On 07/01/2012 11:20, wrote:
The Natural wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
On 06/01/2012 10:46, wrote:

It's a rather basic question but I can't find straightforward answers
anywhere.

We're [re]designing an area in our house and want to install a new
shower (among other things). In order to plan the layout we need to
know how much space a shower needs. It might be a dedicated shower
room or, if it fits, we might squeeze it into the existing downstairs
loo.

So any advice, pointers, etc. as to minimum and/or sensible sizes for
a shower would be very welcome.

The smallest normal trays are about 750 square. Personally I find these
too cramped, 850mm ones are just about usable. However much depends on
the size of the people using it! The standard enclosures are often about
1.85m tall, and these I find too short! (I am about 6'3").

That is a point I must take into account, our son (for whom the shower
is being installed) is 6'6".

He's quite used to managing in places designed for 'normal' sized
people though, it comes with the territory.

As long as you have the room height, then the shower mount itself can
allow the head to reach higher than the top of the enclosure. However if
you extend this too far, then you get the problem of the spray escaping
more into the room.

The last one I did, I managed to find an enclosure that was 1.95m tall.
Add that to the 100mm of upstand on the tray, and it was about enough
for me... although he obviously has another three inches of height to
deal with.

(skipping the pre-made enclosure and using three walls and a screen may
also solve the problem!)


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Cheers,

John.

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