Combined Bathroom/Laundry

We have an average sized 4x1 single story house in the Perth Hills. We are thinking of adding a shower to the laundry to make another bathroom. There is already a separate toilet. Just a bit concerned it will make it look too pokey as it's only 3m x 1.6m. Anyone done something similar?

 

Hi @Ems

Those dimensions are actually pretty good. A long skinny rectangle works well for this than a big square.

I would break it into 2 zones and would be nice if you could have a cavity slider in between

Zone 1: Laundry 1600 x 1400mm. This could be behind a cupboard if you like or open. Just a 600 x 1400mm bench with a nice sink that a front loader washer can go under. Consider some overheads if window placements allow. This is one of my small laundries that is those dimensions



Zone 2: the bathroom area put a nice 1600 x 900 shower in and a 600mm vanity. You can get a 600mm premade vanity from Bunnings or Ikea. They aren't huge but the ones I've used have drawers so still lots of storage. Then use a medicine cabinet mirror above for any other storage

Cibo Design 600mm Coast Veneer Fresh Vanity

 

PS if you don't put a cavity slider in between and have the laundry part open then you might not need the additional vanity and can use the trough as the basin if you get one that looks nice.

 

Thanks @Westminster
Here's our current layout. Would you put the shower where the current laundry tub is or closer to the internal door?

 

Are you happy to lose the sliding door? Where the trough is would be the perfect spot as it the toilet is then included into the space making it a complete zone.

The placement of the door into the laundry does make it a bit harder to do. You could gut the linen and put the new laundry in there but you'd need to run the plumbing over there which would be more expensive then running it further along from where the trough is. How attached are you to the doorway - if it could move over to be next to the linen it would work so much better

 

Not attached to the sliding door so we could lose that but what would you put there? It would be expensive to move the doorway wouldn't it?

 

I at random
$50 seems like cheap advice to me.
Bathroom Quote - Lucy J Design

 

I was thinking that would be a good spot for the shower along that wall?

I moved my parents doorway to their ensuite by 600mm and put in a cavity slider an it was surprisingly cheap. All up including the new door it was around $1000 and so much more functional now their tiny bathroom doesn't have a door swinging into it and meant they could have a full length vanity along one wall now that the door doesn't swing onto that wall

 

Can you move the laundry somewhere else? That will leave more room for the 2nd bathroom.

I need a 2nd bathroom in my place. Existing laundry currently under main roof. Convert that to a 2nd bathroom. Enclose rear balcony and move laundry there or to kitchen or to the back garage.

There are many places to put the laundry.

 

You could use the laundry sink as the vanity?? Where does the dryer go though? To be fair, its the dryer that spews out all the dust/lint.

 

options

1. leave door as is (I know it doesn't swing this way but my software is stupid). Washer hooks up waste pipe to vanity basin so all is concealed with washer taps located in vanity cupboard



Option 2: move the doorway along. You could have some overheads above the washing machine zone. If you wanted you could reduce the vanity/laundry section and probably still fit your upright freezer in there next to the door

 

Dryer attaches the the wall above the washer. Mine doesn't spew out any lint or dust, hardly anything.

 

It shouldn’t.
Clean the filter after every use.
Marg

 

Mine's almost 12 yrs old. Maybe that's why??

 

What's the solution for perennial laziness lol?

 

A wife

 

@Lacrim the solution is to get rid of your old school dryer and upgrade to a heat pump dryer. No fluff, no condensation and doesn't heat up the area around it AND uses less electricity. It will cost you more than a normal one but go for it.
Yes you will still need to clean the lint filter but it's better in the lint filter than all over the laundry.

 

So completing close off the entry there? (Sliding door entry)