Small shop bathroom layout

[Brandon_oma#692]

Looking to add a bathroom before winter. Have had a porta john for a week and it has been a godsend. Want real bathroom before winter. Freestanding building will need a small septic. Water is nearby to bring in the building, dig up near the yard hydrant to find it.

Want toilet, sink, shower, and additional sink outside it. Plan to frame up a room along 1 exterior wall or possibly in the corner. Square or rectangle and how to lay it out? Building got full quick so want to keep it small but not too small.

Will also run water a few other places for hose hookups.

 

[BobnCO]

This is the standard.. 5 x about 7’ - 8’ depending on sink and shower width; you could get down to 6.5’ but feels crowded.

 

[nadogail]

My shop toilet room, just a closet with a toilet in it, has a Pocket Door, hand washing is done at a repurposed Kitchen Sink in the main room. The pocket door does not need floor space to swing.

Showers are done in the house, not the shop.

 

[aggie113]

Nix shower, put sink across from toilet, rotate so door hits side of sink. Could do a "shower" by making the whole floor a drain pan and putting a shower head in the corner, but maybe think of it more as an emergency rinse if needed. Can hang a 5gal hot water tank in the corner ceiling. Rectangle better than square.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

This is the standard.. 5 x about 7’ - 8’ depending on sink and shower width; you could get down to 6.5’ but feels crowded.

If you take the diagram to the left above, and move the door and sink to the center and the toilet to the left, that would be the layout I designed for my shop.

Inside dimensions are 47" by 88".

 

[That Guy Scott]

I say ditch the shower. It doesn’t seem to get used much. I did an outdoor shower (I’m in SoCal) and it rarely gets used much other than for the dog or a pool shower. I put a 3 bay stainless sink outside, near the shower. It gets used a lot.

 

[thammel]

I like your layout on the left. And definitely keep the shower!! I didn't put in a shower and I regret it!!!

 

[OccupantRJ]

As far as a septic tank I buried a Liberty sewage grinder pump tank setup and it pumps to the house septic tank 100 feet away through a 2” pvc pipe. I have been very satisfied with it.

 

[Dig Doug]

Swing the door out, it saves some space

I have a corner shower in the garage bathroom - I use it as a floor sink / mop sink most of the time
and I do take showers in it occasionally