Show me your bathrooms.....PLEASE?

Alan_M_2

gabyjane wrote: »

One question is and sorry for highjacking but we have our bath in the same kind of position as pic.. alan m where the shower is in that pic we have a built in unit as such which is just storage really but i was wondering if there is a reason for it being there?..does it hold anything as the taps etc and shower (which is in the bath) are under the bath, pipework etc.

Thanks

It sounds to me like an old airing cupboard that may well now be redundant.

We did convert a few of those over the years into a shower cubicles, it's a great use of what is effectively dead space.

Just check there are no major services in there, you'll often find the rising main comes in that way and feeds the loft tanks.

It all comes down to the age of the house most of the time.

gabyjane

Alan_M wrote: »

It sounds to me like an old airing cupboard that may well now be redundant.

We did convert a few of those over the years into a shower cubicles, it's a great use of what is effectively dead space.

Just check there are no major services in there, you'll often find the rising main comes in that way and feeds the loft tanks.

It all comes down to the age of the house most of the time.

hi it is a new build house, all the pipes as far as im aware are under the bath and the other end. Airing cupboard in dd's room so deff not that!

Alan_M_2

hmm, unusual to waste space in new builds.

It's not lost floor space over a stairwell is it? Where they often build a cupboard above rather than just leave the slope in the floor that gives head height to walk up the stairs.

gabyjane

Hi no stairs there, as far as im awaree nothing under it at all! pic below, its the tiled shelf bit at the end of the bath.

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Thanks

Alan_M_2

The boxing behind the toilet will have the soil stack and service pipes in.

I'd say the boxing behind the bath does nothing other than build the wall out to meet the bath.

Plasticman

My turn to hijack the thread now....................


We are soon having some building work carried out and the bathroom will be completely replaced. So we are starting with a completely empty room of 8' x 8'. There is space for a bath, toilet, basin and separate shower but the room will be very full as a result. I'm wondering whether to put a shower over the bath rather than a separate shower which will give the bathroom a more spacious feel.

Any views on what people feel would be better - a shower over the bath or a separate shower? We already have two ensuite shower rooms (in a 4 bed house) so this is really only the family (and guest) bathroom.

Opinions appreciated!

Canucklehead

Good evening: Thermostatic bath shower mixer with slide rail kit ( then no need for bath taps) over a generous sized bath eg. 1800 x 800 would fit the bill and save you a bit of dosh.Lots of choice for shower screens out there eg. Twyford Geo

HTH

Canucklehead

andyhop

Canucklehead wrote: »

Good evening: Thermostatic bath shower mixer with slide rail kit ( then no need for bath taps) over a generous sized bath eg. 1800 x 800 would fit the bill and save you a bit of dosh.Lots of choice for shower screens out there eg. Twyford Geo

HTH

Canucklehead

Not many good looking thermo tap/shower valves

Take a look at the hansgrohe ecostat 1001 bath /shower mixer, combine with a 900mm unica s shower set

Twyford Geo is bottom end of market,manhattan showers, lakes enclosure or flair would be a better option

Possibly the option of a water saving ideal standard concept bath as it sits approx 8cm lower than standard would help if you want easier access for showering

Canucklehead

andyhop wrote: »

Not many good looking thermo tap/shower valves

Take a look at the hansgrohe ecostat 1001 bath /shower mixer, combine with a 900mm unica s shower set

Twyford Geo is bottom end of market,manhattan showers, lakes enclosure or flair would be a better option

Possibly the option of a water saving ideal standard concept bath as it sits approx 8cm lower than standard would help if you want easier access for showering

If we're talking water saving see Twyford. Beyond the value for money/entry level option Geo consider the Twyford Hydr8....trying to save the OP a bit of dosh:D

Canucklehead

*Louise*

Ours was just done last year, first thing we done when we bought this place. I have to admit I love white, then I can accessorise with any other colour I like.

Before (I know - hideous, cant believe we bought the place LOL)



After, still empty before all the lotions and potions were added:






The floor tiles are inlaid with quartz particles so they sparkle in the light. We were originally going for a dark forest green to accessorise, but the tiles were discontinued, so we opted for the red. Could have had black or blue, but I wanted to be different