Showers
Around it, under it, and what powers it.
A shower is a set of choices: what surrounds it, what you stand on, where the water drains, what powers it and how it reaches you. Get them right together and a shower is the best part of the day.
- Around it
- Enclosure, walk-in or screen
- Under it
- Tray or tiled floor
- Powered by
- Your hot-water system
- Glass
- Always toughened safety glass
The basics
Start with the layout, then work through the parts. The biggest single decision is what powers the shower, because it depends on the hot-water system in your home.
How to choose
Around it
Enclosures, walk-ins, wet rooms and bath screens.
The glass
Underfoot
Shower trays, from slim stone resin to tileable formers.
Drainage
Where the water goes: tray wastes, linear drains and gullies.
What powers it
How it reaches you
Heads and kits, from rainfall heads to handsets.
An enclosure with a framed pivot door.
A level-access walk-in behind one panel.
A shower over the bath with a frameless screen.
In this section 7 pages
Shower enclosures
What surrounds the shower.
18 topics inside →Shower glass
Frames, patterns and coatings.
6 topics inside →Shower trays
What the shower stands on.
5 topics inside →Shower drainage
Where the water goes.
4 topics inside →Shower types
What powers the shower. Depends on your hot-water system.
8 topics inside →Shower heads and kits
How the water reaches you.
6 topics inside →Shower seats
Built-in benches and fold-down seats, for comfort or easier access.
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