Should You Separate the Toilet From the Bathroom?

Standard bathroom design incorporates four key elements: bathtub, shower, toilet and sink. Some have recommended separating the latter two elements, turning the bathroom into a water closet and a wet room. In today’s post, local bathroom remodeler DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen of Ogden weighs the pros and cons of splitting these key components of a bathroom.

The Pros of a Separate Toilet

Partitioning the toilet as a water closet offers certain benefits:

Privacy. In a busy household that only has one shared bathroom, a separate toilet affords more privacy, even some flexibility. For instance, one family member can use the toilet without tying up the bath and vanity.
Hygiene. A separate toilet would be more hygienic. Activities in the toilet, which may involve airborne bacteria and pathogens, can be isolated in a smaller space and not affect personal items like toothbrushes and towels.
Accessibility improvement. Building a separate space can be an opportunity to improve upon your bathroom’s accessibility.

The Cons of a Separate Toilet

Before you go and call your bathroom contractor for a renovation project, there are a few things that you need to consider:

Smaller bathroom. If you’re keeping your bathroom’s footprint, separating the toilet would result in a smaller bathing space. This may not be an issue for standard-sized bathrooms, but may be an unsuitable project for smaller homes. Alternatively, you can consider building a separate water closet and a wet room in different parts of the house.
Separate vanities. You may need to build individual vanities for each space, which can drive up the remodeling cost.
Separate doors. The bathroom’s design may require separate doors to ensure privacy, which can make the design more complex.
New plumbing. Often, major changes to the bathroom’s floor plan require making changes to the existing plumbing — another factor that can drive the costs of remodeling.

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