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
I've decided that 800mm would be too narrow for my ensuite and have plumped for 900mm. Luckily my hallway is exactly 900mm wide, so I was able to mock it up when the suite arrived. 900mm is reasonably comfortable, given that the basin will be opposite the door, giving extra room for the posterior. However, 800mm would probably be too narrow. Although 800mm is doable for the toilet, you'd need to find an extra shallow hand basin.
If you went for 900mm, I reckon you could make a bathroom out of the remaining 1500x2900, especially as the master bedroom has an en-suite.
It might be possible to shorten the en-suite by a small amount. I can't remember how long toilets are to check, though. It might not fit. This could provide a valuable cupboard either for a hot water cylinder (if needed) or for towel/toiletries storage for the main bathroom.
hovering 200mm above it but it's very easy to use, highly intuitive to the point of not having to refer to the manaul and getting a 3D representation of my kitchen within half an hour of just fiddling about with it.
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.
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