Room Measurement Guide

Plan Your Dream Bathroom With Confidence

Designing a bathroom starts with knowing what you’ve got.
Our printable guide helps you measure and sketch your existing bathroom, so our design team can create a space that works beautifully for your needs.

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What You Will Need

  1. 1Long tape measure
  2. 2Pen or preferably pencil 
  3. 3Ruler or straight edge
  4. 4Printable Measurement Guide
  5. 5Camera phone
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Step 1: Draw an outline of the room's walls

Begin with a simple overhead sketch showing the shape of your bathroom. This helps set the foundation for accurate measurements and planning.


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Step 2: Annotate the sizes of each wall

Use a tape measure to record the full length of each wall, noting the dimensions clearly on your drawing.

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Step 3: Draw doors and windows

Mark the position of all doors and windows on your plan, so we can factor in access, ventilation, and natural light.


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Step 4: Annotate the sizes of doors and windows

Record the width and height of each door and window. Also, measure the distance from each opening to the nearest wall corner and note the height from floor level to the bottom and top of windows.

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Step 5: Note down ceiling height

Measure from the floor to the ceiling. If your bathroom has a sloped ceiling (e.g. in a loft), be sure to note where the slope begins and ends.


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Step 6: Annotate where the soil stack and other obstacles are

Include the location of key plumbing points like the soil stack, boxed-in pipework, radiators, or awkward recesses that could affect layout or installation.

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Step 7: Add your existing fixtures

Mark the current position of your toilet, basin, bath or shower. This gives us a starting point and helps inform layout options during your design consultation.


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OUR SHOWROOM EXPERIENCE

Our showrooms provide the ultimate collection of showcase designs, product galleries, and state-of-the-art design studios.

We want you to feel relaxed and free to explore at your leisure, or if you prefer, we are happy to understand a bit more about what you are looking for and have one of our design experts give you a guided tour.

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