Wetroom with shower OVER the bath - how

[DeanAlan]

We have a small bathroom (3m by 2m) and want a bath and shower.

We have a lovely contemporary curved bath in mind and dislike shower curtains or glass (to bath) screens and a screen wouldn't work with a curved bath anyway.

 

There are loads of designs out there for bath and a shower sitting in a wet area where the shower and its drain are next to the bath.

 

However, why not use the bath as the shower train and have any overspill of water land outside the bath but onto the wet area below the bath and then have a potential glass divide to help stop water splash into the basin.

 

This makes the most of the space *but* it required the wet area that is all under the bath (and some margin either side) to have its drainage angle and then the bath (not on feet for this particular model) to have some form of 'anti-angle' platform to sit on to keep it flat and for its own drainage to run through that into the centre of the bath.

 

Am I mad!

 

I've spoken to a couple of installers and they scratch their head a little. I've thought through how it could be built from first principles (ultimately just angles and waterproofing materials in the right place) but wondering if there are products, experience, pictures, designs out there?

 

cheers,

- Dean

[Russell griffiths]

Won’t you always have a wet floor though ?

you need a reasonable slope to a shower wet area, and it always has a degree of standing water in grout lines or any small deviation in tile texture. 

[DeanAlan]

That is the technical challenge @Russell griffiths:

- have a slope under the bath towards linear drain (wet room area, tanked etc)

- have a bath sitting within it that itself is levelled and it has its own drainage connection

 

Grout - nah, microcement/continuous surface.

[Temp]

I don't see the attraction of wet rooms. Do some people like wet socks 😞

[joe90]

1 hour ago, Temp said:

don't see the attraction of wet rooms.

+1

[ToughButterCup]

1 hour ago, Temp said:

I don't see the attraction of wet rooms. Do some people like wet socks 😞

 

Some of us take our socks off in both the shower and bath.  But bathing habits vary by county, I understand.

[Russell griffiths]

4 hours ago, DeanAlan said:

That is the technical challenge @Russell griffiths:

- have a slope under the bath towards linear drain (wet room area, tanked etc)

- have a bath sitting within it that itself is levelled and it has its own drainage connection

 

Grout - nah, microcement/continuous surface.

What’s the challenge 

looks like you have it sussed. 

I would ditch the silly bath and use a double end rectangular bath with the taps at the side and the shower at the end. 

Build the bath into a fully tanked box, will take up less room in a small space, you will need floor towels as the spray from the shower in a 3m room will reach every part of the room. 

 

Last house had 3 wetrooms so I have a reasonable grasp on how far the splash will go. 

[Onoff]

3 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said:

as the spray from the shower in a 3m room will reach every part of the room. 

 

Especially with kids. 

[DeanAlan]

Lots of negative opinions about wet rooms I see.

 

Not after a wet room specifically, just don't have room for separate bath and shower and also don't like shower curtains or shower screens that connect to the bath. I'm caught between a rock and a hard place of my own choosing. Here is a render of the potential design, you can't see the glass screen that clearly but it is between bath and basin, floor to ceiling and maybe 1/3rd of the width of the bath

Edited November 29, 2023 by DeanAlan

[Mike]

Looks cool, but will be a (even more of) a pain to clean behind the bath with the screen in the way.

[Onoff]

1 hour ago, DeanAlan said:

Lots of negative opinions about wet rooms I see.

 

Not after a wet room specifically, just don't have room for separate bath and shower and also don't like shower curtains or shower screens that connect to the bath. I'm caught between a rock and a hard place of my own choosing. Here is a render of the potential design, you can't see the glass screen that clearly but it is between bath and basin, floor to ceiling and maybe 1/3rd of the width of the bath

 

A pocket door would give you more options to play with the space.

 

[ProDave]

Rotate the bath 90 degrees and put it on the wall where the towel rail is.  Then a corner shower cubicle left of the basin

[Onoff]

48 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Rotate the bath 90 degrees and put it on the wall where the towel rail is.  Then a corner shower cubicle left of the basin

 

& towel rail between pan and door?

[Onoff]

How about...bath through 90 deg. Shower top left. Pocket door then towel rail nearer the door?

 

Don't really want the towel rail near the pan.....you might burn your knee. Then there's splashback etc 😬

[DeanAlan]

Ignore the towel rail, that has already moved to the r.h.s wall by the WC.

If we rotate the bath (we looked at that option) and put in a shower cubicle of some form then it just gets a bit cramped for my liking.

The comment about cleaning behind the bath is very valid.

 

So, I think we're going to have to see if we can find a new contemporary bath bath combo with a glass screen to side/top lip of bath and for the bath the flat to the wall and edge.

 

We had our eye set on a much nicer (subjective of course) organic curved bath from lusso stone but not going to work.

 

Thanks all.

[Onoff]

48 minutes ago, DeanAlan said:

The comment about cleaning behind the bath is very valid.

 

 

Surely the help does that?

[DeanAlan]

The 'help' will do it once and then I will find myself living in a 1 bedroom bedsit.

[ratbum]

@DeanAlan Did you actually do this? I have planned to do something similar, but a plumber told me it was potentially a very bad idea. If you have done this, it would be good to know if it caused any problems.