4 Fold bath screen folding OUTside the bath?

3 years ago

I’m trying to find a 4fold screen that will fold away outside the bathtub, where the wall is only 40 cm wide. We are putting a shower at the non-tap end of the bath, but the tub is really narrow so it would be claustrophobic to have it folded along the side of the bath. Any suggestions would be wonderful!

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minipie

3 years ago

If you have a fixed shower head placed high enough, and put the controls on the side wall, then you could get a wider screen (bath width) that folds the other way, in under the shower head. However that‘s rather more complicated plumbing wise.

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HU-709396164
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3 years ago
Meant to say that I have read the Bi-Folding Bath screen comment below but the screens recommended there were too wide to fit against the wall.
Sonia
3 years ago
I saw this one at Wickes but it doesn’t state whether it folds within or outside the bath. The sizing looks almost there?
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We re-did our family bathroom last year and have a shower over the bath with a glass screen. We went for quite a simple square ish design of bath - so it gives plenty of room for showering. My only top tip - go for a simple bath screen with the least amount of fittings / hinges and slidey bits because they’re all a pain to clean!!! Our old (and expensive) screen was a sliding one and we could never get to certain bits of it, and within a year or so it looked dreadful. The new one was much cheaper and is a simple screen that folds both in and out. It also has one long hinge / wall attachment - so it’s really easy to clean. A year in and it still looks like new! The other thing we did was to have all the shower fittings concealed in the wall - again makes cleaning easier. And we also ditched the taps and went for a bath filler that is controlled by the shower fitting. Again - we chose everything with a view to be easy to clean!!
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Sarah U-S
3 years ago
I think most will be able to fold outside of the bath - however this one definitely shows it folded out in the fitting instructions. Size should work too. https://www.qssupplies.co.uk/bathroom-furniture-shower-taps/107347.htm
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HU-709396164
Original Author
3 years ago
Sonia - yes, that’s the trouble . They rarely specify and ‘left or right folding’ usually means either or if you look at the tech specs. SO frustrating not being able to go and see these in a showroom!

Minipie - that’s a very good idea but I can just imagine the look on my plumber’s face if I ask him to plumb under the bath, which is not coming out for this job as it’s extremely heavy cast iron.

Sarah - I’ve seen that one, and thought I’d won, but it’s got a separate sealing strip that fixes onto the edge of the bath which I don’t like much. You can see it in the tech specs but not, cunningly, on the picture.
Sonia
3 years ago
I noticed my local Wickes was open the other as people queuing, but it may only be for click and collect. Most companies have a Technical Dept you could phone, but I would imagine they have limited staff at the moment? Don’t forget if you order online and the item is unsuitable, you legally have 14 days to advise them you wish to return it as unsuitable, and then another 14 days to return it. This is your Statutory Right. Unfortunately you will have to pay the return delivery costs so may not be worth it........😤
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Jules Mc
3 years ago
Can i give a shout out to the good old fashioned shower curtain. After years of wanting a bathroom revamp in what looks a similar sized bathroom to yours, I was delighted to have a sliding shower screen installed. It's two glass panels and swings out to clean the bath and for ease if access and does a pretty good job of keeping the water in. But I hate it. It's an absolute nightmare to clean and once achieved (with great difficulty and a mixture of scratch sponges and old toothbrushes) then keep looking clean. The gunge that builds up in places you can't see until you get your head under the bottom silicone strips is horrible and I'm constantly having to unscrew these to clean them thoroughly. If I could go back to a shower curtain, without damaging my tiles I'd do it tomorrow! I miss chucking it in the washing machine then buying a new one for under a tenner when it got a bit ratty or I fancied a new colour /style
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I'm happy to try and find you the link (amazon if I remember correctly) if you're fixed on a screen because I think I chose the best I could have for my bathroom but just thought it might be worth mentioning before you go ahead with your bathroom update.
HU-709396164
Original Author
3 years ago
Jules, thank you for honest appraisal, but I think my husband would divorce me if I mentioned a curtain, and I must confess it’s the bathroom equivalent of suggesting stewed prunes and custard for me too ... I would love your link if you can be bothered. I’m a virgo so the anally-retentive nature of cleaning sounds almost fun (I’ll get back to you in a year ...)
Sarah U-S
3 years ago
Jules - I’m with you on the sliding screen! I gave mine away on the local Waste Not group because I couldn’t stand the maintenance! We’ve now got a single screen that is hinged and we can fold either in or out. I reckon the simpler the design the better!
Jules Mc
3 years ago
Just had a look and I've found my old order but its out of stock. I've attached a photo anyway in case you want to do a search for similar. I got it from Amazon but you might be able to go directly to ibath

Like I say it's a good design for the size of the bathroom, is, really good quality and keeps the water in but I had to buy baby's bottle brushes (I was improvising!! ) to get the strip between where the two screens - another faff, or challenge if you're an optimist ?!!

Like Sarah says, the more hinges, slidy bits etc the more places for gunge to gather.

Good luck whatever you go for
Sarah U-S
3 years ago
This one from Ideal Standard might do the trick - it’s similar to the other one that I suggested but I can’t see a base rail on this one. https://www.qssupplies.co.uk/bathroom-furniture-shower-taps/87313.htm
E D
3 years ago
I’m joining Jules in giving shouts out at the curtain. 😊

We have two baths with showers (in separate bathrooms and as it happens, in separate homes... 🙂). One with a glass screen and the other with a curtain.

The screen has to be forever cleaned to look presentable, which is not an easy job; it makes getting into the shower slightly awkward; it makes bumping into it when showering, painful 😖 and it tends to leak at the bottom.

The curtain was only going to be a temporary measure, to be replaced by a screen.

But it actually wins hands down on all counts. A good quality curtain with ditto hooks can even look quite nice too.

I’m considering making the screen the temporary measure. 😊

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