Standards for the distance from the wall to the toilet: options for redeveloping a bathroom

I noticed that now my environment has become kind of very creative and denying everything that is ready-made: food is grown on the windowsill, clothes are sewn for themselves. It got to the point that they specifically buy "zero" apartments with only one load-bearing partitions in order to put the walls in them themselves. The approach is fine, if they did not make mistakes in doing so. One of the most frequent problems turned out to be such a stationary and practically not movable, as it seems to many, thing like a toilet bowl, and the construction of walls around it.

Standard Requirements for Distance from Wall to Toilet

Why does this happen? "Knees rest" (no, this is not a line from "The Bremen Town Musicians", but the harsh realities of life). "I can not wash the toilet from the sides", as a result: the famous smell of a public toilet and the deposits of dirt found during the alteration of the walls.

Attention! All these problems are solved by a booklet called “SNiP 2.08.01–89. Residential buildings ”, preferably open and read before renovation, not after.

It spelled out the requirements for the minimum distance from the walls to the toilet, so that both the knees fit and the cleaning is obtained. I took care of your time, so you won't have to search for this information for a long time, here it is:

1. The minimum distance from the edge of the bowl to the front wall or door is 53 cm. There is also indicated the maximum of 76 cm, but no one bothers to increase it according to your desire and capabilities.
2. There should be at least 38 cm between the middle axis of the toilet and the side wall, but from experience I recommend the standard 45 cm as optimal and comfortable. Of course, if you can afford it, then no one will protest against increasing this parameter.
3. In a combined bathroom, it is also advisable to take into account the distance to other objects. Before the bidet should be 30 cm or more, before everything else - at least 20 cm.

Reference! If you do not want or cannot increase the front distance by moving the wall further away, you can replace the toilet with a model with a cistern at the top, or choose the option built into the wall. As a last resort, you can look for a smaller bowl, but keep in mind that this may affect your convenience.

Bathroom redevelopment options

By the way, such problems are encountered not only in "zeroes". People are moving into a finished apartment, but they do not like that the kitchen (bathroom, bedroom, living room, hallway - emphasize the necessary) is small, and the toilet is large. And they decide to move the wall closer to the toilet. What comes out of this - see. above. You also already know what must be observed in this case.

But it also happens: in the combined bathroom, there is a need for changes - for example, to expand the space to install a bathtub or, conversely, replace it with a shower cabin, and "give" the extra space to the adjacent room. The idea is great, if not for the insidious toilet, located in the most inappropriate place.

In fact, he is not so immovable. If necessary, you can simply turn it into a corner without moving it to another place. To do this, you will need to purchase a special corner tank. See how compact and cute it turns out.

This does not even require welding work, since there are elbows and corrugated pipes.

Attention! In the second case, the main thing is to ensure that the corrugation does not stretch, otherwise the risk of rupture will increase.

Finally, the most radical method is to move the toilet to a different location. Here, the distance also matters, since if the maximum recommended 1.5 m is exceeded, there may not be enough power to push the waste to the riser at the drain tank. Blockages, I think, will not make anyone happy.

The main thing to take away from this article: do not think that regulations apply only to public spaces. Yes, you will not be so tormented by compliance checks, but the rules are written for a reason. Don't be a “stereotypical Russian” who “first collects and then reads the instructions”, and then you won't have to waste your nerves, time and money on numerous alterations.