House with a wetroom instead of bathroom.

Jessikita1983

I think it is down to personal preference. When you go to sell, some people will love the wetrooms, others (like me) will turn their nose up. However, being a huge fan of sarah Beeny, I do remember her saying once that a family sized house was much better off having a bath.

I've got a 3 bed and i was just going to have a large corner shower instead of the shower over the bath but her advice stopped me (I'm not planning on staying here long otherwise I would have had it done then put a cheapy bath in when I wanted to move.)

vegasvisitor

Interesting thread. We have a wetroom, don't like it. Ours is upstairs and is a very small bathroom, so not enough space for a cubicle I doubt, I'm not sure there's enough space for a bath either.

Maybe if it was a larger room, everything wouldn't get wet? In ours the shower is at one side, toilet and sink on other wall. Window in middle so water hits the window. The toilet seat gets wet, the toilet roll has to be up quite high (the radiator is at the opposite side and I have a toilet roll holder at the top of that (ladder type radiator), and it's ok there. Can't keep anything on the floor if we intend to use the shower in there, only think is a rack for toiletries (plastic coated metal type with legs on the floor), so water drains away from it anyway. We only used it when we moved in as there was no shower in the other bathroom, and also while the bathroom got re-done. We got a shower fitted in the new bathroom because we knew we couldn't continue with the wetroom. The door even got soaked, and after getting a new door and carpet I think now the water would get out onto the hall carpet.

That said, I just had a look at shower curtains on ebay and I'm seriously thinking about trying that just to see if I can use it without soaking the hall floor .

poppysarah

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Yes but if you don't want to be mopping up water all the time, shower curtains limit the spray.

So why not just have a shower?

pleasedelete

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Most wet rooms still have shower curtains (or two) so water does not get everywhere.

Most- Honestly? I am really sirprised. I have never seen a wet room with a shower curtain.

I have seen one with a glass screen but a shower curtain defeats both the purpose and the design element

pleasedelete

The risk of upstairs wet rooms is that they need to be well fitted and and fully lined. The concealed pipework can cause issues if there are problems.

Downstairs are much easier as less issues if they leak etc.

What some people often call a wet room now often isn't what they used to be. I had our first one fitted 20 years ago and it was very difficult as nothing was available off the shelf. Traditional wet rooms don't have shower trays and the entire room is waterproof and tiled. The water can go anywhere. Our first ones were basically rubber lined rooms before any tiles.

Some people have semi wet rooms - they have shower trays or tiled in units with drainage. This is probably less risky for leaks.

melancholly

i hardly ever have a bath - although i do love a good soak, i never have the time. so for me, having a good shower is more important than a bath. if that shower is in a wet room, that'd be fine. as long as the room isn't so tiny that everything will get soaked or the shower is so bad that it sprays everywhere, i'd be happy with it.

it all depends on what exactly the specific wet room is like. i've seen some in hotels where it's effectively a large walk in shower behind a wall - which i'd love. i've also seen some where it's about the size of a toilet with a shower on too so everything gets soaked. can't say anything in general.

Cheeselady

Thanks everyone for your help, we have spoken to our solicitor this morning and she advises not to have to work done, as the contract would be between the vendor and the fitter, and if any problems in the future we would have to go through the vendor, so we are going to speak to the vendor and hopefully come to a mutual agreement.

CommuterSearch

From a re-sale POV - I've always been told that a house with a single bathroom is a "minimum requirement".
But - if you like wet rooms and plan to stay long term then you should have what you want and like
If it were me personally - I'd always have ONE traditional bathroom but if there were en-suites etc then make them wet rooms.

GDB2222

I would happily buy a house with a shower but no bath, but I would not touch a wet room where the whole floor gets wet.

shegar

GDB2222 wrote: »

I would happily buy a house with a shower but no bath, but I would not touch a wet room where the whole floor gets wet.

Quite agree, so it must be quite a large room to do that....im lucky to have a large bathroom, got a wheelchair that sits in the shower place, a loo, a high standing 3 door cupboard, a large sink built in with vanity unit...........we do also have a shower cutain 7 foot high and 7 foot across, but we dont use it, council says we must have it on proper rail,, I do pull it across if the grandchildren are staying,( you know what little boys are like with a shower head:eek:)........the water keeps in the shower area which runs into drain in the middle of the shower part.............After a shower 4 to 5 hrs later the floor is dry, but then thats fine cos the rest of the floor dont get wet during showering times............so its like a cubicle but without the sides.:)I dont think a wet room would be very good in a small space its bound to be wet everywhere.....................................