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Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


Thinking of a bathroom re-fit? Are you replacing a worn bathroom suite and wondering what, exactly, to replace it with? It could be worth considering a bathroom furniture suite.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


A traditional bathroom suite consists of a WC, pedestal or wall mounted basin, and bath. An L shaped bath provides a variation on this theme, for households who require a spacious shower as well as their bathing space, and don't have the room for both. And a shower suite - WC, basin, and shower enclosure - is the ideal solution for a small bathroom where there just isn't the space for a bath, or for households who don't use a bath and prefer a regular shower instead.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


A bathroom furniture suite replaces the traditional pedestal basin or the more contemporary wall hung basin from a suite with a washstand or vanity unit. Consumers are then free to add to the set whatever additional sanitaryware best suits them: a bath, an L shaped bath, a shower, or both a bath and a shower.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


Bathroom furniture is useful in any size of bathroom: it provides integrated storage inside and presents a sleek, coordinated finish on the outside.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


In a smaller bathroom or petite cloakroom, a bathroom furniture suite may be a space saving option. A tiny wall hung basin looks minimal, but if you need any storage space then you have to add a cabinet or shelves, and this takes up room. A small, slimline vanity unit, on the other hand, provides you with storage space directly below your basin, where the space would otherwise have been unused. The smallest vanity units can be a mere 40cm across and less than 30cm deep. They will fit into an alcove or corner, or sit neatly next to your toilet.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


The toilet itself should be chosen for space saving, as well, in a small bathroom environment. Short projection toilets save you space to walk around the front of the pan: with only a 60cm depth, they're as neat as can be. Or choose a corner WC to squeeze every last millimetre of space out of your smallest room.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


In bathrooms where capacity is less of a problem, there's plenty of choice too. Larger vanity units or washstands can be paired with longer projection toilets; basin and WC combination units combine a streamlined vanity unit and WC unit with a back to wall or wall hung toilet for all-in-one style - this can save space for other bathroom fittings, but you do need a sufficiently wide section of wall on which to position the unit. They start at less than a metre wide and go up and up in scale.

Bathroom Furniture Suites - A Size Guide


Bathroom furniture suites are adaptable and, as they are available in freestanding and fitted designs, they can equally suit a traditional or contemporary bathroom.