Fixed shower screens, does too much water spash out or not?
Love the clean look of the fixed shower screen, but how practical are they?
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8 years agoAgree with Tilly above... this style of floating glass shower screen generally applies to double walk-in showers which are generally a standard of approx 1800 wide so a glass panel of 900 wide (half) would be required at the minimum... but you can go wider with a smaller opening, to give you an idea this is what we're doing in our new house, the shower head is on the far wall behind the glass panel which is 1100 wide with an opening of 700 wide (*note internal doorways are generally standards of approx 700-800)...
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I've placed a chrome pipe which hangs on suction hooks along the top of the shower door opening. I got so tired of water splashing out the gaps. I've tried everything, this works the best.
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8 years agoOr if budget allows, why not have both an overhead shower rose from the ceiling and a wall mounted handheld shower head. Hubby prefers overhead shower (and I think most guys do as they don't really care if their hair gets wet) but I don't wash my hair everyday and wanted a wall mounted handheld one, so as we couldn't agree we settled for both with a diverter mixer tap. P.S. the ceiling shower rose we got can be slightly tilted and I think most of them do so you can have it at a bit of an angle. P.P.S. if you can't get both then I would go with a wall mounted handheld shower head as it will be much easier to clean the shower area, can't imagine the practicality of cleaning with an overhead... good luck! :)
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