Wet rooms in a narrow boat

[jddevel]

Has anyone successfully installed a wet room in a narrow boat. If so how successful do they feel it has been. Thank you in anticipation of some sensible answers.

[chubby]

i cant provide a helpful answer beyond the following :

 

Have some patience & wait for the surround from Wesley as discussed in your previous thread ??

 

I expect you ll find a wetroom a bit of a ballache to fit , tho im sure it can be done .

 

How about a hip bath or small sized bath & a curtain .

Edited January 18, 2017 by chubby

[Alan de Enfield]

We converted one of the bathrooms (there are 3 on the boat) to a wetroom.

 

We had a "fibreglass man" come and fibreglass and gel-coat the entire walls and ceiling and a 6" upstand in the doorway.

We also installed a 'disabled' fold out seat which makes it much more easier when trying to wash the 'fluff' out from between your toes.

 

The whole thing works well, but cost about £2000 (materials and labour) With me installing the shower and seat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Naughty Cal]

Our shower room is a wet room on NC. Works a treat and nice and easy to keep clean.

 

It is moulded GRP similar to Alan's above.

[Dave Payne]

Are you planning to use a proper wet room tray or tile the floor?

[Starcoaster]

I would say don't cut corners by buying cheap, flimsy wet walling. It gets dented and splits easily, and I have recently found a long-term leak that has led to some particularly poisonous-looking mushroom growing in the puddle under my bed.

[Athy]

I would say don't cut corners by buying cheap, flimsy wet walling. It gets dented and splits easily, and I have recently found a long-term leak that has led to some particularly poisonous-looking mushroom growing in the puddle under my bed.

Don't tell Max, she'll want one.

[blackrose]

I used to have a wet room in a tiny apartment in Tokyo and can think of some disadvantages like a wet floor when you just want to use the toilet (not to mention the wet toilet itself), so what exactly are the advantages of a wet room over something like a glass shower enclosure which keeps the water where it's supposed to be?

 

Personally I think a wet room is more difficult to install and may have a greater propensity to leak, which isn't really what you want on a boat.

Our shower room is a wet room on NC. Works a treat and nice and easy to keep clean.

 

It is moulded GRP similar to Alan's above.

A moulded grp room is a different proposal altogether - much less likely to leak. My wet room in Japan was a one piece plastic affair.

Edited January 18, 2017 by blackrose

[Robbo]

I used to have a wet room in a tiny apartment in Tokyo and can think of some disadvantages like a wet floor when you just want to use the toilet (not to mention the wet toilet itself), so what exactly are the advantages of a wet room over something like a glass shower enclosure which keeps the water where it's supposed to be?

Personally I think a wet room is more difficult to install and may have a greater propensity to leak, which isn't really what you want on a boat.

 

A moulded grp room is a different proposal altogether - much less likely to leak. My wet room in Japan was a one piece plastic affair.

Advantages are that a wet room takes much less space than a separate shower, toilet, etc. and still have a decent size shower.

[Dave Payne]

Don't tell Max, she'll want one.

Thought she didn't like mushrooms...

[frygood]

We have a wet room in our NB it is a walk through the advantage is it gives loads of space.Disavantage is a wet/damp floor though to be honest a quick wipe with a super obsorbant cloth and its sorted.I didn't install it myself the boat builder did.

 

I like it personally.

[WotEver]

Thought she didn't like mushrooms...

Don't think she minds them if they're covered...

[Tiggs]

 

Personally I think a wet room is more difficult to install and may have a greater propensity to leak, which isn't really what you want on a boat.

 

 

Agreed. Have heard of a couple of such installations with leak issues.

[Dave Payne]

I wanted a wet room on my boat as part of the rip out/fit out, then when I actually sat down and thought about it, I changed my mind.

 

The worry of leaks, slipping over put me off.

 

The way I looked at it, I spend 10 minutes max a day in the shower, and figured I could just live with the hip bath set up and put new tiles and floor down to make it look decent.

[magictime]

The bathroom on our Midway 235 was tiny, so converting it to a proper wetroom seemed the logical choice when we wanted to reinstate the shower. We didn't do the work ourselves so there's not much I can tell you about the choice of materials etc., but basically the floor just had holes in to allow water from the shower to drain into an under-floor tray from where it could be pumped out. When not using the shower, we just used a small bath mat to cover the holes. As you can see, we also had a shower head that did double duty as a mixer tap. Overall it worked pretty well for us.

 

[Old Son]

I have a wet room. Stainless steel tray with decent upstands connected to a Whale Gulper. Walls are a mixture of T & G cedar and a waterproof board which both over sail the tray. The floor is a slatted hardwood on bearers. We separate the shower area with a shower curtain when using the shower and push it out of the way when the shower is not in use. It works great for us.

[jddevel]

My mother has recently had a wet room fitted in her home. The installers used what appears to be some type of

non-slip "vinyl" which is one complete covering including up the perimeter about 200mm.It`s tiled above. From what I am able to see the only area that may be prone to leak is around the drain. I`m still persuaded at the

moment to pursue this and am going to have a specialist view early next week to advise and quote.

[Dave Payne]

My mother has recently had a wet room fitted in her home. The installers used what appears to be some type of

non-slip "vinyl" which is one complete covering including up the perimeter about 200mm.It`s tiled above. From what I am able to see the only area that may be prone to leak is around the drain. I`m still persuaded at the

moment to pursue this and am going to have a specialist view early next week to advise and quote.

The point about only being able to leak is the area around the drain, if it's does you have to rip everything up to get to this area, and under it?

[jddevel]

Incidentally I intend fitting a "swing" back glass door to deflect much of the water- similar to those used on baths which have a shower in them. I don`t like curtains just a personal thing.

[PaulJ]

This isnt actually in a narrowboat-its in a rather shiny wooden cruiser. The walls were lined with a 2.5mm lining- the brand name escapes me at the moment. I used this instead of the usual formica sheet as it was a difficult shape to bond in -formicas are a bit flexy when you are using contact adhesive in a small space. It worked well as it didnt show any bumps as bad as formica can.

The floor is laminated ply/west epoxy and made convex with the drain in the lowest point and leading to a sump underneath (accessible to the side) The floor covering is just non slip lino.

Loo and sink are floating so the floor is very easy to mop up.

 

 

ETA Wall Lining was Altro Whiterock or similar

Edited January 18, 2017 by PaulJ

[frygood]

we have the swing back glass door thing.Works well not much water goes on to the floor outside the shower tray area.

[stegra]

Trying to work out the problem from both of these threads. It seems the need for the wet room is because the tray was too high. You can get trays 40mm high; is that too high for a standard height enclosure? In real life I fit bathrooms all the time. Wet-rooms were very popular between five and ten years ago but, in my experience low stone-composite trays now a are far more popular alternative (thankfully). If you can fit one in, it'll be far easier, less prone to leaks and give a zoned feel to your bathroom. If you still can't fit one in or you'd prefer an all-in-one floor, maybe get a fibreglass fabricator to make a custom tray.

[jddevel]

Thanks Stegra. Have used "stone composite" trays for the last 30 plus years (I remember paid £120 for the first one a lot of money then) and in fact have them in my own home. The issue I`ve got is trying to get my head

round the water removal. It may be necessary to install a "Whale Gulper" in the bilge obviously in a sump. I`m still stuck with what to me is a limit vertical height. Incidentally I can`t remember when I last had a bath. At least 20 years -I`ve always showered virtually daily.

[PaulJ]

The issue I`ve got is trying to get my head

round the water removal. It may be necessary to install a "Whale Gulper" in the bilge obviously in a sump. I`m still stuck with what to me is a limit vertical height. Incidentally I can`t remember when I last had a bath. At least 20 years -I`ve always showered virtually daily.

You wont need to. Just fit the gulper sraight to the shower drain. Simples!

I once fitted a shower into a narrowboat that had quite a low cabin and the screen wouldnt fit. With a bit of mucking about I fitted the tray so it was level with the floor. Actually looked pretty good but was a bit of extra work to do.

[system 4-50]

My whale gulper is

 

You wont need to. Just fit the gulper sraight to the shower drain. Simples!

I once fitted a shower into a narrowboat that had quite a low cabin and the screen wouldnt fit. With a bit of mucking about I fitted the tray so it was level with the floor. Actually looked pretty good but was a bit of extra work to do.

My gulper is straight to my stone type tray drain. It is 3 ft up the wall.