Relocation of a 60s bathroom to a new room, 12 sqm floor plan

Hello everyone,

we are currently renovating a 1960s prefabricated house, which has a full basement. Since the water and heating pipes are still from the 60s, we are currently considering replacing the existing 1960s bathroom, which is quite small, with a modern bathroom. For this purpose, we have chosen a living space that was primarily used as a closet with a desk, measuring 12m2, as the future family bathroom. As a family with a child (5 years old), you often sit together in the bathtub, so a large bathtub was important to us. The house has a basement. Below the bathroom is a laundry room with a toilet and sink next to the heating room. Therefore, we should be able to run the pipes quite well through the basement ceiling.

Since this is our first renovation project and I lack experience, I had hoped to share a design that I created in the Duravit bathroom planner here to get some feedback. (We had chosen the Duravit Paiova 5 bathtub for ourselves)

[*]Based on experience, what do you think of the floor plan? Are the walkways between the bathtub, shower, and toilet good? We planned the shower as walk-in with 100x160.
[*]We wanted to tile the floor in the shower, but paint the wall instead of tiling (no grout). We saw this quite often in hotels and I like it. I think it was called Beton Ciré. Are there any experiences with this?
[*]We also considered installing a laundry chute to the basement (the laundry room is directly below). Are there any experiences on what to watch out for?

We have also experimented with different variants, for example placing the shower against the left wall (with a glass panel). However, next to the door are light switches and sockets, which will probably be a bit tight in terms of distance due to splash water. I still find having a light switch in the bathroom practical. Maybe someone has a good piece of advice. This was our first design:



Thank you very much in advance

I find the current bathroom variant quite okay so far.

However, I think it first needs to be clarified how you will connect the toilet drain to the existing drainage system. Normally, there are 10 cm pipes that need to be laid with a slope. Or does this statement apply to the room of the newly planned bathroom?

Under the bathroom is a laundry room with a toilet and sink next to the boiler room. Therefore, we should be able to run pipes quite well through the basement ceiling.

I think the current draft is good, but I would plan the washbasin at the bottom of the plan up to the wall. In the previous draft, I didn't like that the sinks were at the backmost position. You have to access that area the most, so I would always plan them at the very front. I would find a laundry chute in the bathroom impractical. However, that is because I dress and undress in the bedroom.

The current bathroom option I find quite okay so far. However, I think it must first be clarified how you are going to connect the toilet drain to the existing drainage system. Usually, there are 10 cm pipes that have to be laid with a slope. Or does this statement refer to the room of the newly planned bathroom?

I understood that this refers to the new bathroom.

Do you want to move the door? Or is it already no longer there as originally planned?

This will be a pretty little bathroom. The distances are perfectly fine for people with normal mobility. I find it logical to simply incorporate the laundry chute, even though it will not be the place for changing clothes. Suggestions on this. 1. As a partition between the shower and the washbasin, I would use a one-sided mirrored glass pane starting 15cm above the washbasin height instead of raising the wall. This way you get a large mirror, a spacious feeling while showering, and depending on how you place the pane, also a small shelf. With some luck, the effect will even occur that the mirror glass does not fog up too much during a hot shower, since it is heated from behind. 2. I would also not raise the partition for the rain shower too high but rather tile a step or make it waterproof in another way so that shower items can be placed there. A nice visible conduit can create a pleasant visual accent. 3. Currently, there is no space planned in the bathroom for things that are well kept there. The suggestion to extend the washbasin countertop to the wall has already been made. I would place the most spacious possible cabinet underneath and integrate the laundry chute into a "storage furniture." 4. If you have an increased number of cordless devices in the bathroom, then it is worth considering how to design a cable-free charging station. Sockets can be installed in the partition wall between the shower and the washbasin behind a small flap. Only the ends of the charging cables then stick out. Still think of easily accessible sockets for temporarily used powered devices as well. 5. We find a "night-light" made from two floor-level recessed spotlights very useful, set to a soft yellow-orange light and operated via their own light switch (also possible with a motion detector). Anyone who needs to go to the toilet at night can then leave out the "wide-awake light" of the bathroom and still find their way safely.