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.

[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....

[zygalski]

I would be interested in seeing how it looks

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.....

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rednotdead said:

We were in a similar situation. Sacked the bath and went for a walk-in shower, not regretted it in 3 years. Only thing I would say is get your shower controls positioned so you can turn it on without getting wet, and fit a bloody good extractor (or 2).

Here's ours after it was just completed:



and

Thanks... that's a smart use of space.

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IanA2 said:

Rosscow said:

IanA2 said:

Why not make a wet room. That's what I had done:

You desperately need to paint the window white and get rid of the brass ironmongery, in my opinion of course!

Only on PH

The ironmongery was changed to brushed stainless steel before the first shower. Those pics were taken by the builder (I lifted them from his site as I don't keep pictures of my bathrooms) the day he finished and before the painters came.

I was just trying to help the OP by showing another option for a small bathroom.

It's an interesting option. What about storage within the wet room? We seem to need a fair bit of bathroom storage.

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NickGibbs said:

Zygalski, what did you go for in the end?
We're looking at doing a similar shower enclosure down one wall (ie three sided) and was wondering about the practicalties of it
probably a 1400mm tray with either walk-in at one end as in the pic below, or with a doorless-door (as it were as in your first pic)

No work done on it yet. We've sorted a few other things & hopefully the bathroom will be done by the summer.

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zygalski said:

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:

Finally finished!

Pocket door


Basalto Black floor tiles




Topps Tiles Mokara White walls


New window & frame fitted


1700mm walk-in shower with 1100mm single panel








Topps Tiles Mokara Grey wall tile feature wall


New flat ceiling & spots


Pocket door from inside

Edited by zygalski on Tuesday 5th July 17:50

[zygalski]

The wall was taken down & then built out on both sides, to both allow for the pocket door recess & mechanism & also the fit for the 1700mm shower tray. We didn't want a 20mm gap at the end.
I agree about the shower but we wanted something that didn't have a fixed head & was straightforward to replace, since modern units only seem to last a few years. Maybe we'll change it in future, but the bathroom cost about £9k & we had a lot of other work going on at the same time. We did all the flat roofs, gutters, soffits & fascias & also re-boarded the floor in the landing, re-plastered the ceilings & redecorated part of the house.

Edited by zygalski on Thursday 7th July 06:21

[zygalski]

Walls & ceiling taken down, 80's wiring replaced, new pocket door & the carpentry work. The tiles were nearly £4.50 a pop & it all adds up. Sure, if you get mates rates & do it like homes under the hammer then I'm sure you could get what we had done completed for under £1500.

[zygalski]

Nothing wrong with that. It'd be far to busy for a small shower room like mine though. That's why we went for clean, unobtrusive & modern.