
PS If you think I’m joking I priced a job for a couple who had bought £3000+ worth of suite items from the bathstore sale (as they were seemingly very impressed with the professionally drawn up ‘plan’) only for me to tell them that it was impossible to fit all the items where they wanted them due to plumbing constraints. Modern design trends lend themselves well to smaller bathrooms. Shared stall Forgoing a tub made room for a 32-by-42-inch shower that opens into the his-and-hers half baths. Please ring a fitter before committing to buying £1000’s worth of sale items that will not fit in your new layout (or will fit but only with waste water pipes running across the centre of the floor or uphill) These sale items do not reflect good value for money in these instances! Two halves After gutting the space, Jeff divided it in half, framing a partition wall with a one-sink vanity on either side and a toilet on the adjoining wall. Otherwise they will have no idea (for example) which way the joists run under the floor so will consequently have no idea as to whether their nice, sleek low profile shower tray can actually be fitted in the corner of the bathroom they had planned! The Shower: Here, a shower sits on the same wall as the vanity, separated by a pony wall. The Layout: A long, horizontal layout with the shower and the bathtub on opposite ends of the room.

Bathroom planning cannot be done by someone remotely in a Bathstore showroom – they need to actually be there to see how the existing plumbing is laid out as this will determine where suite items can be located. This design from Mindy Gayer is perfect for a long, narrow bathroom space.
