Small Bathroom Shower Design Options By Steve Gee At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

How to fit a small bathroom shower

How do you get a shower into a very small bathroom that wasn't designed to have one?

While I do love my bathtub when I get the opportunity to use it for a long and relaxing soak, I wouldn't give up my shower without a fight. I find that showers are quick, refreshing and much more economical than bathing. When I was redesigning my small bathroom I took the opportunity to replace the shower that was installed above the bathtub at that time.

The first thing to remember is that there usually is a way to do these things and you mustn't give up before you've really thought about the problem. Don't be put off by the fact that you don't seem to have much room to play with in your bathroom design.

So what are the options?

Remove the bathtub

Discarding the bathtub should give you more than enough room to fit in a sizeable shower enclosure. The problem is that you won't have a bath anymore. While this might suit your current lifestyle you might want to think about what you might need a few years in the future and when you come to move out and sell your property.

When you sell your property you will want it to have a bathroom with a bathtub even if it has a great shower. Buyers seem to expect to find a bath in the bathroom and the lack of one can seriously affect the selling price of your property.

Design a shower over your bathtub

If you really have no other option then you can install a showerhead above your bathtub and use a shower curtain or splashguard to keep the rest of the bathroom dry. This will probably be your easiest solution, as it will take up no extra floor space. Personally I don't like this option and would prefer a separate shower.

The Wet Room approach

This is an ambitious design that will involve turning the floor of your entire bathroom into a giant shower base and drain. It can be a very expensive option to convert a conventional bathroom into wet room but it has the advantage of allowing you to put your small bathroom shower anywhere you like. Even over the toilet if you want to although I wouldn't advise it.

Add a shower cubicle with a curved quadrant base

If you can rearrange your bathroom to get even the smallest of shower cubicles in then that has got to be close to the top of your list of possibilities. The shower enclosure can be free standing or installed along a wall or in a corner.

The problem with this idea is finding the space in a small bathroom to fit the shower enclosure. Enclosures come in various sizes so you will need first of all to decide on the smallest size that you think you can live with. Even a very small shower enclosure is better than none at all.

To make the space available you should consider the whole small bathroom design. Find a smaller toilet and washbasin and even a smaller bathtub if you have to. Use squared paper and cut out shapes to try many different ways of arranging everything.

If a square or rectangular shower cubicle looks as if it might be just that little bit too big like it did in my small bathroom then think about using a curved quadrant shower enclosure. This might be a little more expensive but it made all the difference to my bathroom and I love it.

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