Bathroom project coming along nicely, I've managed the project but have got a bathroom fitter in to do the actual work. The bath is fitted and surrounding area is tiled. There is a wall running along the long side of the bath and a 730 mm wall against the end so the bath has tiled walls on two sides. The 730 mm wall has the shower fitted (fed by shower pump)
All was going well until the two panel shower screen came out of it's packaging. One glass panel is about 400 mm wide, the other panel is about 600 mm wide and is hinged to the smaller panel. The 400 mm panel is fixed to the wall and in theory should be joined to the bath by one fixing point 400 mm out from the wall, at the hinge to the second panel. The bottom of this 400mm panel should then be sealed with silicone to the bath.
The problem, brethren, is the bath inside edge drops away too quickly into the bath and there is a curved surface on this radius rather than a flat top necessary for a good seal. My fitter has advised, and it makes sense, that any attempted seal here will be rubbish and leak. Also the action of opening/closing the 600 mm panel will cause the attempted seal to move due to the bending moments on the hinge.
If only the hinge between the screens went into the ceiling and that would be a lot stiffer.
So the options I'm considering are: -
1. I can look for another type of screen, that is a single panel and then it's inbuilt wiper blade should seal against the bath, I have seen some that are about 800mm wide (not as good as 1000mm twin panel in my possession and the bathroom floor will probably get wet as a result of the power shower)
e.g. http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/coram-frameless-sail-bath-2926-14451#options
2. Get a small screen (e.g. 300mm) with a curtain rail. My fitter has advised a curtain rail for best sealing. I'm not a fan of curtains, I don't find them aesthetcallly pleasing and this very fact was key to me re-designing and kicking off this whole project!
http://www.bathstore.com/_applicati...tlas-shower-curtain-bath-screen-579.html?pg=0
3. Some ingenious method of sealing the bottom of the existing 400 mm screen.
4. other
To make things more interesting I bought the current screen off t'internet so returning for a refund is going to be a pain in the derrier/impossible
Bath is here, note the 50 mm wide edge near the plughole end that I need to get a seal against http://www.carronbathrooms.com/Downloads/Technical Data Sheets/Matrix 1600 Technical Data Sheet.pdf
Any comments/discussion would be useful.
cheers[/url]
All was going well until the two panel shower screen came out of it's packaging. One glass panel is about 400 mm wide, the other panel is about 600 mm wide and is hinged to the smaller panel. The 400 mm panel is fixed to the wall and in theory should be joined to the bath by one fixing point 400 mm out from the wall, at the hinge to the second panel. The bottom of this 400mm panel should then be sealed with silicone to the bath.
The problem, brethren, is the bath inside edge drops away too quickly into the bath and there is a curved surface on this radius rather than a flat top necessary for a good seal. My fitter has advised, and it makes sense, that any attempted seal here will be rubbish and leak. Also the action of opening/closing the 600 mm panel will cause the attempted seal to move due to the bending moments on the hinge.
If only the hinge between the screens went into the ceiling and that would be a lot stiffer.
So the options I'm considering are: -
1. I can look for another type of screen, that is a single panel and then it's inbuilt wiper blade should seal against the bath, I have seen some that are about 800mm wide (not as good as 1000mm twin panel in my possession and the bathroom floor will probably get wet as a result of the power shower)
e.g. http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/coram-frameless-sail-bath-2926-14451#options
2. Get a small screen (e.g. 300mm) with a curtain rail. My fitter has advised a curtain rail for best sealing. I'm not a fan of curtains, I don't find them aesthetcallly pleasing and this very fact was key to me re-designing and kicking off this whole project!
http://www.bathstore.com/_applicati...tlas-shower-curtain-bath-screen-579.html?pg=0
3. Some ingenious method of sealing the bottom of the existing 400 mm screen.
4. other
To make things more interesting I bought the current screen off t'internet so returning for a refund is going to be a pain in the derrier/impossible
Bath is here, note the 50 mm wide edge near the plughole end that I need to get a seal against http://www.carronbathrooms.com/Downloads/Technical Data Sheets/Matrix 1600 Technical Data Sheet.pdf
Any comments/discussion would be useful.
cheers[/url]