Walk in shower sizes

Gavin83

Hi all. We're currently designing a bathroom that'll contain a shower (no bath) and I like the idea of a walk in shower. However I'm struggling to find info on how big a screen you need in order to avoid getting water everywhere. The gap we're looking to put it into is 1500 long and will need a front opening as it's surrounded on 3 sides by walls. Ideally I'd like it to be 800 deep. I could stretch to 900 but I think it'll make the rest of the bathroom feel too cramped. We're looking at a fixed rainfall type showerhead with a second handheld style head too. We could probably get away with a 1000 piece of glass although this'll likely make the opening feel quite small so I suspect 900 is more realistic. 

Is the above too small without flooding the floor every time we shower? I want to avoid a hinged panel as well if possible as I figure it'll just make it feel more cramped and defeat the purpose of a walk in shower.

Any advice from anyone with a walk in shower or who has fitted one in the past would be welcome.

Doozergirl

I'd say too small.  1200 is okay for sideways splash zone. 

I have in the past put in a smaller one that had quite a curved screen and that did help to minimise splash. 

You can also buy walk in screens with an additional hinged piece of 300mm glass,  which might be okay for you.  Crosswater do one.  

Bear in mind that the width of your shower also affects how far outside your splash will go, so a 900 is better than 800.  Tbh, I don't specify anything less than 900 as a matter of comfort. 

ComicGeek

We have 2 walk-in showers - one is 800x1200 and one is 900x1200. The 900 is much more comfortable. 

However, both of them you enter on the short end with the shower on the opposite side, so have the full 1200mm splash zone. We don't have any issues with water outside of the shower, even with an enthusiastic 7 yr old - but you definitely need that 1200mm so that you're not constantly paranoid about it.

The shower was the most important bit for us (and only having a fixed glass screen to reduce cleaning) so designed each bathroom around it. Our 12 yr old shower still looks as good as our other 1 yr old shower.

ComicGeek

Staying at Centerparcs at the moment, and they've got exactly your set-up - but they've got a 800x1800mm wide shower tray, with 1200mm fixed glass screen and 600mm opening.

NeverTooLate

We have a waterfall shower and hand held, the shower area takes up the whole width of the room and the 900mm shower screen is fine, especially with the waterfall shower.

Gavin83

Doozergirl said:

I'd say too small.  1200 is okay for sideways splash zone. 

I have in the past put in a smaller one that had quite a curved screen and that did help to minimise splash. 

You can also buy walk in screens with an additional hinged piece of 300mm glass,  which might be okay for you.  Crosswater do one.  

Bear in mind that the width of your shower also affects how far outside your splash will go, so a 900 is better than 800.  Tbh, I don't specify anything less than 900 as a matter of comfort. 

I'm not really a fan of the hinged screens. It's just something else to worry about when you step in and I'm worried it'll make it feel a bit cramped. I'd rather have a door.

I'd much prefer a 900 wide shower tray but I'm worried about how cramped the rest of the bathroom will be. I'll have a think + mark out some sizes on the floor with masking tape.

ComicGeek said:

Staying at Centerparcs at the moment, and they've got exactly your set-up - but they've got a 800x1800mm wide shower tray, with 1200mm fixed glass screen and 600mm opening.

How are you finding that? Is the floor getting wet or was the towel down just to stand on when you got out?

danrv

ComicGeek said:

Staying at Centerparcs at the moment, and they've got exactly your set-up - but they've got a 800x1800mm wide shower tray, with 1200mm fixed glass screen and 600mm opening.

Are those regular tiles or shower panels?

ComicGeek

Gavin83 said:

ComicGeek said:

Staying at Centerparcs at the moment, and they've got exactly your set-up - but they've got a 800x1800mm wide shower tray, with 1200mm fixed glass screen and 600mm opening.

How are you finding that? Is the floor getting wet or was the towel down just to stand on when you got out?

The floor's fine, just using the shower mat to step out onto - mainly because they haven't thought to put a towel hook/rail close enough to reach from inside the shower.

Always good to have a mat to step out onto, saves getting any water on the floor.

Doozergirl

Gavin83 said:

Doozergirl said:

I'd say too small.  1200 is okay for sideways splash zone. 

I have in the past put in a smaller one that had quite a curved screen and that did help to minimise splash. 

You can also buy walk in screens with an additional hinged piece of 300mm glass,  which might be okay for you.  Crosswater do one.  

Bear in mind that the width of your shower also affects how far outside your splash will go, so a 900 is better than 800.  Tbh, I don't specify anything less than 900 as a matter of comfort. 

I'm not really a fan of the hinged screens. It's just something else to worry about when you step in and I'm worried it'll make it feel a bit cramped. I'd rather have a door.

I'd much prefer a 900 wide shower tray but I'm worried about how cramped the rest of the bathroom will be. I'll have a think + mark out some sizes on the floor with masking tape.

I think you've misunderstood. 

Like this.  Nothing cramped about it. 
https://www.crosswater.co.uk/product/design-walk-in-easy-access-shower-enclosure


I was showering this morning and thinking about splash zone.  My walk in shower is like NeverTooLate's where the opening is on the short end, I have a 1300mm wall and the shower is 1000mm wide.   I get decent splash on the wall upto 1100mm on mine, mainly caused by moving hands up and down at the further reaches.   

Nearlyold

We have a 1600 Wide X 900 Depth approx. shower enclosure across one end of the en-suite. We chose a split full width shower door - right hand glass panel fixed,  left hand glass panel slides. Doesn't cramp the room. We have the controls on the left hand wall and the overhead outlet and wall mounted shower at the right hand end - that way you don't have to worry about being hit with freezing cold water from the overhead shower when you first turn it on

Gavin83

Doozergirl said:

Gavin83 said:

Doozergirl said:

I'd say too small.  1200 is okay for sideways splash zone. 

I have in the past put in a smaller one that had quite a curved screen and that did help to minimise splash. 

You can also buy walk in screens with an additional hinged piece of 300mm glass,  which might be okay for you.  Crosswater do one.  

Bear in mind that the width of your shower also affects how far outside your splash will go, so a 900 is better than 800.  Tbh, I don't specify anything less than 900 as a matter of comfort. 

I'm not really a fan of the hinged screens. It's just something else to worry about when you step in and I'm worried it'll make it feel a bit cramped. I'd rather have a door.

I'd much prefer a 900 wide shower tray but I'm worried about how cramped the rest of the bathroom will be. I'll have a think + mark out some sizes on the floor with masking tape.

I think you've misunderstood. 

Like this.  Nothing cramped about it. 
https://www.crosswater.co.uk/product/design-walk-in-easy-access-shower-enclosure


I was showering this morning and thinking about splash zone.  My walk in shower is like NeverTooLate's where the opening is on the short end, I have a 1300mm wall and the shower is 1000mm wide.   I get decent splash on the wall upto 1100mm on mine, mainly caused by moving hands up and down at the further reaches.   

I know what you meant but I think I might have potentially misunderstood how they’re used. Are they meant to fold in when you shower or do you open it to fit through a small gap and then leave it parallel to the screen while showering?

Is it possible to retrofit a door or a hinged screen? So could we go full open shower and then add something on afterwards if the splash proves too much?

Nearlyold said:

We have a 1600 Wide X 900 Depth approx. shower enclosure across one end of the en-suite. We chose a split full width shower door - right hand glass panel fixed,  left hand glass panel slides. Doesn't cramp the room. We have the controls on the left hand wall and the overhead outlet and wall mounted shower at the right hand end - that way you don't have to worry about being hit with freezing cold water from the overhead shower when you first turn it on

I’m also planning on having the controls on the opposite end to the shower head. I don’t particularly want a cold wet arm each morning.