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shower screen covering - ideas please?
rosie-lee
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A bit of a preamble....
It's a self build bungalow and having bought the plot in the boom, and sold our house during this recent doom, money is tight and a previously comfortable budget is now decidedly uncomfortable.
Thank Goodness for MSE:)
The only way I can justify the nightmare of the last 18 months is to ensure that our home comes in, on or under budget. It will be our home for the foreseeable future so I can indulge our personal taste and will not have a buyer to satisfy.
We have built a studded curved wall as a shower screen. The inclusion of little cubby hole squares to keep my clutter away from ultra-tidy hubby, has been the source of much delight to me over the past weeks.
Toilet & shower bought, have ideas for the vanity but the tile, OMG the tiles!!! Pulling my hair out.
I had envisaged a contemporary update on a fancy steam room suite in a hotel in dark greys & whites with a bright turquiose accent colour - lots of mosaic.
The expected cost for what I like, has made me cry with despair. I have looked and looked but they are just soo expensive.
I was wondering if anyone knew if I could use coloured perspex or safety glass?
Is it feasable, let alone on a shoestring? The shape is actually just like a section of uncoiled loo-roll inner. A semi-circle. The top of which is 6ft at one end sloping down to 5ft.
Any suggestions please?
p.s Doozergirl, fingers crossed you are browsing
It's a self build bungalow and having bought the plot in the boom, and sold our house during this recent doom, money is tight and a previously comfortable budget is now decidedly uncomfortable.
Thank Goodness for MSE:)
The only way I can justify the nightmare of the last 18 months is to ensure that our home comes in, on or under budget. It will be our home for the foreseeable future so I can indulge our personal taste and will not have a buyer to satisfy.
We have built a studded curved wall as a shower screen. The inclusion of little cubby hole squares to keep my clutter away from ultra-tidy hubby, has been the source of much delight to me over the past weeks.
Toilet & shower bought, have ideas for the vanity but the tile, OMG the tiles!!! Pulling my hair out.
I had envisaged a contemporary update on a fancy steam room suite in a hotel in dark greys & whites with a bright turquiose accent colour - lots of mosaic.
The expected cost for what I like, has made me cry with despair. I have looked and looked but they are just soo expensive.
I was wondering if anyone knew if I could use coloured perspex or safety glass?
Is it feasable, let alone on a shoestring? The shape is actually just like a section of uncoiled loo-roll inner. A semi-circle. The top of which is 6ft at one end sloping down to 5ft.
Any suggestions please?
p.s Doozergirl, fingers crossed you are browsing
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i dont know about such a large sheet, but i have bent smaller clear sheets for racing cars/boats/aircraft. (acrylic).
try this company in derbyshire, for info. they will tell you the best material for bending using a heat source.
http://www.esheet.co.uk/index.php
beware that any project like this, may go pear shaped, and cost you money!Get some gorm.0 -
Google shower panels. Whether you can make them fit will depend on the radius of your wall but I have serious doubts as to the cubby holes being able to work with these.
How big an area (in sqm) do you have for tiling purposes?
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0
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