If it cannot be moved
A bathroom in the north-east is the fault the tradition treats most seriously, because waste and drainage sit in the corner every school asks to be kept clean and light. Where it cannot be moved, the remedies are containment: the door kept shut, the space scrupulously dry and clean, drainage checked, and no worship on the other side of that wall.
What the ఈశాన governs
The north-east — Ishanya — is the most protected corner in the whole mandala. It carries water and belongs to Shiva, and every school agrees on the same instruction: keep it light, clean, open and low. Almost every serious Vastu fault is some version of loading this corner.
Where the స్నానఘర belongs
Bathrooms and toilets are the rooms the tradition most wants kept away from the protected corners — not because of the compass alone but because of water, waste and the drainage that follows them. Where they cannot be moved, the remedies are about containment.