GrafKonrad
2023-09-20 22:32:42
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Hello dear forum,
We – that is two adults and two small children – live in a house from the 1960s. The house is built on a slope and is built into the north side of the hill. Unfortunately, the bathrooms are still more or less in their original condition from the year of construction and therefore in need of renovation.
The first bathroom we want to renovate is a bath of about 8 m2 in the basement. The bathroom is located on the north side of the house and only has a small light well window (width: 94 cm, height 55 cm, sill height 155 cm). The room is therefore not particularly bright.
In this respect, the question naturally arises about the lighting but also about ventilation. There are no mold problems in the room, but it has also only been sparsely used by us in recent years, as it only has a bathtub. However, before I go into these questions in too much detail, I will first address the basic issues.
At present, I am somewhat at a loss as to how to design the bathroom with the not very generous dimensions. The room is in the basement and you are quite flexible in the placement of the sanitary facilities.
Here is the floor plan for you:
The door will be renewed and could also in the future open outwards if this should be advantageous.
We would like to have a shower, preferably without a door. Whether this will be possible at floor level still needs to be examined. The structure of the screed is currently not yet known. As for the dimensions of the shower, we are unsure. It should be spacious. Due to lack of experience, however, we do not know what minimum dimensions would make sense. It should not be that after every shower the entire bathroom is flooded.
If a bathtub were included in the floor plan, that would be good. If too many compromises would have to be made regarding the size of the shower, however, the bathtub could be dispensed with. There is another bathroom with a tub upstairs (also in need of renovation).
There is the following first draft from a local company:
The draft of course includes everything one needs. But still, I have some doubts about it because the shower seems too small to me and I do not want a shower door. The desire for a walk-in shower is somehow present, even if it may not be very rational ;-)
I would be very happy if you could comment on the present draft and possibly give me some planning impulses. Thank you!
Many thanks Konrad
We – that is two adults and two small children – live in a house from the 1960s. The house is built on a slope and is built into the north side of the hill. Unfortunately, the bathrooms are still more or less in their original condition from the year of construction and therefore in need of renovation.
The first bathroom we want to renovate is a bath of about 8 m2 in the basement. The bathroom is located on the north side of the house and only has a small light well window (width: 94 cm, height 55 cm, sill height 155 cm). The room is therefore not particularly bright.
In this respect, the question naturally arises about the lighting but also about ventilation. There are no mold problems in the room, but it has also only been sparsely used by us in recent years, as it only has a bathtub. However, before I go into these questions in too much detail, I will first address the basic issues.
At present, I am somewhat at a loss as to how to design the bathroom with the not very generous dimensions. The room is in the basement and you are quite flexible in the placement of the sanitary facilities.
Here is the floor plan for you:
The door will be renewed and could also in the future open outwards if this should be advantageous.
We would like to have a shower, preferably without a door. Whether this will be possible at floor level still needs to be examined. The structure of the screed is currently not yet known. As for the dimensions of the shower, we are unsure. It should be spacious. Due to lack of experience, however, we do not know what minimum dimensions would make sense. It should not be that after every shower the entire bathroom is flooded.
If a bathtub were included in the floor plan, that would be good. If too many compromises would have to be made regarding the size of the shower, however, the bathtub could be dispensed with. There is another bathroom with a tub upstairs (also in need of renovation).
There is the following first draft from a local company:
The draft of course includes everything one needs. But still, I have some doubts about it because the shower seems too small to me and I do not want a shower door. The desire for a walk-in shower is somehow present, even if it may not be very rational ;-)
I would be very happy if you could comment on the present draft and possibly give me some planning impulses. Thank you!
Many thanks Konrad