Toilet bowl with sink: optimal size and distance;

What is the height of the sink? What height should be the toilet? What is the optimal distance between the toilet and the sink in terms of convenience and space saving?

In the article we will try to answer these questions, and at the same time acquaint the reader with a rather interesting combination solution for compact bathrooms.

Height

Let's start with the height of sanitary appliances.

• The washbasin is suspended in such a way that its edge is at a height of 85 - 90 centimeters from the floor.
• The standard height of the floor toilet is 40 - 45 cm. At the same height a console (wall) toilet is mounted.

Important: when installing the installation, you must take into account the thickness of the finishing floor covering. If you put the toilet on a height of 40 cm, and then put a screed on the floor and a tile on top of it - obviously, the resulting structure will be too low.

Children's toilets and sinks differ in size and (for the second type of devices) installation height.

The height of children's toilets produced by the domestic industry ranges from 26 to 33.5 cm.

Installation height of children's washbasins can be found in SanPiN 2.4.1.2660-10:

• For younger preschool children, the shell height above the floor should be 0.4 meters.
• For middle and older preschool ages, it increases to 0.5 meters.

Mutual arrangement

Several factors affect the choice of the distance between sanitary appliances:

1. Convenience. It is clear that the proximity of the toilet to the wall, sink or washing machine will be trite uncomfortable.
2. Aesthetics. The more spaced devices, the more spacious the room seems to be.

By the way: colored sinks and toilets visually clutter up a compact room is much stronger than white ones. White color designers recommend to use where it is necessary to push the visible boundaries of space.

1. On the other hand, the actual size of the room imposes a limit on the maximum distance between sanitary equipment.

In general, when planning toilets, you can rely on the following values:

For compact bathrooms

In a compact bathroom of a city apartment, the priority is often not to aesthetics and not even convenience, but to save space. He is sorely lacking. How to use the space with maximum efficiency?

Corner mini sink

The main problem of mini-sinks (40x40 cm or less) is that the washing process ends with cleaning in the bathroom. Splashes settle on anything, but not on the walls of a compact washbasin.

The corner mini-sink, in combination with tiled or painted waterproofing walls, will make the washing process much tidier. Spray water flows through the walls into its bowl and then down the drain.

Sink over washing machine

A rectangular washbasin with a small bowl height and an outlet shifted back is quite capable of seating above an automatic washing machine. Her perforce will have to push forward a little to leave room for a siphon and water distribution; but a substantial part of the bathroom space will be free.

Tank with sink

Another interesting solution - a combined toilet-washbasin. Small washstand is located directly on the tank.

Let's explore this type of plumbing fixtures in more detail.

Two in one

Merits

What is convenient toilet bowl combined with a sink? A convincing argument in his favor is only one - compactness. As a rule, the sanitary appliance - combi is installed in the toilet of the separate bathroom and allows you to use the washstand after his visit.

More rarely, it acts as an alternative to a full-sized washbasin in a combined bathroom, allowing you to save space for installing a cabinet or washing machine.

disadvantages

As they say in the hero-city of Odessa, "they are."

• In a small toilet, you can go to the sink on the tank only in front, from the side of the toilet. In order to use it, you will have to either bend over strongly or stand directly above the toilet with your legs wide apart. Agree, not the top of comfort.
• There are no offers from domestic producers in this sector of the market; the price of imported goods makes them an economically questionable acquisition. A set of sinks and a toilet bowl in the form of separate sanitary devices will cost at least twice as cheap.

• Finally, some inertia of thinking also does not go away: the idea of ​​washing hands in the toilet seems unnatural to many people.

Device and connection

Of course, you can find plumbing appliances of various forms and with various devices on sale; However, several common features are characteristic of most combined toilet bowls-washbasins.

• The product is connected only to cold water, with a single hose. Instructions for connecting it to the water supply system with your own hands are quite standard: the thread of the filling valve is connected to the union nut of the flexible connector.

By the way: if at the entrance to the apartment there are no coarse filters - install such a filter on the drainage of water to the toilet. This will increase the life of the valve and save you from problems with clogged sand and scale valve after the next shutdown of water.

• The sink replaces the tank lid.
• Its release connects to the tank overflow with thread or just goes into it. Accordingly, the connection to the sewer is also no different from a conventional toilet bowl.

Conclusion

We hope that the materials offered to the reader will help him in planning the interior of his own bathroom. The video in this article traditionally contains additional thematic information.

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