The Home Improvements Thread (3)

WAslayer said:
The expense of extending to add 4-6sqm is not worth it.. that is a tiny bit of extending..

Most of your questions are design dependent and what specifically you want.. it's best to speak with an architect and draughtsman, discuss your ideas with them and they can tell you what's possible and what needs to happen to make it possible.. only then can you get estimate on costs..
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The thing is, the house we recently bought has a few extremely tiny spaces in a way that they're barely usable.

So I'm looking for ways to make small increases to those spaces..

E.g the bathroom below can barely be used by an adult... so I'd love to push the window wall back by 1m or 2m

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Tony Stark said:
The thing is, the house we recently bought has a few extremely tiny spaces in a way that they're barely usable.

So I'm looking for ways to make small increases to those spaces..

E.g the bathroom below can barely be used by an adult... so I'd love to push the window wall back by 1m or 2m

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You definitely need to consult an architect/draughtsman for extension to exterior walls.. also, if you extend by a meter you end up with a very long narrow space thats not going to be much more useful than the current space..

personally I would first look at alternatives for creating space..

Just based on the pictures, I would take the door off, make it a sliding barn door type thing.. take the bath out and add a shower instead.. doing those two things you would have more room to change around position of toilet and vanity and make the most of the existing space.. would very likely be a quarter or less the cost vs to extend by a meter and need no plans and municipal approval..
 
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WAslayer said:
You definitely need to consult an architect/draughtsman for extension to exterior walls.. also, if you extend by a meter you end up with a very long narrow space thats not going to be much more useful than the current space..

personally I would first look at alternatives for creating space..

Just based on the pictures, I would take the door off, make it a sliding barn door type thing.. take the bath out and add a shower instead.. doing those two things you would have more room to change around position of toilet and vanity and make the most of the existing space.. would very likely be a quarter or less the cost to extend by a meter and need no plans and municipal approval..
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Came here to suggest removing the bath instead of extending.

GAWD I hope those aren't 300x300 floor tiles, it would mean the bathroom's smaller than 2m x 2m:eek:
 
WAslayer said:
You definitely need to consult an architect/draughtsman for extension to exterior walls.. also, if you extend by a meter you end up with a very long narrow space thats not going to be much more useful than the current space..

personally I would first look at alternatives for creating space..

Just based on the pictures, I would take the door off, make it a sliding barn door type thing.. take the bath out and add a shower instead.. doing those two things you would have more room to change around position of toilet and vanity and make the most of the existing space.. would very likely be a quarter or less the cost vs to extend by a meter and need no plans and municipal approval..
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I hear you on this... I think we'll probably have to look at the alternatives as you suggest . Thank you so much for the advice 🙏
 
maumau said:
Came here to suggest removing the bath instead of extending.

GAWD I hope those aren't 300x300 floor tiles, it would mean the bathroom's smaller than 2m x 2m:eek:
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They really are 😞... 330x330

It really is 😞.. 1.6m x 1.7m

Seems like the shower is the no-regret / no-choice way to go
 
WAslayer said:
I would put the shower in the corner behind the door, move the toilet over to the other side below the window.. I would consider a walk in shower perhaps..
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Thanks. I thought of that but if the room's 1.7m x 1.6m and the door's 90cm that's gonna be a very narrow shower. Think it has to butt up against the window wall and even a standard 90x90 shower's going to overlap the window. Won't that be a problem?
 
maumau said:
Thanks. I thought of that but if the room's 1.7m x 1.6m and the door's 90cm that's gonna be a very narrow shower. Think it has to butt up against the window wall and even a standard 90x90 shower's going to overlap the window. Won't that be a problem?
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Sorry, what I mean by walk in shower is to not have an enclosed at all.. surprising how little the splash area actually is.. my current shower in the en-suite is open like this and splashing is minimal..
 
WAslayer said:
Sorry, what I mean by walk in shower is to not have an enclosed at all.. surprising how little the splash area actually is.. my current shower in the en-suite is open like this and splashing is minimal..
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Ahhh, that's a great idea. Would work for him.
 
WAslayer said:
I would put the shower in the corner behind the door, move the toilet over to the other side below the window.. I would consider a walk in shower perhaps..
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Now that I think about it 🤔 we have a 3rd bathroom on the OTHER side of the house that follows as a similar layout to what you've suggested. Its a little bigger (1.95m x 1.95m) but faar from the bedrooms so really just acts as a loo for day guests.


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maumau said:
Thanks. I thought of that but if the room's 1.7m x 1.6m and the door's 90cm that's gonna be a very narrow shower. Think it has to butt up against the window wall and even a standard 90x90 shower's going to overlap the window. Won't that be a problem?
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Door frame is the smaller size 762mm x 2032mm

On top of that I've also installed a custom Bi-fold door which when folded only uses a radius of 381mm for movement.

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WAslayer said:
Sorry, what I mean by walk in shower is to not have an enclosed at all.. surprising how little the splash area actually is.. my current shower in the en-suite is open like this and splashing is minimal..
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Would a normal/smaller shower not fit in this space?

Current bath width (Red line) 0.74m

Wall to door post (Blue line) 0.84m

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We have a similar situation but slightly bigger and well the design is also more amenable to shower approach. The door is in the middle of the long side. So these decisions helped to make it useable; wall mount toilet with built in cistern since it was an external wall and quite thick on the left and on the right walk in shower with a rectangular shower drain to facilitate drainage. We have a shower curtain that can be mounted if worried about splatter. It’s actually quite comfy now. Also a small wall mounted basin with cabinet.
 
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