The Micro Bath

As a frequent traveler, I consider myself a connoisseur of small bathrooms. Routine elements of my life include Hotel bathrooms, Airplane restrooms, and extraordinarily small airport stalls with doors that inexplicably open inwards with the toilet paper spindle blocking the opening such that it’s impossible to accommodate both a Real Person and Luggage.

While I don’t mind a small bathroom (not like I read in there), I have some definite ideas about its design. The standard hotel configuration (sink and bathtub opposite, with the toilet in the middle) is out, for the same reason that I don’t want to furnish my living room with two double beds. A pocket door is a Given. A shower must be at least 36” x 36”. Shower heads must not require Shower Limbo to wash hair.

And then there's Code. Fortunately the Seattle residential code is posted online

http://www2.iccsafe.org/states/Seattle/seattle_residential/res_frameset.htm

so I can check whether my radical bathroom ideas will pass muster.

After tinkering around with Visio, I've arrived at what I think will be the Plan. No, it does Not Include the Hotel Bathroom:

And here it is in Visio Splendor:

I've changed the hot water tank location to make it easier to remove the tank when it blows 10 years from now; also built in a bigger (32 x 48") shower.
It all appears neatly in compliance with Code, so other than power/lighting, I'm just about there.