Shower tray or wet room floor?

[JugglingChaotically]

Have a tiny shower room - can't be a wet room or everything would be soaked!

But it has been suggested that we do a wet room floor under and a bit past the shower so it will look larger?
It will also mean we can have a bi fold shower door that folds flat against the wall when not in use so giving more space.
But it's more expensive and we will have to trim the budget somewhere else.
Worth it?
Anyone done something similar?
(It is a truly tiny shower room for DDs)

Hmm.
Not sure that was clear.
The wet floor means same floor tile over all the floor - hence looks bigger.

I really wanted a shower that was flush to the floor, with the same tiles but with a screen. I even found a sunken tray that you tile over.
The builder said it was impractical, something to do with the floor joists, so I went for very low profile trays. The floor is the same height as the tray & it looks fine.
If it's practical I'd do it.

Hadn't even thought of floor joists.
Will ask the builder.
Lots of head height just very small so we could raise whole floor I guess.
More ££££
Thanks.

you can run waste pipes between joists (parallel to them)

if you have floorboards (planks) then the joists run at right-angles to them.

If you have chipboard (yuk) then look for the nails which will be in lines along the joists

Cutting joists to run waste pipes across them is very weakening

(cables can be run through joists by drilling a small hole at the centre)

Piglet John - thanks for that. Will check out direction of joists. It's a new room so hoping we can reconfigure to make it work.

Piglet John - would you do a wet room floor or a shower tray.
The room is tiny - 80cm by 2.5m!
Thought wet room floor would look good - give illusion of space even with normal shower but very expensive and risk of leaks?

shower tray. A long one if you like.

lots of people grumble about leaky wetrooms

Thanks! I was wondering/worried about that.

We were looking at this as a shower door so it folds away when not in use.
Hence the wet room floor as no join.
Would appreciate your thoughts?
Worry we'd just have a wet floor as it would swing around!
www.vesta-bathroomsonline.co.uk/hsk-exklusiv-pivoting-bi-fold-shower-door-760-4958-p.asp

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I was thinking of a long tray, where the door is at the far end from the shower head. The enclosure is long enough to have pegs or shelves at the far end.

They come in various sizes

You'd need space for the room door to open, and I think a chair, and a powerful ducted fan as it will get steamy.

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