Fitting shower screen on vinyl floor.

Annie1960

Vinyl floor in my new wetroom will be fitted soon, with 8cm going up the wall, which means that the corner where the wall meets the floor will have a slight curve.

What's the best way to fit a shower screen? Are there special screens for this with a curve at the base?

andyhop

Wider alloy profile

Under no circumstances cut the vinyl . It's the only thing keeping the floor watertight

It looks naff but it's about the only way to fit and forgot

Annie1960

I have found some shower screens that are designed for use with vinyl with coved corners.

http://www.unishower.co.uk/wet-room-vinyl-flooring-screens.html

Various choices in size, hinges and folding or non-folding.

andyhop

I once used a unishower as the customer wanted a fold back screen . The fittings are very poor

You wouldn't catch me fitting a 6mm panel for a decent wet room screen . The wobble will be excessive even over a small length

As I said before the pro- forma used for the curve up the wall will all be different and all this company is doing is fitting a ugly wide alloy section which you trim on site

Annie1960

So will this get around the coving?

I'm not sure I really understand what you mean by alloy profile. Can you expand on this?

Is an 8mm screen OK in your view? I need a hinge and a fold could also be useful. Can you recommend a good place to get a screen. I'm in a very hard water area and have heard about some that are good for this.

andyhop

The alloy profile is the shiny silver bit that holds the glass to the wall

8mm glass is the minimum in today's standard.

Nearly all glass comes with easy clean . It can also be bought and applied with ease if it does not come with

If you need a hinged panel then I'd almost consider a decent curtain and rail

Vinyl looks clinical imo , you are experiencing it's down side as you'll have function but your never going to achieve that look that 99% want

Annie1960

andyhop wrote: »

The alloy profile is the shiny silver bit that holds the glass to the wall

So how does this fit the coving? Will it need to be cut on a curve when it's being fitted? Do some glass panels come with wider alloy profiles, or would I need to get this separately? If so, where do I get it?

8mm glass is the minimum in today's standard.

Thanks.

Nearly all glass comes with easy clean . It can also be bought and applied with ease if it does not come with

If you need a hinged panel then I'd almost consider a decent curtain and rail

Sounds awful! I have recollections of my student days in the 1980s!

Vinyl looks clinical imo , you are experiencing it's down side as you'll have function but your never going to achieve that look that 99% want

Vinyl is non-slip, and as the wet room is for a wheelchair user this is top of the list. It's very difficult to get non-slip tiles. Many claim to be, but closer inspection shows they are only R10.

I need to go and have a look at some panels. Can you recommend whether I should be looking in the sheds, or are there better places?

Thanks for your input to this thread.

andyhop

There's plenty of non slip tiles , as long as you stayed sensible and didn't go for polished porcelain you'd be fine .

You need to look at specialist manufactures who deal with disability bathrooms. AKW or similar. You migh get something from Keuco as there's Plan range has the look but at a high price

No one wants wide profiles hence the semi-frameless

You could use glass clamps and have a piece of glass cut and toughened by a glazier . It would achieve a nicer look

getmore4less

I would go with an off floor panel.

a screen in a wet room it is just there to stop excessive splash so not having it go to the floor will make cleaning the floor a lot easier.

The glass will also be easier to clean.

Continues to amaze this was not part of the design phase.
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Annie1960

andyhop wrote: »

There's plenty of non slip tiles , as long as you stayed sensible and didn't go for polished porcelain you'd be fine .

You need to look at specialist manufactures who deal with disability bathrooms. AKW or similar. You migh get something from Keuco as there's Plan range has the look but at a high price

I spent much time last year looking at tiles, and many claimed to be non-slip but weren't.

The ones that had a real non-slip rating were not to my taste. I preferred the vinyl, which is why I chose it. I am happy with my choice and will not be changing it.