Shower screen solution

St0lli

Due to the generosity of my fantastic parents I'm currently looking at changing my bathroom suite. Unfortunately the window overhangs the bath by 3 inches which means a bath/shower screen can't be hung. Due to the size of the room there is no scope for changing the positioning of the suite or the wall on which the taps/shower is located.

Has anyone got any creative solutions which are realtively straightforward on how to get over this problem.... And before anyone says it yes I could still have a shower curtain like I have currently but it won't be the look I'm after and I wanted something neater looking.

Is there such a thing as a dogleg shower screen? I've tried googling with no success

paddy's_mum

This might sound mad but sometimes, if the window itself is a few years old, it is actually cheaper to get a bricklayer in to reduce the size of the window opening (you mention a 3" overhang), have a new window and make good, than it is to pay out a lot of money for a specially constructed shower screen.

Bear in mind too that if you go the expensive custom-made shower screen route, when it wears out you are facing yet more expenditure to replace it whereas if you alter the window now, it's a one off.

The existing window might be sellable to help defray the costs. HTH

St0lli

paddy's_mum wrote: »

This might sound mad but sometimes, if the window itself is a few years old, it is actually cheaper to get a bricklayer in to reduce the size of the window opening (you mention a 3" overhang), have a new window and make good, than it is to pay out a lot of money for a specially constructed shower screen.

Bear in mind too that if you go the expensive custom-made shower screen route, when it wears out you are facing yet more expenditure to replace it whereas if you alter the window now, it's a one off.

The existing window might be sellable to help defray the costs. HTH

The windows had just been replaced prior me to buying the house a few years back and they are double glazed so would prefer not to go that route but thanks for the idea!

Ms_Chocaholic

Could you make the room into a wetroom and have no shower screen at all. You mention your bathroom is small so unsure how much extra it might cost.

St0lli

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

Could you make the room into a wetroom and have no shower screen at all. You mention your bathroom is small so unsure how much extra it might cost.

Thanks but really want to keep the bath so that's not an option although it would be lovely....

laurel7172

We have the same problem. Depending on your layout, could you have the taps/shower head plumbed in at the opposite end of the bath and have the shower screen there?

Wouldn't work for us as we'd be scrambling over the loo to get in the bath, but I thought I'd mention it...

[Deleted User]

Hi,

I'm trying to picture this, is it an over bath shower with shower at window end?

St0lli

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to picture this, is it an over bath shower with shower at window end?

Yes, thats right... I'm looking at moving the shower to the other end of the bath (as someone suggested) but that end of the bath backs on to the landing and for some reason is a very thin wall partition so not sure thats an option either...
Pah... blinking builders....

CouponWoman

When I re did my bathroom a few years ago I wanted to keep the bath but have a separate walk in shower. Unfortunately the bath was positioned so it went under the window and the sink was next to it on the same wall.

The only way it could be done was to swing the bath round so it faced the opposite way and to move the sink to the left by about a foot. this gave us enough room to fit a double walk in shower. Unfortunately the shower was too wide and the screen would have been past the level of the window. The windows had only been in a year so I did not want to remove it.

I came up with the idea of making a small false wall. The bathroom wall was extended about 3-4 inches in front of the window to accomodate the width of the shower, it was plastered and tiled.

The false wall is only about 2 inches thick and this means you have full access to the window and there is just a little recess behind it on the window sill. As its all tiled you can hardly notice it.

hth

CWxx

St0lli

CouponWoman wrote: »

When I re did my bathroom a few years ago I wanted to keep the bath but have a separate walk in shower. Unfortunately the bath was positioned so it went under the window and the sink was next to it on the same wall.

The only way it could be done was to swing the bath round so it faced the opposite way and to move the sink to the left by about a foot. this gave us enough room to fit a double walk in shower. Unfortunately the shower was too wide and the screen would have been past the level of the window. The windows had only been in a year so I did not want to remove it.

I came up with the idea of making a small false wall. The bathroom wall was extended about 3-4 inches in front of the window to accomodate the width of the shower, it was plastered and tiled.

The false wall is only about 2 inches thick and this means you have full access to the window and there is just a little recess behind it on the window sill. As its all tiled you can hardly notice it.

hth

CWxx

I had thought about this but thought it may put out the symetry of the window? Is it something you get used to?
Thanks for the suggestion!

booty40uk

Option 1..........Curtain
Option 2..........Smaller window
Option 3..........Taps other end with normal shower screen

HTH

Andy