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A wet room is a bathroom with a shower that is open. The entire room CAN get wet, but not necessarily should be wet all the time if it has been well designed with proper slanting drainage.
Many people wonder if a wet room and walkin showers are the same. They are not. While walkin showers may be enclosed to some degree, a wet room is always open and has no shower doors.
1. Convert your current bathroom into a wet room by redesigning the drainage system and placing stone or tile on the floor. There can be two drains….one anywhere it’s practical…and the main one directly under the shower, where most of the water will fall. Remove all sliding doors, bathtubs…..shelves, cabinets….make an open room with open shelves and just the shower or a bench or chair or seating area under the shower. The toilet and sink or basin may remain as they are or may be protected by a half wall, some glass blocks or a small stone or wood structure that is decorative as well as offering privacy.
2. If you are remodeling your basement, instead of adding a traditional shower, tub or a cubical, create a wet room. Use tile or stone on the entire space….and make it as large an area as you can spare…..remember…a wet room is like a private SPA. Use stone as much as possible, or tile that looks natural as much as possible. Use glass doors only for the outside door that separates the bath from the rest of the basement or house, but do not use a door to separate anything inside the room itself. Use glass blocks to give light….remember basements are dark….don’t add walls if you don’t have to.
1. walkin showers should be designed to suite the age of the family members. Elderly will want no raised floor areas…no plastic trays and no doors if possible
2. the shower can be glass or a modular unit that is formed or resin or plastic. If your home is ultra modern the modular units will go well, however, if your home has a classic theme, try to stick with the wood, glass or tile ideas that will allow for space and will may also be bought in kits but will not be overly modern to the point of distracting from the classic or antique properties of the home.
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