Designing Your Bathroom Around Stock Fixtures
You can find bathroom fixtures in a myriad of stock sizes, so as you are considering your bathroom remodel you can keep your costs down if you design your space to take advantage of these stock pieces.
Manufacturers mass product these stock size cabinets and fixtures, so they can offer them to you much more cheaply than when they have to custom fit a cabinet or fixture.
Many stock items come in a suite of matching cabinets, towel racks and shower curtain rods to allow you to easily build a cohesive design in your bathroom.
Standard bathroom fixture measurements apply to tubs, showers, toilets and cabinets.
Cabinets are generally 18" - 20" deep, and come in a variety of widths.
They also come in single or double sink styles.
Toilets come in a variety of styles and sizes, but the rough-in opening is about 12" from the wall.
Tubs are usually 5' X 30", and whirlpool tubs may be 32" wide.
The typical shower stall is 32" X 32".
Designing your Bathroom Floor Plan When you are redoing your bathroom space, before doing anything else draw a floor plan that is to scale.
Use ¼" graph paper, and use a 1-inch to 1-foot scale.
Now draw the outline of your room including all openings like windows and doors.
Mark where your current pipes and drains are located unless you are planning to move your plumbing; but this can be a terribly costly process.
You may find that making a slight plumbing modification dramatically improves the functionality of your bathroom, and it this case it may well be worth the expense of redoing some of the plumbing.
Now make to scale cutouts of all of your fixtures including cabinets, tubs, showers and toilets and mark them.
Now arrange them on your floor plan to see what configuration works the best.
While you are deciding on your floor plan, keep several things in mind.
o Allow at least 24" from a wall or tub to the front of the toilet, and 30" would be even better.
o If you are adding linen cabinets use 2' deep cabinets.
o A double sink vanity needs to be 60" - 72" so that it is not too crowded.
o Allow about 30" beside a tub.
You can go as low as 28", but less than that gets too crowded.
o If you have the room, allow 12" on each side of the toilet.
As you are arranging all of the elements in the room, you will find the perfect configuration and you will know exactly what pieces you need to create your ideal bathroom.
Manufacturers mass product these stock size cabinets and fixtures, so they can offer them to you much more cheaply than when they have to custom fit a cabinet or fixture.
Many stock items come in a suite of matching cabinets, towel racks and shower curtain rods to allow you to easily build a cohesive design in your bathroom.
Standard bathroom fixture measurements apply to tubs, showers, toilets and cabinets.
Cabinets are generally 18" - 20" deep, and come in a variety of widths.
They also come in single or double sink styles.
Toilets come in a variety of styles and sizes, but the rough-in opening is about 12" from the wall.
Tubs are usually 5' X 30", and whirlpool tubs may be 32" wide.
The typical shower stall is 32" X 32".
Designing your Bathroom Floor Plan When you are redoing your bathroom space, before doing anything else draw a floor plan that is to scale.
Use ¼" graph paper, and use a 1-inch to 1-foot scale.
Now draw the outline of your room including all openings like windows and doors.
Mark where your current pipes and drains are located unless you are planning to move your plumbing; but this can be a terribly costly process.
You may find that making a slight plumbing modification dramatically improves the functionality of your bathroom, and it this case it may well be worth the expense of redoing some of the plumbing.
Now make to scale cutouts of all of your fixtures including cabinets, tubs, showers and toilets and mark them.
Now arrange them on your floor plan to see what configuration works the best.
While you are deciding on your floor plan, keep several things in mind.
o Allow at least 24" from a wall or tub to the front of the toilet, and 30" would be even better.
o If you are adding linen cabinets use 2' deep cabinets.
o A double sink vanity needs to be 60" - 72" so that it is not too crowded.
o Allow about 30" beside a tub.
You can go as low as 28", but less than that gets too crowded.
o If you have the room, allow 12" on each side of the toilet.
As you are arranging all of the elements in the room, you will find the perfect configuration and you will know exactly what pieces you need to create your ideal bathroom.
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