have you considered a tapered bath? They're at lot narrower at one end
(usually the 'foot' end, as most people are narrow at feet and wider at
shoulder).

You could also think about having two half-width doors opening inwards,
with a rebate on the meeting edge.

Owain

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:00:20 +0100, "Séan Connolly"
mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk wrote:


hmm, did cross my mind, I don't think it will go with the rest of the house
though (1930's semi)

You will be surprised.

Forget places like B&Q.

Find a local company that specialises in doors.

They should be able to find you a door that is suitable to the period
of the house.

We recently had a new bathroom fitted. I wanted a single sliding door
that consisted almost entirely of non pattern frosted glass.

Although we didn't use them in the end, I found a useful company on
the net:

http://www.johnson-doors.co.uk/Joine...r%20Series.htm

Another example:

http://www.citydoors.co.uk/intdoor1.htm

Graham

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""Séan Connolly" mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk" "Séan Connolly"
mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk says...
In our new house, the bathroom (1.78, x 1.78m) has a rather awkward
layout.
The bath is to the left of the door and the sink to the right (the
trapper
is at the back right). This prevents the door from opening inwards enough
for the user to get in. Currently the door opens outwards which is fine
and
dandy, but if you're coming up the stairs and the bathroom door opens,
you'll probably find yourself at the bottom of the stairs again rather
quickly...

So fit a sliding door.

hmm, did cross my mind, I don't think it will go with the rest of the house
though (1930's semi)

My 1930s semi has a sliding door to the bathroom - it's just the
original door hung on a rail, and I don't think it looks particularly
out of character.

Find a local company that specialises in doors.

They should be able to find you a door that is suitable to the period
of the house.


Thanks, I'll look into it

S

My 1930s semi has a sliding door to the bathroom - it's just the
original door hung on a rail, and I don't think it looks particularly
out of character.

What about the architraving ?

"Séan Connolly" mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk wrote in message
...
In our new house, the bathroom (1.78, x 1.78m) has a rather awkward
layout. The bath is to the left of the door and the sink to the right (the
trapper is at the back right). This prevents the door from opening inwards
enough for the user to get in. Currently the door opens outwards which is
fine and dandy, but if you're coming up the stairs and the bathroom door
opens, you'll probably find yourself at the bottom of the stairs again
rather quickly...

The obvious (to me) solution is to move the bath to the back of the room
so it lies along the back wall and move the toilet to the front left and
leave the sink where it is. Now I know nothing about plumbing so I'll get
someone to do it, but how difficult would something like this be to do ?
The piping at the moment runs around the side of the room and is boxed
off, and the room has floorboards which I presume you could run pipes
though as well. Is it possible from a plumbing point of view to have a
toilet that doesn't sit on an outside wall ? Would it be a rather
expensive job to do ? The bath is a normal size bath (matches the
smallest width that b&q do), so getting a smaller bath doesn't seem to be
an option.

Any ideas ?!


A) Is it possible to move the door to the left or right? Would give you more
flexibility.

B) Bath on back Wall, sink to the left on toilet on right would easier,
depending on soil pipe.

C) Fit a Macerator to the loo and put where u like, costly though.

D) Get a bathroom fitter round and ask his advice.

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""Séan Connolly" mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk" "Séan Connolly"
mrcATseanDASHconnollyDOTcoDOTuk says...

My 1930s semi has a sliding door to the bathroom - it's just the
original door hung on a rail, and I don't think it looks particularly
out of character.

What about the architraving ?

Covered with thin strips of wood to bring it out to the new door
position, but it's very plain anyway so you don't really notice the
difference. If you have ornate architrave mouldings I can see rhat
it might look incongruous.

If you have ornate architrave mouldings I can see rhat
it might look incongruous.

Yeah, they are so it would look out of place imo.

Have you considered a tapered bath? They're at lot narrower at one end
(usually the 'foot' end, as most people are narrow at feet and wider at
shoulder).

Having looked around b&q that does seem a good option (less hassel)


You could also think about having two half-width doors opening inwards,
with a rebate on the meeting edge.


As it stands with the current suite that wouldn't work, but as the bath is
knackered anyway replacing it and having split doors is an idea...

A) Is it possible to move the door to the left or right? Would give you
more flexibility.

Due to the location of the sink & loo either way the door wouldn't open
enough to let a person in. Allthough a smaller sink, tapered bath might help
in this respect.


B) Bath on back Wall, sink to the left on toilet on right would easier,
depending on soil pipe.

This is my prefered solution depending on the cost of fitting a new suite.
tbh it needs a new suite anyway so getting it located right now before we
move in makes sense.


C) Fit a Macerator to the loo and put where u like, costly though.

eeek! Costly sounds bad !


D) Get a bathroom fitter round and ask his advice.


Allways a good plan, but I like to get other peoples opinions first as I
know little to nothing about plumbing. Forewarned is forearmed etc

Séan Connolly wrote:
C) Fit a Macerator to the loo and put where u like, costly though.
eeek! Costly sounds bad !

Before fitting a Macerator, look at the uk.d-i-y FAQ Humour section on
S*n*f*o

AFAIK such things are not allowed to be fitted to the only WC in a
house, so if you don't have another cludgie you wouldn't be able to use
one anyway.

Owain

Before fitting a Macerator, look at the uk.d-i-y FAQ Humour section on
S*n*f*o

Very good Although the expanding foam incident is hilarious.