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According to the Vastu Shastra, bathroom should be located in north or northwest portion of the house.
If bathroom is located in wrong direction, it can cause health and financial problems. Bathroom should not be in south, south-east and south-west direction. South sided bathroom can cause adverse effects on the health of female members.
As per Vastu Shastra, toilet should be located in west or north-west direction. Avoid construction of toilet at the centre and in the east, north-east of the house.
The toilet seat should be placed in such a way that the person sitting could face the north or the south. Now a day, toilet combined with bathroom is becoming popular due to lack of space.
Combined bathroom and toilet should be in north-west direction. It should not be adjacent to prayer or devotion space, kitchen and under the stairs.
Geyser and other electrical appliances like heater and switchboard should be installed in south-east corner of bathroom.
Taps and showers are fixed in north direction. Placing bathtubs in east, west or northeast direction is good. Washbasin and shower can be either in northeast, north or east direction. The north is a good direction for vanity mirror.
Water closet should be placed in the west and the south direction of the toilet. A water closet should be placed near a window or an outer wall.
Exhaust fans are necessary if there is no window in the bathroom. The slope of bathroom floor should be in the north. It should not to be in southwest or southeast direction.
Septic tank should be in north-west of the house. It should not be in southeast, northeast, north or east directions. The tank should be higher than floor level of the building.
The door of bathroom should be in north or east direction. It should not be placed in southwest direction.
In a bathroom, there should be a small and airy window either in east, west or north direction. If the window is in south direction, it would have adverse effects on health.
The colour of bathroom tiles can be white, sky blue and light blue. It helps in giving a fresh look to bathroom.
Avoid dark colours like black or red. The slope of floor in bathroom should be towards east or north direction.
Layout of bathroom according to Vastu
Vastu tips for bathroom and toilet
n It should not be located in east, north or north-east direction.
n It should not be in north-east and centre place of the house.
n It should not be near kitchen and under the stairs.
n If a change room is built in bathroom, it should be in south or west direction.
n The mirror should be on northern or eastern wall.
n The door should not be in south-west direction.
n Washing machine can be placed in either south-east or north-west directional way.
