Bathroom to shower room conversion.

[JKD]

As I hate baths but love showers, I have converted my bathroom to a shower room.

Thought I'd put the pictures on here showing the process, including materials and products used, to give ideas to anyone who is thinking of doing similar.

The first thing to do was raise the ceiling height from barely 2100mm to 2400mm. This meant new joists and rafters.

I'd already ripped out the wall tiles and fitted a temporary electric shower over the delightful bath.

I'd also taken out the breeze block wall dividing the bathroom from the very small washing machine/boiler area.

As I was moving the WC to the opposite corner, a new soil pipe was fitted, sunken slightly in the concrete floor.

The room then completely cleared, ceiling boarded and Marmox insulated boards of varying thicknesses fixed to the external 9" block walls.

[JKD]

The next part of the process was to install the Marmox shower tray. This would set out the new FFL. More Marmox boards and a Warm-up heated mat fixed to the floor, with self leveling compounds and tile adhesive as each layer went down.

A timber and ply boxed section in the shower area fitted, to take the pipework and to create the actual shower width.

Then the shower tray fixed in place and waste/trap attached.

 

[JKD]

As the WC and the vanity unit were going to be wall mounted, this was next in the process.

Then the floor tiles fitted,then the pocket door frame fixed onto this.

[JKD]

Then a visit from my electrician, followed by the fitting of the heated mirror, the WC and vanity unit with hand basin.

The wall panels to the shower area were next, then the glass shower screen, and lastly the plumber fitted and connected the shower valve and bar.

And chill,,,, and SHOWER !!! BLISS 😄😂

Just some quartz to order and fit to the shelf, window cill and shower niche.

Hope that may help anyone with ideas etc 👍

[old'un]

Blimey, you work fast it was only 35 minutes from your first pictures.

No mate that's a cracking job,  is that your profession?

[Ultrastu]

Looks like some good work .

Can I ask did you leave plenty of ventilation in the roof void to let the moisture that will build up there  get out ? .

This is key to a roof above a wet room as the joists and any boarding can seriously  rot if not .

I see you have ceiling lights to allow the moisture to get into the void .

 

[Ultrastu]

Looking at it again .I see you have used tri iso  blankets and celotex  between the joists .(a cold roof system) . The key to this type of roof construction  is to absolutely  stop any moisture from entering the roof void  so no holes in the ceiling and a very good vapour  barrier behind the plaster board  (all edges taped and down the wall a small way  .) 

And then ideally a 2 inch ,  1 at least , ventilation  void above the celotex  and  allow this to vet out to the atmosphere  both at the eves and at the top against the house  . This is because any moisture that does get up there and condensates on the roof felt  is allowed to escape instead of dripping back down onto your ceiling..

[JKD]

31 minutes ago, Ultrastu said:

Looks like some good work .

Can I ask did you leave plenty of ventilation in the roof void to let the moisture that will build up there  get out ? .

This is key to a roof above a wet room as the joists and any boarding can seriously  rot if not .

I see you have ceiling lights to allow the moisture to get into the void .

 

 

21 minutes ago, Ultrastu said:

Looking at it again .I see you have used tri iso  blankets and celotex  between the joists .(a cold roof system) . The key to this type of roof construction  is to absolutely  stop any moisture from entering the roof void  so no holes in the ceiling and a very good vapour  barrier behind the plaster board  (all edges taped and down the wall a small way  .) 

And then ideally a 2 inch ,  1 at least , ventilation  void above the celotex  and  allow this to vet out to the atmosphere  both at the eves and at the top against the house  . This is because any moisture that does get up there and condensates on the roof felt  is allowed to escape instead of dripping back down onto your ceiling..

Been a builder for 40 + years fella,,,, just off to suck some of grandma's eggs 👍

1 hour ago, old'un said:

Blimey, you work fast it was only 35 minutes from your first pictures.

No mate that's a cracking job,  is that your profession?

Yes oldun,,,, been in the game for just over 40 years. Thanks for the compliment 😊

[harrycatcat1]

1 hour ago, JKD said:

Then a visit from my electrician, followed by the fitting of the heated mirror, the WC and vanity unit with hand basin.

The wall panels to the shower area were next, then the glass shower screen, and lastly the plumber fitted and connected the shower valve and bar.

And chill,,,, and SHOWER !!! BLISS 😄😂

Just some quartz to order and fit to the shelf, window cill and shower niche.

Hope that may help anyone with ideas etc 👍

Not bad for a beginner 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[Ultrastu]

13 minutes ago, JKD said:

Been a builder for 40 + years fella,,,, just off to suck some of grandma's eggs 👍

1 hour ago, old'un said:

Oh good luck with that then .

 

[JKD]

2 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said:

Not bad for a beginner 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍

That's what I always say to people who compliment my work ☺️🤣

[harrycatcat1]

2 minutes ago, JKD said:

That's what I always say to people who compliment my work ☺️🤣

😉👍

[JKD]

6 minutes ago, Ultrastu said:

Oh good luck with that then .

 

Cheers, but don't need any luck 😉

[Ultrastu]

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Edited November 6, 2022 by Ultrastu

[JKD]

Just to repeat,,,, I posted this thread to give people ideas if they were thinking of doing something similar. Even as a builder, my particular spec was very tricky to do, involving many elements and precise measurements down to millimetres, or no tolerance at all.

Knowing what I wanted for the finished article, started the journey and took a lot of effort. Of course, I could have gone down a very simple route, but I wanted a luxury shower room, not a bog (no pun intended) standard one 😄

[ph5172]

Is the shower board the one piece one instead of tiles?

I see it’s becoming popular now and have seen some used as splash back above the sink 

[JKD]

31 minutes ago, ph5172 said:

Is the shower board the one piece one instead of tiles?

I see it’s becoming popular now and have seen some used as splash back above the sink 

Yes fella,,,, there's four boards in there (2400x900mm cut to fit) concrete effect finish. Expensive but hopefully trouble free 🙂