Showers - Walk in or door type best ???

[utterlydiy]

Which ever happens with the bath problem I have, I will renew it with a Shower enclosure and tray.

But which would be best a 'Walk in' or 'Door type'. Would the walk in type allow water to splash out, being there's no door. Or would the door type be the better option. All the family are grown ups, so children are not a problem.

What are your experience of these, please.

Bye the way, I've temporally cure the leak with some Glass fibre resin into the crack and Duck tape incase it cracks again. Thanks for your tips.

 

[ChrisR]

Depends how squirty your shower is. If you have a 4 bar pump it goes round a bit..

 

[utterlydiy]

The shower is an Electric, mains water fed with no pump.

 

[ChrisR]

Then you could almost shower in a bucket without spilling any! Assuming your floor can stand an odd splash I doubt there would be a problem with a walk in one if you're thinking of the ones with a curvy bit of glass?

Vinyl floors sealed all round with clear silicone are fairly tenant-resistant!

 

[Paul Barker]

I fitted one of the bnq walk in showers for a customer.

I'd already fitted new water supply and 210 litre unvented hot water system.

The floor gets very very wet.

I wasn't apologetic, she chose all her own stuff, I thought the walk in shower looked like a stupid idea, was silently quite pleased it was a flop. If there's one thing we don't lke it's customers who buy a nunch of bits on the basis of looks and expect us to make them work.

I hate wet rooms too, because you either take your shoes off every time you need the lo and dry your fet before puting them back on or you trample mud around the house, or you keep a stock of towels to dry the floor after every shower. these days when all the ignorant have got rid of their airing cupboards, drying sufficient towels is a loosing batle.

net result, wet rooms are crap, walk in showers turn your bathroom into a semi wet room.

I blame all thes consumer programs ( have I said tha before?)

Why not get a laminated floor to to boot?

 

[utterlydiy]

Paul,

I must disagree with you about the Wet room.

My Parents have a wet room for my Father who had a stroke, therefor confined to a wheel chair. They had a shower curtain to partition the bathroom to prevent a wet area around the loo and handbasin as what you described about wet feet and towels.

If the floor is designed right where it slopes from the curtain to the drain, then you won't get feet as you talk about.

 

[Gasguru]

They had a shower curtain to partition the bathroom

Because the wet room was a dumb idea and without the curtain everyting gets a soaking. Nice having to dry the pan before you park yourself.

OK they work in hot climates with tiled floors and large bathrooms but most pokey bathrooms here aren't suited. I hope is just another fashion craze like laminate flooring.

I had a customer last year spent £600 on a 8 inch shower rose, massive pump and diverter valve. Never gets used because a "shower curtain or bath screen" would spoil the look of the bathroom.

May as well have just stuck the rose on the wall with gripfill - no point in plumbing it in. Ba****d job the walls were made of iron ore.

 

[utterlydiy]

From your responses,

I take it that a enclosure with opening or sliding doors is the one to have.

Or are you going to say an opening door is better than a silding door. ??

 

[Paul Barker]

From your response, why not just go the whole hog and make a wet room?

 

[doitall]

I got a wet room and wouldn't ever go back to cubical/curtains.

Best thing since sliced bread.

 

[utterlydiy]

From your response, why not just go the whole hog and make a wet room?

My bathroom is not large enough to do this and the entrance and positioning etc is not suitable.

I've decided to go for a opening type door entrance.

 

[JohnD]

From your responses,

I take it that a enclosure with opening or sliding doors is the one to have.

Or are you going to say an opening door is better than a silding door. ??

Sliding doors don't seem to slide freely for long. If they stick and bump along their tracks they give a very poor impression. I prefer a hinged door. You can have quite a large oblong showering area if you like.

 

[markvirgo]

I have a glass framless shower cubicle 1200x800 hinge door perfect for us with room to soap up. This