Browse Forums What's New Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 7Mar 21, 2010 12:31 pm ____________________________ Bec ____________________________ Building our Balinese Resort Inspired Dream Home Blog ~ http://hagarshouse.blogspot.com/ Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 9Mar 21, 2010 2:36 pm We have one of these showers in our ensuite. We just have the ordinary round shower grate but if we were building now I'd love to have one of those long drain type grates. I wasn't even aware they existed for home showers before. Our tiler made sure the base below the tiles slopes down towards the round drain. He put just the tiles within the shower area on the diagonal as he said this made it far easier to make sure you got a steady even slope to the drain as well. We've been in since last July and find the shower gets no more mucky than a standard tiled shower with hob. However we did put a shower curtain across the opening. this can easily be removed if we want . On rare occasions we have noticed a tiny bit of splashing onto the floor mat. Not really enough to make much of a mess though hubby prefers it to be there. Ours is also double length. This is the biggest "must do" for a screenless shower. have it a longer length and choose your shower head carefully. I wanted a hobless shower and larger than standard shower recess in case of need later for medical reasons. I love ours. The walls on ours go up to about 2 m with an open area above. In our shower because the shower is longer than a normal shower the drain is not where you would normally stand so you don't tel to be blocking the drain with your feet. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 10Aug 03, 2010 4:08 pm Think about getting one of these put in too! No shelf hanging out into your space. Our bathrooms should be tiled in the next couple weeks so, check my thread and watch as they appear. Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 11Aug 03, 2010 4:23 pm This is the type of shower we have planned for our ensuite a walk in style with two showerheads. I saw one in an open house recently and they had that long drain across the opening ... it looked fantastic. My dream shower, no glass! I did wonder about cleaning the long drain, but haven't had a chance to look into that yet. ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 12Nov 13, 2010 5:36 pm These shower channels are a must for any tiles 300x300 or greater. It's impossible for the tilers to get the required fall otherwise. Nice showers though! Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 13May 02, 2011 11:27 am I've used thos style of showers when travelling and absolutely love them. Definately looking into doing one for the ensuite. They seem to take up more space than the usual style though... Today is under construction. Thank you for understanding. Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 14Feb 28, 2012 2:05 pm In Europe they are now doing more and more of that type of bathroom with tadelakt or marmorino rather than tiles. It has a very nice style that really change of everyone's house. Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 15Feb 28, 2012 3:14 pm Well I do like to be different.... We will have a walk-in shower in both the ensuite (1.6m x 1.0m) and the bathroom (1.6m x 0.9m). However I hate the feeling of being enclosed with the all tile showers and also love showering in natural light. So we are having a fixed glass pane for the side wall for our ensuite and for the side and one end of the bathroom shower. Yes, I know, lots of glass to keep clean, but better than feeling claustrophobic. Ruth Our Homebuilding Thread 17th Nov - 1st meeting with PJB architect 27th Feb - Signed contract 23rd Mar - Plans approved 3rd Apr - Slab laid 18th Apr - Roof On 10th May - Lock-up 26th June - Handover Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 16Feb 29, 2012 7:57 am I like it better too, I've done the same in my last bathroom and it looks less like a gym's shower and give the feeling that the room is bigger and lighter. Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 17Jul 16, 2012 4:29 pm BecH Except we're having a smart tile instead of grate What's a smart tile? Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 19Jul 24, 2012 1:02 pm That's exactly the sort of shower I wanted. I've got the next best thing with just a sheet of glass. Next time the European shower will be a non negotiable must have. Anything that cuts the housework must be good. Re: European Shower - starting to be popular in Perth 20Jul 24, 2012 5:08 pm That Smart Tile is AWESOME GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 10260 Hi All, about to commence a bathroom renovation and need some advice on subfloor works. Current subfloor is hardwood T&G floorboards on 90x45 joists, but intention is to… 0 6248 |