Shower enclosure fitting

talkingduck

I'm in the process of fitting a new bathroom and I am trying to choose a shower enclosure.

I'm changing from a bath to a shower to better make use of the space. The hole for the shower is about 800x880x2100. Although that 880 might have to become ~840 to allow pipes to be hidden in the wall. I don't like exposed pipes and I can see it being a cleaning nightmare. I only require a base and a door on the 880 (or ~840) side. The other 3 sides will be tiled walls.

I don't want to spend to much but I want to get something that's well reviewed.

I've been looking at wickes and they have the white version of this http://www.wickes.co.uk/pivot-door-with-silver-effect-frame/invt/216994/ with 4.5 stars (from 2 reviews). Can I assume the only difference is colour?

However the door is only 760 so I would have to build a stud to close up the gap. Is this the best thing to do?

Are there other ways to tackle this? Or better doors?

southcoastrgi

byfold rather than pivot, pivot doors open out & will drip water all over the floor when you open it, 800 will go up, 900 will go down, you need to make sure your exact opening after tiling, then you can pick the correct size door

talkingduck

Makes sense, but at the same time I want to fit the tray before I tile. So the door would have to work with that, plus I would need to close up the gap. Would something like the Wickes door allow adjusting the door width?

Otherwise I feeling like I'm playing with the chicken and the egg.

wallbash

byfold rather than pivot, pivot doors open out & will drip water all over the floor when you open it

Pivot, a lot easier to keep clean and as we live in a hard water area, I have trained the family to run a squeezee down the door , so no drips when opening .

aggypanthus

talkingduck wrote: »

I'm in the process of fitting a new bathroom and I am trying to choose a shower enclosure.

I'm changing from a bath to a shower to better make use of the space. The hole for the shower is about 800x880x2100. Although that 880 might have to become ~840 to allow pipes to be hidden in the wall. I don't like exposed pipes and I can see it being a cleaning nightmare. I only require a base and a door on the 880 (or ~840) side. The other 3 sides will be tiled walls.

I don't want to spend to much but I want to get something that's well reviewed.



I've been looking at wickes and they have the white version of this http://www.wickes.co.uk/pivot-door-with-silver-effect-frame/invt/216994/ with 4.5 stars (from 2 reviews). Can I assume the only difference is colour?

However the door is only 760 so I would have to build a stud to close up the gap. Is this the best thing to do?

Are there other ways to tackle this? Or better doors?

6mm glass is better quality, look online at plumbase .