| How to fit a small bathroom shower | | | | shower curtain or splashguard. This should be the |
| What do you do if you want to install a shower but | | | | easiest solution, as it will take up no additional floor |
| you only have a very small bathroom? | | | | space. Personally I'm not keen on this option. |
| While I love my bathtub for the rare occasions that I | | | | Turn your bathroom into a wet room |
| get to use it for a long relaxing soak, I don't know | | | | This is an ambitious design that will involve turning the |
| what I would do without my shower. Showers are | | | | floor of your entire bathroom into a giant shower |
| quick, refreshing and a lot more economical than | | | | base and drain. It can be a very expensive option to |
| taking baths. When I had the chance to redesign my | | | | convert a conventional bathroom into wet room but |
| small bathroom I jumped at the opportunity to | | | | it has the advantage of allowing you to put your |
| improve the shower that was installed above the | | | | small bathroom shower anywhere you like. Even over |
| bathtub at the time. | | | | the toilet if you want to although I wouldn't advise it. |
| The first thing to remember is that there usually is a | | | | Install a curved quadrant shower cubicle |
| way to do these things and you mustn't give up | | | | The option that I like best for any bathroom is to |
| before you've really thought about the problem. Don't | | | | install a separate shower enclosure either free |
| be put off by the fact that you don't seem to have | | | | standing in the room or in a corner of the bathroom. |
| much room to play with in your bathroom design. | | | | This is a great solution if you can find the space to |
| So what are the options? | | | | accommodate the shower enclosure. |
| Throw the bathtub away | | | | The problem with this idea is finding the space in a |
| Taking out the bathtub will give you more than | | | | small bathroom to fit the shower enclosure. |
| enough room to fit a sizeable shower enclosure. | | | | Enclosures come in various sizes so you will need first |
| Unfortunately you won't have a bath anymore. While | | | | of all to decide on the smallest size that you think |
| this might fit in well with your current lifestyle you | | | | you can live with. Even a very small shower enclosure |
| might want to think about what you might have | | | | is better than none at all. |
| need of a few years down the line and when you | | | | To make the space available you should consider the |
| come to sell your property. | | | | whole small bathroom design. Find a smaller toilet and |
| When you sell a property you must have a bathroom | | | | washbasin and even a smaller bathtub if you have to. |
| with a bathtub even if it has a great shower instead. | | | | Use squared paper and cut out shapes to try many |
| People expect to find a bath in the bathroom and | | | | different ways of arranging everything. |
| the lack of one can seriously depress the value of | | | | Finally look at curved quadrant shower enclosures as |
| your property. | | | | a space saving alternative to square or rectangular |
| Put your shower in your bathtub | | | | ones. Finding one of these was the turning point in |
| If you have no other option you can install a | | | | my small bathroom shower design. Everything fell into |
| showerhead above your bathtub together with a | | | | place nicely after that. |