6'x8' shower room with walk-in... anyone got pics of theirs?

[zygalski]

We're in the process of buying a 3 bed house which has a smallish 6x8 bathroom with a tiny 720mmx720mm shower unit plus bath, toilet & sink all crammed in.
We both only ever shower so a bath is a totally redundant waste of space. I know for re-sale purposes in a family home a bath is considered essential, but we'll worry about that in 20 years time.
I'd be interested in seeing pics of your small shower rooms, especially if you have a walk-in enclosure.

[anonymous-user]

I'm sure you've though about this already, but just in case you haven't -



I've done some conversions recently and find that the bath/shower combo gives you the best of both worlds in a limited space.

[zygalski]

Yeah, not keen on step-up p-shaped baths. A bit too much of a compromise for a non bath user.
I really like the simplicity of the Kudos type walk-ins, like this....

[Cactussed]

No pics to hand, however we opted for a walk in shower in one corner.
As it was 1st floor mounting onto joists rather than concrete, we chose a low rise stone resin tray to avoid potential for movement and thus cracking. Gives the same effect as a wetroom without the potential pitfalls.

dimensions of the tray are 1500 x 900. Corner position allowed us to run pipework in the walls which form 2 sides and we have a single glass panel along the other long side, sized at 1300 x 2000.

Works well.

[zygalski]

I would be interested in seeing how it looks

[5potTurbo]

Whilst I understand the appeal of a large rectangular shower tray like the one above, we decided against them in our new build as they use a lot of space but not for showering. Our en-suite, for example, has a Huppe 1000x1000 tray with a bi-fold Huppe screen door.

We could have had a rectangular tray, but it then limited WHERE we could put the heated towel rail, i.e., then out of reach on another wall, which perhaps could be a consideration for you too?

A layout image for your existing room could help?

[zygalski]

5potTurbo said:

Whilst I understand the appeal of a large rectangular shower tray like the one above, we decided against them in our new build as they use a lot of space but not for showering. Our en-suite, for example, has a Huppe 1000x1000 tray with a bi-fold Huppe screen door.

We could have had a rectangular tray, but it then limited WHERE we could put the heated towel rail, i.e., then out of reach on another wall, which perhaps could be a consideration for you too?

A layout image for your existing room could help?

view from the door looking left:



bath behind the door on the right of the room:



with the sink in the middle at the far end:

[LotusMartin]

Having an open shower definitely looks better, but bare in mind that the steam/condensation from the shower will cover everything in the room - at least with a door it retains most of it.

[zygalski]

LotusMartin said:

Having an open shower definitely looks better, but bare in mind that the steam/condensation from the shower will cover everything in the room - at least with a door it retains most of it.

Yeah good call. I'll definitely get an extractor fitted.

[GT03ROB]

I'm afraid I haven't got an pics to hand, but we've just redone a similar sized bathroom.

The door is to one side of the 6ft side. We have then located a full width shower tray on the opposite wall with a glass screen. Coming back from the shower there is a toilet then a 1200mm unit supporting 2 basins.

[p1stonhead]

zygalski said:

Yeah, not keen on step-up p-shaped baths. A bit too much of a compromise for a non bath user.
I really like the simplicity of the Kudos type walk-ins, like this....

Square shower baths look much better and more modern than 'p' shower baths IMO. The actual shower square section at the end is 850x850 I believe so basically a proper shower size;

[Cactussed]

Looking at that, I would probably consider the following:
- Sack the bath off and install a shower tray where it is
- Keep the shower taps near where the bath tap plumbing is (cheapest and easiest option)
- Run the shower outlet to behind the door (ie other end of the current bath)
- flat glass screen with entry point to shower next to current sink
- move the radiator to the other side of the current sink, replace with large heated towel rail on wall
- Move sink to where the loo is
- Move loo along to where the shower currently is

Or something like the above.

[zygalski]

Cactussed said:

Looking at that, I would probably consider the following:
- Sack the bath off and install a shower tray where it is
- Keep the shower taps near where the bath tap plumbing is (cheapest and easiest option)
- Run the shower outlet to behind the door (ie other end of the current bath)
- flat glass screen with entry point to shower next to current sink
- move the radiator to the other side of the current sink, replace with large heated towel rail on wall
- Move sink to where the loo is
- Move loo along to where the shower currently is

Or something like the above.

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense.

[zygalski]

Looking at it, I reckon the towel rail needs to be the other side of the shower enclosure where there is more space.

[matrignano]

I'd also swap the sink and WC position.
I'd want the WC to be closer to the window and extractor!

[MuffDaddy]

Have you considered changing the door, I just fitted one of these and I couldn't be happier (not in any way connected to the company).
https://www.spaceslide.co.uk/glass-doors/transluce...

[zygalski]

MuffDaddy said:

Have you considered changing the door, I just fitted one of these and I couldn't be happier (not in any way connected to the company).
https://www.spaceslide.co.uk/glass-doors/transluce...

Good idea, but I think we'll stick with a standard one.
Here's the latest plan.....

[SunsetZed]

zygalski said:

MuffDaddy said:

Have you considered changing the door, I just fitted one of these and I couldn't be happier (not in any way connected to the company).
https://www.spaceslide.co.uk/glass-doors/transluce...

Good idea, but I think we'll stick with a standard one.
Here's the latest plan.....

Looks much better but I'd want the shower opening nearer the towel rail. Also if you changes the shower enclosure door to open in front of the WC you'd get more space getting in and out as well.

[Cactussed]

Hmm. Central door is annoying / limiting as it takes up a lot of space for opening and also leaves you without a usable space either side. If you can, I would shift the door to the left and possibly look at opening out into the hallway or maybe a sliding door as has been suggested (looks v good IMHO).

That way, you can butt the shower tray on the RHS up against the wall opposite the window and get away with only the single pane of glass down the long side (the wall will do the rest).

Having shower open at the end facing the window allows you to step out and pick up a nice hot towel.

Also allows you some more flexibility on where you position loo and sink. What about putting the loo in the corner near the window behind a low (eg, 3 ft) false wall (or maybe full height with some frosted glass from 3ft up to ceiling) with the sink attached to that (allows you to conceal plumbing in the false wall and give the loo some quasi privacy allowing use of sink and loo concurrently.

Just a thought

[The Moose]

That's a really awkward layout with far too many compromises for my liking!