Possibilities of bathroom design

Hello dear forum community,

I have been pondering for some time now how to best plan the future bathroom in our apartment. Currently, I am very attached to the proposal from the developer. With a bathtub (180x80) and shower (tiled floor) in one line and on the other side towel rail, washbasin 120cm with cabinet below and mirrored cabinet as well as tall cabinet next to it.

Concept:


More detailed and with measurements
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Disadvantage:
The installer can only deliver straight glass walls, which are then to be mounted on the bathtub, thus the shower has at most the depth of the bathtub (180x80cm). With a tiled ledge one could extend this, however, the width of the shower is limited anyway to <90cm (271.5-180 - plaster and tiles).

In the plan, a 90x90cm shower is drawn in, but it is only tiled on the floor and could be individually adjusted in size. Without a tiled ledge, however, it would only be 90x80cm.

With tiled ledge possibly 90x85 or so.

However, one could also do without the bathtub and would then of course have a lot of space for a large walk-in shower, but my wife would no longer be so happy about that.

After talking to colleagues at work yesterday, I came across the following variant: Bathtub in front of the window (sill height is 150cm, window itself is 120cm wide, 80cm high).

Advantage: Shower could be much larger (currently 100x100 in the plan), which feels somewhat too large, and the entrance area is quite overloaded.

Disadvantage: Bathtub in front of the window and a dead corner in the upper right, although after measurements and estimates I consider it quite possible to open the window (unfortunately hinged on the right) over the bathtub.



Possibly one could also insert a drywall partition halfway up to the shower with glass on top to somewhat separate the space, but I have the feeling it would make the room even smaller.

Do you possibly have any comments or suggestions for improvement? Which variant would you prefer? I would be very happy to receive feedback.

For safety, I have attached the raw construction dimensions again.

I can't solve it for you but maybe give a few ideas. As a glass shower, it should be 90x90 in my opinion, I find anything bigger too large. A walk-in shower should have a length of 140cm, although 120cm also works depending on shower habits. We use both measurements here; 120cm would be too short for me, so we had an additional 20cm piece of glass installed. The next shower will definitely be half-height with Ytong or similar, and the glass pane mounted flush with the outside by the glazier, creating shelf space inside; the advantage is you don't always have to remove the huge pane and bend down forever (laziness due to age). Also, the shower rod should be recessed into the wall. I find placing a shower wall on the tub awful, the tub under the window doesn’t look bad, opening it is no problem. The "dead corner" could be avoided or nicely designed with a shelf or similar. Maybe also a large tub stylishly built in the center and shelves or even a towel warmer on both sides. That’s a rough idea… Where exactly is the toilet?

Thanks first of all for the quick response. The toilet is in a separate room to the left of the bathroom, we briefly considered combining it, but it is quite practical to have the toilet separate when guests come. Somehow the bathroom then becomes a more private area. The idea with the Ytong is good, with it I could possibly separate the area towards the shower a bit and at the same time have storage space inside. The idea of placing the tub in the middle in front of the window is good. Unfortunately, the 3D planner does not allow that quickly. You just have to imagine the enclosure next to it. Maybe you could make compartments accessible from the front where towels etc. could be stored. Shower: Glass, as described by pagoni, placed on the outside of the Ytong. Front swivel door to enter the shower. I actually quite like it. Does the Ytong possibly restrict the bathroom too much? There really isn’t a necessity to separate the shower like that, is there?

So... these are rather simple ideas from my side or ones I myself had or have. However, my idea would have been to position the Ytong wall longitudinally, so 120 or 140 cm long in the direction of the window, with glass on it and the whole thing without a door. As the door is shown in the picture now, it would collide with the bathroom door. We have two versions here with us, one with 140 cm and one with 120 cm, both also possible without a door (I just prefer without). The entrance to the shower with about 60 cm would be okay, especially since you would have free arm space on the left side (bathtub). But you have to check the measurements yourself. The built-in tub would then basically be the end of your shower section. The Ytong wall should not be too high, maybe 100 cm; the glazier did a great job here and for a part of the price of a shower cabin. What I once had before and also found great is a kind of spiral, also Ytong and glass set at a corner, making the glass stable and without braces. If anything is of interest, I can also send pictures; but this is just to give some ideas maybe, what you can then adapt for yourself. I don’t like the idea from the installer, it has such a vibe of an 80s rental apartment... All three options are/were comfortable for me (each box in the plan 10 cm). You could adjust or rotate the bathroom plan with the spiral to scale. It is perfectly fine if your bathroom door opens 90 degrees; Ytong thickness of 7.5 cm is sufficient.

Installer can only do straight glass walls

Which installer exactly? Have you done any research to see if you can find someone who can deliver the glass wall according to your specifications?

I have exactly the same kind of bathroom. Bathtub next to shower, in between a half-high Ytong wall and then a glass panel on top. I know your problems very well.

One thing to definitely keep in mind: You only have shell dimensions in your plan. After plastering, several centimeters will be lost! In my case, 2.88m ended up being 2.83m.
A really terrible in-between measurement for a 180cm tub and 100cm shower tray. And on top of that, the walls were still not straight. Bad for the shower tray. That’s sometimes how it is in old buildings.

We solved the whole thing by chipping both the bathtub and the shower tray slightly into the wall, so that there was again 5cm space between both objects. Then we built up with 7.5cm Ytong and also slightly scored it, so that the tub and tray sit slightly inside the wall.

The glass partition is still missing; it has to (expensively) come from the glazier. Sanitary installers only offer ugly ready-made systems that you can’t just easily place on the wall.

Would it be an option for you to take a 1.70m bathtub?

Does the Ytong maybe restrict the bathroom too much?
There’s really no necessity to limit the shower with it, right?

No, the wall looks great. I find it better than a glass panel directly on the tub. Or what is often offered is a floor-to-ceiling glass panel that basically stands in front of the tub or dividing wall.