Shower next to window

[MatsyLR]

First time buyer, I found a property I like with one flaw, for whatever reason the sellers didn't have a shower installed when they renovated the property. Very odd decision but there you go.

The current bath setup is this
https://gcdn.pbrd.co/images/BxtZiVVmkyRo.jpg

What would be the cheapest option (apart from a 360 shower curtain) to adding a shower to the side wall? Electric shower is fine and easy enough to get it installed with minimal fuss. However having trouble thinking of a way to make a feasible shower above the bath mainly due to the window and water proofing.

 

[Zefan]

Watching this as have had the same thoughts. I couldn't think of anything beyond a wraparound curtain but I didn't look/think too hard.

 

[NickK]

You can have a shower come through the ceiling but that’s not the issue, the problem is the splash.
We have a folding glass divide, however the walls are close in as the shower is at one end so your standing in the bath plug. The rain fall style shower does spray but not far enough beyond the end of the bath.
I retrofitted the rain shower, valves and smaller shower head behind the wall (CH pipes made it a pain) then connected to the 22mm pipes feeding the bath taps.

The issue you may find is splash sits on that windowsill.

 

[Semple]

I don't see it being that much of an issue. You'd have to get rid of the blind and tile upto and around the window. I'd probably even tile the windowsill unless the sill is waterproof.

You'd just have to be mindful of wiping it down after a shower.

 

[Quartz]

First time buyer, I found a property I like with one flaw,

You are spending 6 figures on the house so why are you trying to spend only pennies fixing the shower? Find out how much it will cost to do it right and use that as a negotiating point.

 

[psd99]

You can have a shower come through the ceiling but that’s not the issue, the problem is the splash.
We have a folding glass divide, however the walls are close in as the shower is at one end so your standing in the bath plug. The rain fall style shower does spray but not far enough beyond the end of the bath.
I retrofitted the rain shower, valves and smaller shower head behind the wall (CH pipes made it a pain) then connected to the 22mm pipes feeding the bath taps.

The issue you may find is splash sits on that windowsill.

Also if u have splashes on the window
Absolute problem to keep cleaning that

i wonder if you could get a shower above the window and get a decent curtain on the other side?

 

[Deleted User 298457]

My wife's parents house is like this. They just shower like the window is a wall. It's fully tiled and sealed. They've since fitted those shutters that are in vogue and they cope with being totally wet as well.

 

[Participant]

First time buyer, I found a property I like with one flaw, for whatever reason the sellers didn't have a shower installed when they renovated the property. Very odd decision but there you go.

The current bath setup is this
https://gcdn.pbrd.co/images/BxtZiVVmkyRo.jpg

What would be the cheapest option (apart from a 360 shower curtain) to adding a shower to the side wall? Electric shower is fine and easy enough to get it installed with minimal fuss. However having trouble thinking of a way to make a feasible shower above the bath mainly due to the window and water proofing.

What I would probably do here is continue the tile up to ceiling on the mirror and window walls, then fit a thermostatic mixer shower on the mirror wall, bringing pipes down from the attic, assuming possible.

If that plasterboard isn't waterproof there'll eventually be problems.

Electric showers are horrid things.

 

[jpaul]

yes it will need tiling nonetheless;
parents about to have a shower adjacent to a thinner horizontal window at shoulder height, which is already in-tiled&upvc so aren't adding additional protection,
but a polycarbonate sheet of some kind could be attached to maintain light in your case ?

Mira shower theyre using will have a pump to maximise availible water head from inbuilt water tank,
I don't see the attraction of this rainfall shower heads - its not going to take the skin of a rice pudding (ie remove shampoo quickly ...)

 

[MatsyLR]

Thanks for the advice everyone.
The bath itself is the wrong way around, the sloped side is against the wall so if I was to get a shower installed it would involve standing in the middle of the bath. Trying to get a rough price of tiling and waterproofing the sill/window area is difficult when you don't own the property.

 

[DXP55]

Lived in a terraced house once and in houses opposite they had toilet in front of window -was fun watching guys get their thingy out and women liftinging up their dresses. Even with frosted glass.

Just thought i would mention it.

Ps - they had lights on and curtains drawn so it was shadow we were watching.

 

[R.O.S.S.I]

Shower in my mums house is the exact same setup. She just gives the window cill a squeegee after every shower to remove the splashes.