Oct/Nov 2014 SHOWER ROOM

A careful check of the shower room layout shower basin services (ie waste pipe, hot & cold) were not quite where they should have been, so a hole was cut into the bedroom studwork wall to access waste pipe and basin supplies.  Adjustments of a crucial 50mm was made to give slightly more elbow room and allow the basin to be fitted centrally.

The plaster finish to one wall was not flat so the lower section of the wall scabbled back to blockwork and the centre of the wall 'dubbed out'.  The finished surface although not vertical was sufficiently flat to fix the large format tiles reasonably accurately.

I obtained samples of various finishes and colours of a large format tile before settling on a pale grey gloss finish and ordered for both shower and bathroom.

Decided to incorporate a flush integrated cupboard to conceal the rather ugly shavers socket and also allow a shelf for an electric toothbrush.  For the moment this is just a hole in the plasterboard because the material for the cupboard lining is not currently available.  I should have thought of this earlier and I have decided to use the same board for kitchen doors, it is currently out of stock and will be imported around Christmas.

The ceiling light was located in the centre of the room but I felt it is was too close to the shower cubicle so it was moved slightly off-centre.

Rather than try to integrate a bespoke mirror with wall mounted lighting in the tiled wall I decided

to use a surface mounted mirror unit with integrated lights.  The selected unit also has a movement operated switch which is neat and a demist panel - not sure if this will be required in the shower room but a good precaution  and if the design is OK I will specify the same in the bathroom that may be steamier.

Apologies for the mutiple photos - I do not have a wide angle lens used by estate agents for making small rooms look impossibly large so use your imagination to join the images together.
The tile layout works out really well with tiles centred on the WC and wash hand basin but the integrated mirror lighting is not especially bright because of the glare of lighting in the space reflecting  off the rear wall.  The rear wall is planned to be painted and will accommodate several items; loo roll holder, bathroom cabinet, hooks and possibly a future towel radiator,  so this could be a slightly darker colour and I have the scope to experiment.

Underfloor heating works really well, through experimenting I have found that it needs to be switched on fairly early and takes time to cool down.

A dishwasher while the kitchen & sink are out of action