Bathroom Regrets
Discussion
All that jazz said:
Is that really an issue though? Seems more like a 1st world problem 
. I have never once thought about electrically drying my towels in the summer and I imagine most other people wouldn't either. Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I have separate towels for drying hands/face and drying self after a shower. The former won't see that much water so would dry out fast enough without help in the summer anyway and the bath towel realistically isn't going to be used more than once a day, so ample time to dry out on its own unless you leave it on a heap on the floor 
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It's an issue in our house. . I have never once thought about electrically drying my towels in the summer and I imagine most other people wouldn't either. Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I have separate towels for drying hands/face and drying self after a shower. The former won't see that much water so would dry out fast enough without help in the summer anyway and the bath towel realistically isn't going to be used more than once a day, so ample time to dry out on its own unless you leave it on a heap on the floor . Bookmarked this thread anyway as will be putting a new bathroom in our house soon.
ked, needs doing again. Should have used karndean.Little Lofty said:
404 not found.The Mad Monk said:
Little Lofty said:
404 not found.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262536722400
Teamed with some 600mm flexi' these look fantastic.
New build:
I had a choice of where the walls went and I didn't make the en-suite larger and the dressing room smaller. We could have had a HUGE shower unit, but "only" have 1000 * 1000.
Also, tile colours. I regret the choice in our en-suite (contract is quite dark) and I favour those in the rarely used family bathroom.
I had a choice of where the walls went and I didn't make the en-suite larger and the dressing room smaller. We could have had a HUGE shower unit, but "only" have 1000 * 1000.
Also, tile colours. I regret the choice in our en-suite (contract is quite dark) and I favour those in the rarely used family bathroom.
C0ffin D0dger said:
Not getting an overflow bath filler (i.e. water to fill the bath comes out of the overflow / no taps). When I suggested it to our builder at the time it was almost as if he'd never heard of the concept and then muttered something about it being complex so I left it and we went with a mixer tap mounted on the side of the bath in the middle. For us it wasn't a major issue but since having the kids I've lost count of the number of times one or other of them has cracked their head on the tap resulting in many tears. You'd think they'd learn after doing it a couple of times but no.
Funny this, we had our bathroom done a few weeks ago. In our previous house we had the same system - Bristan Prism recessed taps and fill overflow. At the time I did not realise we had bought the shower only tap which either did shower or bath fill. In the new bathroom I bought one with a stopcock feature, so twin shower (fixed / rail) and bath fill.
You'd have thought the plumber would know how it works, but alas, after much discussion I convinced him you didnt need to block off one of the feeds, they all go somewhere!
The most annoying thing is it requires a pump to fill the bath, but thats a small price to pay for having the bits you want!
rufusgti said:
Suffering from this problem myself and this link not working, I scoured Google and found these amazing bits of kit. I presume the link was for these anyway. Really good idea.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262536722400
Teamed with some 600mm flexi' these look fantastic.
Yes that's them, the link was working when I posted it, not sure where it's gone.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262536722400
Teamed with some 600mm flexi' these look fantastic.
Found them cheaper at Toolstation
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Taps+%26+Showers/d...
Edited by Little Lofty on Monday 8th August 18:30
Not realising just how out of square the walls in our Georgian place were so, by the time the tilers had levelled things out, the lovely Matki shower screen and door no longer fitted and I had to buy a slightly smaller one!
Anyone want to buy a cheap, new in box, Matki 1500mm sliding door shower screen?
Anyone want to buy a cheap, new in box, Matki 1500mm sliding door shower screen?
All that jazz said:
Is that really an issue though? Seems more like a 1st world problem . I have never once thought about electrically drying my towels in the summer and I imagine most other people wouldn't either. Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I have separate towels for drying hands/face and drying self after a shower. The former won't see that much water so would dry out fast enough without help in the summer anyway and the bath towel realistically isn't going to be used more than once a day, so ample time to dry out on its own unless you leave it on a heap on the floor .
I had one in house number 1 and it was great. It would have been particularly useful in the last place which had extremely good insulation and was in a very exposed (and therefore sunny) location. The heating wouldn't go on from, say, May till September. The wife buys these big, thick, fluffy towels and you'd hang them up wet in the morning and they'd still be damp in the evening. Same if you had a shower at night - they'd still be damp in the morning and after two or three days would start to honk a bit.. I have never once thought about electrically drying my towels in the summer and I imagine most other people wouldn't either. Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I have separate towels for drying hands/face and drying self after a shower. The former won't see that much water so would dry out fast enough without help in the summer anyway and the bath towel realistically isn't going to be used more than once a day, so ample time to dry out on its own unless you leave it on a heap on the floor . Not a problem if the heating was on - there were heated towel rails in all the bathrooms/ensuites - but a bit of pain when they weren't.
Not realising that if your bath is fitted under the tiles, then to centre the combined shower/bath controls above the bath it's not half the bath width away from the tiled walls.
It wasn't until I sat and had a bath for the first time and realised the bath filler didn't quite line up with the controls that I realised.
It wasn't until I sat and had a bath for the first time and realised the bath filler didn't quite line up with the controls that I realised.
Just found this thread, our bathroom sounds fairly basic compared to some on here but got some interesting ideas.
What's with the heated mirrors though? I didn't even know that was a thing until I read it here. I've never found steamed mirrors to be a problem - maybe it's because we live in a draughty 1930s house, but it clears pretty quick, never had to wipe it with a towel or anything.
What's with the heated mirrors though? I didn't even know that was a thing until I read it here. I've never found steamed mirrors to be a problem - maybe it's because we live in a draughty 1930s house, but it clears pretty quick, never had to wipe it with a towel or anything.
Twilkes said:
What's with the heated mirrors though? I didn't even know that was a thing until I read it here. I've never found steamed mirrors to be a problem - maybe it's because we live in a draughty 1930s house, but it clears pretty quick, never had to wipe it with a towel or anything.
Just usefull to have, saves wiping the mirror constantly, putting fingerprints all over it etc. If we're going out I'll often be showering while the Mrs is doing her makeup.I did a superb job on the bathroom, did it all myself during a quiet spot with work a few years ago, but scrimped using cheapish taps/mixers. Now both sink and bath plugs dont work properly and shower mixer is dripping.
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