Height of bath screen is 1400mm - high enough?

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Possom
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edited 15 October 2016 at 10:50PM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving
I have been considering purchasing a bath screen which is 1400 mm in height (see pic below).

Since this means the overhead shower head will be above the top of the bath screen, I wonder if water will be emitted over the top of the screen.

Do you think a bath screen should be greater in height than 1400 mm? Also what height should the overhead be positioned above the bath floor?


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  • Grenage
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    It might, or it might not. It depends on the height of the person, the pressure of the water. I see no reason to get one as high as you can.
  • andyhop
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    1400 is pretty much a standard height. It's the length you need - 900+
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  • Possom
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    edited 16 October 2016 at 11:15AM
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    andyhop wrote: »
    It's the length you need - 900+
    Thanks.

    The screen I'm considering is 1300mm in length.

    I wonder if the general consensus is that a bath screen is better than a bath curtain?

    I know a screen looks better, and that bath curtains have a reputation for sticking to the person taking the shower.

    Though I've also heard (I don't know how accurate this is) that bath screens never fit properly since the bath and tiled wall are never constructed at an accurate right angle.

    Also, that eventually bath screens leak.

    This problem does not occur with bath curtains.
  • andyhop
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    That's why the upright profile can be adjusted

    Try coram for a decent shower screen , Merlyn are also good
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  • Possom
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    andyhop wrote: »
    That's why the upright profile can be adjusted
    Is that the vertical section which attaches to the wall?
  • shaun_from_Africa
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    Possom wrote: »
    I wonder if the general consensus is that a bath screen is better than a bath curtain?
    In some instances a curtain can be better than a screen.

    This just wouldn't have been the same if there was a glass screen there:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atjhOhH-V3E
  • phill99
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    The drench style shower heads drop the water straight down. It doesn't spray out like a more traditional shower head/hose attachment. We have installed a number of these and they are fine. 1400 is a fairly standard height.
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  • Possom
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    phill99 wrote: »
    The drench style shower heads drop the water straight down. It doesn't spray out like a more traditional shower head/hose attachment. We have installed a number of these and they are fine. 1400 is a fairly standard height.

    Thanks phill99.
  • EssexExile
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    If you decide on a curtain the trick is to put the rail about 100mm wide of the bath. Obviously you put the bottom of the curtain in the bath when in use but it gives you an extra 100mm of space higher up.
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  • Possom
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    EssexExile wrote: »
    If you decide on a curtain the trick is to put the rail about 100mm wide of the bath. Obviously you put the bottom of the curtain in the bath when in use but it gives you an extra 100mm of space higher up.
    That's quite clever. I probably wouldn't have thought of that.
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