At less than 40 square feet and decades old the master bathroom in this home was not exactly fit for a king and queen.
How to extend a bathroom wall.
The wall at the opposite end of the shower can be any height as well.
In fact the counter tops wall and floor tile made up more than half of the bill.
Enlarging a bathroom by using the closet.
Figure out how to move a wall to save the expense of adding on if possible.
Or make the wall go all the way to the ceiling.
We built a short wall to conserve space and to create a shelf and a mirror alcove.
Your old wall is just the front of the wall system so to speak.
One way to move a wall is to go inside another room and frame a new wall.
A small hatch in the wall of the bathroom for a chute takes up a lot less space than a hamper and is a lot more convenient for mom come laundry day.
In other cases you might be able to convert an unused pantry or closet or make a room near the bathroom smaller by moving a wall.
As you start thinking about expanding a small bathroom you may also be imagining a new arrangement for your toilet sink and shower.
Consider a power cabinet another idea we like a lot and build often is a power cabinet.
If you d like a higher toilet make the wall that much higher.
In most cases you ll need to build a shoring wall a temporary stud wall inside the house a couple of feet from the exterior wall.
Just build framework inside to make it into a wall system as described in step one.
For a standard toilet height of 15 in make the wall a minimum height of 43 in.
Don t remove the old one.
In a narrow cabinet on the right side of the vanity left side for southpaws we install a drawer deep.
An extra 5 or 10k will allow you to splash out on better fixtures ceramics molding and finish.
Install a shoring wall install a temporary shoring wall to hold things up while you cut the hole extend the floor and set the header.