Bathroom dimensions

Every New Zealand regulation's sizes for a bathroom, side by side. Millimetres unless marked.

  • G1/AS1Second Edition Amendment 610 Oct 2011
  • NZS 4121:2001
  • E3/AS1Second Edition Amendment 75 Nov 2020
  • Kāinga Ora v2.1
  • Lifemark v2
ABCHIPlanEDFShowerGBasin
Building Code and standardsClient and rating
G1/AS1NZS 4121E3/AS1Kāinga OraLifemark
Room
ARoom, longer side≥2120
accessible, all in one2100
BRoom, shorter side≥1920
accessible, all in one1900
Clear between fixtures≥800
Shower
CShower, each side≥900≥900
wider option≥1200
accessible, width1000
accessible, depth≥1200
Shower entry, width≥810
DLining, enclosure height≥1800
or above the rose≥50
Unenclosed: within1500
EFloor fall to the waste≥1:50≥1:50
accessible, steepest≤1:40
FShowerhead height1700
accessible, on a rail1000–1900
Mixer height1200
Shower seat height450–550
its width800
Bath
Bath rim, shower over it≥15
Basin
GBasin rim height800–850
Clear under the basin≥675≥675
Basin out from the wall≤400≤400
Basin from the pan front≥300≥300
Clear in front, width≥760
and depth≥1200
Vanity width600–900
from a shower or bath≥100
Mirror, bottom edge≤1000
Medicine cabinet height1200
Toilet
HPan centre from side wall450450450–460
IPan front from back wall700–750700–750
Seat height460450–480
Transfer space≥800
Fittings
Clothes hooks1400–15001200–1350
Dispensers1000–1200900–1200
Floor
Wet floor, open plan≥1500

Each figure is its document's, its paragraph on hover, and holds where its column and row say. Kāinga Ora's are for the homes it builds and Lifemark's for a home seeking its rating: neither is the Building Code. This compares documents; it is not the whole of any of them.

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