Starting to build a new cottage, as well as when planning a major renovation in an existing apartment or a habitable house, many solve the dilemma: choose a combined or separate bathroom?
In Soviet times, the combined bathrooms were only in the smallest apartments in the area, in more spacious rooms there were usually separate bathrooms and toilets. The modern design of the dwelling allows to equip both rather large isolated premises for a bathroom and a toilet, and a spacious combined bathroom. In addition, there is a tendency when buying a secondary home or carrying out major repairs in small apartments-Khrushchevs to reconstruct to create a single sanitary and hygienic space.
When is it more preferable to have a separate bathroom?
The choice of the layout of the bathroom depends largely on the composition of the family. A family in which several generations live under the same roof or have more than one child, the combined node will be uncomfortable, since in the morning procedures, and at other times of the day, a queue will form. In addition, small children and elderly parents do not always arbitrarily regulate the natural processes of excretion, which does not at all contribute to the calm acceptance of a bath or a shower.
There is one more obstacle in carrying out the uniting of the toilet and the shower room - the wall that separates the two rooms is the carrier. In this case, firstly, you can not legalize the redevelopment, and, secondly, put at risk of being buried under the weight of building blocks not only yourself and your household, but also neighbors living in apartments located along the riser. Sometimes the toilet room is quite extensive and there is an opportunity to install a bidet. In this case, from a functional point of view, it is not advisable to unite the premises. The proposed solutions for the design of a separate bathroom and toilet.
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When the variant of the combined bathroom is more convenient?
A combined bathroom often allows you to solve the problem of lack of space for installing a washbasin, washing machine, shower or bathroom furniture. In this way, it is possible to solve the problem of lack of space when installing a non-standard bathtub or a larger overall Jacuzzi. But, as noted above, this option is suitable for a family in which no more than three people or in a dwelling there is even at least one bathroom.
Spacious premises can not only be more rationally organized, but also more interesting to design from a design point of view, because the area increases not only by creating a single space, but space saving is also due to the presence of one door (instead of two) and the alignment of the communication system. In addition, cleaning one room instead of two, allows you to save time spent on putting the apartment in order.
There are many design solutions for the layout and design of a combined bathroom.
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There is a compromise option, when a stationary wall is created, which fences the bathtub with the sink from the toilet. It is performed in a single with the design of the bathroom key and can be high under the ceiling or low, as well as it can be located in the center of the room or closer to one of the walls. Of course, there is no complete isolation of the premises, but in emergency cases, for example, when a small child wanted to use the toilet, this option helps to solve the problem.
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Do not be upset if the bathroom is very small, there are certain tricks that allow you to expand the space of the separate bathroom (shower) and toilet rooms:
- light walls;
- small tiles or ceramic tiles;
- compact models of equipment, for example, toilets, attached directly to the wall, washing machines under the sink , etc.
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Solving the question of which bathroom to prefer, not only weigh the pros and cons of a separate or combined node, but also determine the prospects for the development of your family!