Recessed shower niche

boxhill · Oct 17, 2020 4:32 pm

Hi, I am undecided if I want a free recessed shower niche as a standard inclusion. Reason is I visited a show house and looks like there is a false wall (red arrow in pic) to accommodate the recessed shower niche. So that means if there is no shower niche, there won't be a false wall. Am I correct? Appreciate any feedback.

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chippy · Oct 17, 2020 4:50 pm

It certainly looks like they have added an extra layer of wall (framing or brick) to provide the recess.
You don't need to so maybe check if that's how they do it.
What state are you in?

boxhill · Oct 17, 2020 4:55 pm

chippy

It certainly looks like they have added an extra layer of wall (framing or brick) to provide the recess.
You don't need to so maybe check if that's how they do it.
What state are you in?

I am in NSW. Do you mean a recessed shower niche can be built into a normal wall and a false wall is not needed?

chippy · Oct 17, 2020 5:10 pm

boxhill

chippy

It certainly looks like they have added an extra layer of wall (framing or brick) to provide the recess.
You don't need to so maybe check if that's how they do it.
What state are you in?

I am in NSW. Do you mean a recessed shower niche can be built into a normal wall and a false wall is not needed?

Yep. You buy them pre-made at 100mm deep so it fits into standard 90mm framing and plasterboard face.
Depends what's on the other side of the wall but normally they can be installed simply into a single wall.

boxhill · Oct 17, 2020 6:46 pm

chippy

boxhill

chippy

It certainly looks like they have added an extra layer of wall (framing or brick) to provide the recess.
You don't need to so maybe check if that's how they do it.
What state are you in?

I am in NSW. Do you mean a recessed shower niche can be built into a normal wall and a false wall is not needed?

Yep. You buy them pre-made at 100mm deep so it fits into standard 90mm framing and plasterboard face.
Depends what's on the other side of the wall but normally they can be installed simply into a single wall.

Thanks a lot for that. I have been wondering about it now I am clear. Cheers