Wet Rooms & Chrome Glass Shower Fittings - Where Quality Compliments Efficiency!

I recently moved into an old bungalow with my fiancé, and it’s fair to say it needs a lot of work. Whilst most rooms are livable the bathroom however is far from it! I’m assuming the previous owner was an elderly individual living by themselves, from the looks of the disabled rails attached to the walls. There’s also mold around the edges of the windows, the lino flooring is coming up in the corner, and the bathtub doesn’t even come with a removable shower head.

I know these seem like minor issues to the majority, but take it coming from someone who lives by convenience and efficiency, I need a shower in my life. I physically do not have time to run a bath, and if I’m honest the thought of sitting in my own dirt isn’t exactly appealing. As I’m keen to get the situation sorted as soon as feasibly possible, in my breaks and little spare time I have, I’ve been looking at different shower cubicles that can replace that horrendous ivory tub. Having a look at a variety of options, the other day I came across the idea of a wet room. Whilst the idea means extending our budget for this by a few hundred pounds, in the long run it will make life so much easier, not to mention how classy it will look. We’re thinking of installing one of those wet rooms that has a glass cubicle surrounding a section of the floor. This particular style gives us the choice to change the door hinges to match the surrounding interior. As a bonus a bathroom fitter will be able to not only deliver the glass panels, but also fit the polished brass unlacquered shower door hinges we have bought from a London based ironmonger called A & H Brass.

We did consider some other finishes when scrolling through their website,and potentially have our eyes on some antique brass glass shower door fittings to complete the look, however we haven’t had a chance to properly discuss this yet as we need to consider the rest of the budget. We’re yet to purchase floor and wall tiles, and as a compromise to my fiancé allowing me to install a wet room, I’m letting him pick the tiles so that he still has had some input in the design. The rest of the bathroom suite has already been reserved, and I can’t wait to see it all come together.

A lot of our friends have had their fair share of opinions on getting rid of the bath, with the majority saying a bath is more appealing when try to sell the property on. However given that we have no intention of selling up for at least another five years or so, we can cross that bridge at a later date. For now this is a solution that is ideal for our lifestyle, especially as we’re not planning to have children for the foreseeable future. In fact when I really think about it the layout and composition of our bathroom, is definitely more practical when comparing that to our friend’s bathrooms, and I don’t even feel like we have compromised on quality in the slightest. It’s definitely something I would advise all couples to consider and not to “knock it before you’ve tried it”!