Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Oct 06, 2012 7:43 am Hi all, Bathroom currently gutted and I'm now looking into a new shower. I've never had a nice frameless or semi frameless shower and now is the time! Just beginning to ask questions about the functionality between semi-frameless and frameless and straight up I'm perplexed. Boiling it down, the Semi-Frameless with all the plastic seals around the doors and floor looks like it (and I'm told) seals completely and keeps your water where it is suppose to. Of course the frameless look very swish with no plastic to maintain or harbour mould, but when I asked about the small (~1mm or so) gap where the closed door meets the other glass panel and where clears the tiles on the ground, the shop assistant advised that we should expect "some water" to spill on to the bathroom floor. It's probably a good point to mention that it will be a corner shower that is not "walk in"; two sides will be wall and two sides will be glass. Also, the current plan is to have a fully tiled base set lower than the tiled bathroom floor but I'm not afraid to change this to suit the shower screen situation. So, do I understand this correctly? NIce looking frameless shower doesn't seal 100% and makes your bathroom floor wet? Enclosed Frameless shower users, is this the way it is for you? Any info that will guide me to getting the right end result for my shower is appreciated. Cheers, HC Re: Frameless shower = water leaks? 2Oct 06, 2012 8:41 am I have a frameless shower (and a flat through floor - no dip). The only time there is any water outside is if I use my foot to push water at the door. If yours is dropped then even this won't be a time when it happens. Oh, and when I walk out of the shower Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Frameless shower = water leaks? 3Oct 08, 2012 4:21 pm The only place water can escape in a properly installed frameless shower screen is the small door gap. It would only be a drip or two now and then. Not enough to even worry about. I wouldnt consider any other sort of shower screen! Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Frameless shower = water leaks? 4Nov 01, 2012 1:52 pm Had one in my last house, always had puddles on the floor outside. Also in my last rental, the plastic seals on the semi frameless were getting brittle and breaking off. I guess these can be replaced though. Re: Frameless shower = water leaks? 6Nov 01, 2012 4:29 pm My shower is semi-frameless and it leaks around the seals at the bottom of the door (either side of the hinge and at the end of the door); maybe a 20 cent piece size amount of water at each point. TBH it's not enough to bother me but it's a matter of opinion. Re: Frameless shower = water leaks? 8Nov 12, 2012 10:53 am Hi, I have had frameless and semi-frameless showers with base and with a fully tiled base. There will always be some water that manages to escape but I agree with the general consensus that it is minimal and that usually a strategically placed bath Matt will fix this. The only long term issue I've found with a fully tiled base is the choice of grate/waste. If you choose a channel and grate type of waste it can prove wiser to choose practical over aesthetics and by that I refer to some of the designer channels that look great but are too narrow to drain the water away fast enough to prevent water from flowing out onto bathroom floor. They can easily clog as well. Also a good idea is to make sure the grate is removable for cleaning as most of us shed hair in the shower and that coupled with soap scum can cause blockages. Aside from that, as long as the gradient of the tiling is sufficient for the water to flow towards the waste then you shouldn't have any major concerns. Good luck and happy showering. There is water getting into the ceiling, I expected to find some holes in the corrugated roof but there weren't any so I suspect that the roof drip edge is letting water… 0 2497 2 4582 If you have a floor waste, turn on your sink and put your ear down to the central floor waste and listen. If you can hear water running then they all connect there. If you… 10 12230 |