Wet room?

luke123456

Hi guys

Would you guys recommend a wet room, or walk in shower with a small shower tray?

I am worried about the wet room leaking down into living room/ bed room below

thanks

Emma18

Our friends had a wetroom type shower on first floor. Within a year it water was leaking through into their lounge ceiling!
Not sure if it was not installed very well by their builders (they were a complete nightmare - another story!) or whether, how shall I put it, my friend is on the larger side and they reckoned that the weight did not help!
I think it was probably a combination of the two!

We are extending and only planning to put wetroom style shower on ground floor - only shower trays upstairs

Dimey

I've got a purpose built, properly tanked wet room and have no problem with leaks. However the spray from the shower does go everywhere so I have to wipe down the wall tiles and mirror after every shower to keep them shiny. I have a built in household water softener which eliminates limescale marks. In retrospect I think I'd build a glass walled area so the spray is contained. Certainly no worry about leaks and its 7 years old. Oh and it's on the ground floor not first floor. Maybe tanking on first floor isn't as robust ??

Dunroamin

Why not a walk in shower with a large shower tray?

namecheck

I don't like wet rooms, and not just because of the potential for water leaking. although if everything is done professionally this should not be an issue.

Are you planning for just a shower (ie not for a basin and wc as well)?

If not, then as Dimey says, the spray will go everywhere and I think it is much easier to clean with the shower contained in a cubicle. If there is a basin and wc they will need to be dried off.

Total hassle IMO, though wet rooms look ok (if they are not used).

Hintza

And where does the loo roll go?

drummer_666

Hintza wrote: »

And where does the loo roll go?

lol. depends on the size of the room. I have a downstairs wetroom with toilet and basin. Think the room is 1.8 x 1.6m

The toilet gets wet as does the floor of the whole room, which does get annoying, when you go in there and the floors still wet - either get wet socks or mud/dirt from shoes makes floor dirty in an instant. But just give the floor a quick squeege and after an hour or 2 it's properly dry and fine.

I find the spray from the shower ok, but on retrospect I'd have maybe sunken a large shower area into the floor, so that the whole floor doesn't get covered with water.

Toilet paper is ok as it's high up and other side of the room and I don't have a mirror in there coz I don't need one for just having a shower.

drummer_666

or if there was room, I think having a wet room for just a shower would be neat.

Or stud wall, so open shower is in a big recess bit, if there was room that'd be neat!

Aside from the drawer backs, it is nice showering in there.

Kiran

As a general opinion, wet rooms on the ground floor ok, on the first floor can be more trouble than they're worth. We've installed a rake of them in hospitals recently and for obvious reasons there they have benefits. To solve the wet toilet dilema in the smaller rooms we usually construct a nib wall and clad it with hygenic cladding, it only needs to come out as far as the pan and if you hang the loo roll holder on the back it is protected from the spray.

scottishblondie

I'd go for a large walk in shower every time. I hate the way everything gets soggy in a wetroom.

SuzieSue

scottishblondie wrote: »

I'd go for a large walk in shower every time. I hate the way everything gets soggy in a wetroom.

I agree, but some people love them, but I think they are very impractical as if you want to brush your teeth etc after you've got dressed after a shower the floor will still be wet unless you've spent time drying it.