Shower mounting / window problem

Liz79 · 3 Jul 2020

Hi all,

We have a tiny bathroom space and have got a bath along the only wall that will accommodate it. However, due to a, ahem, miscommunication with the builder, it has been plumbed in with the taps at the opposite end to how I envisaged. There is no way now to mount the shower on the wall and have any sort of screen or rail because the window is in the way. Are there any imaginative solutions? Now I could have it ripped out and the moved down the 20cm or so to be against the opposite end however this will be costly and it's possible that because it would be so snug against the door frame that a screen might not work there either. So before going down that route I want to explore possible solutions with the bath positioned as it is in the photo. The builder wants to just have a hand-held shower unit sitting on the taps so you can rinse your hair while sitting in the bath, but I think most people prefer to stand in their showers (it's for a rental property so I'm trying to make it as flexible as possible)

Thanks

jj4091 · 3 Jul 2020

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EXTRA-LONG-3-2mtr-SHOWER-HOSE/dp/B00GGQKQVA and https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=holder...792273&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_33dzl5cq1q_e Fit shower head from mixer tap to the middle of the side wall & get a curtain & rail the full length of the bath.

Burnerman · 3 Jul 2020

No chance of swapping the bath around? Not too much trouble really to extend the water supply pipes and the drain - unless I’m missing something.
John

cdbe · 3 Jul 2020

Box in the dead space at the other end of the bath from floor to ceiling which will give you a wall to mount shower and screen. But if it was me I'd move the bath, you can get screens which have a fixed stub with the hinged part further back to get over your door situation.

scbk · 3 Jul 2020

You can have the shower side on to the bath, it's a bit cr@p though.

For a rental, I wonder if it would be better with no bath and have a walk in shower? Might appeal to "young working professional" types.

lostinthelight · 3 Jul 2020

Burnerman said:
No chance of swapping the bath around? Not too much trouble really to extend the water supply pipes and the drain - unless I’m missing something.
John

I agree, If the fit has only gone as far as the pic, surly its a no brainer not to turn it 180°

conny · 3 Jul 2020

Simplest is to turn the bath around and extend the pipes. Don't go for the flexible shower you attach to the taps, they are so 70's
Forget building at false wall at the other bath end, it won't work because the bath end has a slope so you couldn't stand safely whilst under the shower.
Shower head centralised on the solid wal s an option but there is little room for manoeuvre in the width of the bath.
My personal option would be as scbk says, scrap the bath and fit a walk in shower but get a decent sized one, not a skinny cubicle thing where you can barely turn around in.

Stivino · 3 Jul 2020

And another vote from me for scrapping the bath.

Old Salt · 3 Jul 2020

Yep move the bath

foxhole · 4 Jul 2020

Mount shower head to long wall tap end a 360 shower curtain .

cdbe · 4 Jul 2020

The absolute worst thing you can do in a rental property (unless it's a 1 bed/studio apartment) is remove the bath. And, as you've obviously never tried it, a shower over the sloped end of a bath works perfectly well - the shower sprays well towards the centre of the bath.

lostinthelight · 4 Jul 2020

cdbe said:
the shower sprays well towards the centre of the bath

That does mean a longer screen or one of those dreadful clinging curtains though

Harry Bloomfield · 5 Jul 2020

lostinthelight said:
That does mean a longer screen or one of those dreadful clinging curtains though

They only cling, if you are very obese, or the curtain rail is badly located. The rail should be run just outside the bath, so the curtain can hang just outside the bath. In use it obviously hangs inside the bath, but affords more space at shoulder height.

Fitting the shower at the opposite end to the taps, is a no, no. It would be very dangerous for the user due to the slope, plus some baths have some sort of extra grip at the tap end for an over bath shower. Solution is to turn the bath around, so taps are against the wall, or do away with the bath completely and fit a walk-in shower.

charliegolf · 8 Jul 2020

I had the same problem, compounded by herself demanding a 'Jack'n Jill' door be added, just to the right out of pic. You get all the light, and a decent splash-proof enclosure. There's a piece of glass at the front edge of the window cill inside the enclosure too.

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