loft conversion layout help

9 days ago

We are getting a loft conversion completed this summer. We have had some plans drawn up by the architect. However, we are really concerned about the head height in the en-suite. I am assuming the architect knows what he is doing… but, my husband drew up a very basic version of the plans but made the bathroom a little bigger by using some of the surplus room to the side, added a bath (I have no idea what his obsession with a bath is!) and added us in (5’8 tall) and it’s not ideal from what we can see head height wise. And baring in mind the placement of the toilet on the original plans is further into the room and therefore roof more sloped. Any one any idea how to make the best of this space? Waste pipes on the sloped side.

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Jonathan
9 days ago
Several things- for safety reasons the door to your room mustn’t be within 400mm of the top of the stairs. And you should plan the windows to ensures that you have enough room for furniture and curtains.

Separately you haven’t said what the head height is but if you can’t stand up in the bath perhaps your master should be on the floor below and this should be divided into two bedrooms.

If you like baths then by all means have this in the Ensuite. Personally I think that baths and WC can go under a sloped ceiling because you don’t normally stand there. But if you are going to have a bath under a sloped ceiling consider oversizing the Ensuite to accommodate a separate shower, additional storage and perhaps a cavity with two basins.
Jonathan
9 days ago
Obviously that should read Vanity….. not cavity!!

This is what I meant
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