Any experience with wet rooms?

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PinkTriangle · 30/04/2015 19:27

Hi, we have recently bought a bungalow, which has a wet room. The walls are tiled but the floor is lino, which edges around the wall for about 4 inches.
There is some wear/mould in one corner so will need looking at, so I'm wondering whether it is worth keeping the room as it is, and if so, how to improve it.... Tile the floor maybe?
Or whether it's not really that great having one and to just replace it with a normal shower?
There's already a bath in there.

What do you think? Do you like your wet room? Or is it a massive expensive pita?

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mistymeanour · 01/05/2015 12:34

I have an upstairs wet room (here when I bought) and a seperate bathroom on another floor. It is tiled in Travertine, it was fine for a few years but started leaking onto the kitchen ceiling recently. The problem was in one (prone to mould) corner - the grouting had hairline cracks in it and had to be replaced - ok now. My kids hate it - only used once a week or so by DP. (we all use bathroom). I always thought it was a disaster waiting to happen and would have preferred a shower tray for containment.

Builder said its water resistance depends on the lining used on the floor beneath the covering (apparently zinc is best, plastic sheeting not so good) but we have no idea how it was lined, despite asking on the solicitors form.

Lasvegas · 01/05/2015 13:31

we inherited a ground floor one, it was part of original 19030 integral garage, going strong after 10 years. no leaking. floor is tiles. we did add a shower curtain as otherwise floor stays wet for a bit and a pain if using the loo which is also in there.

we have rain fall shower so a lot of water gushes out.

the fan comes on with the light and the fan noise is in upstais eves and very loud

OwlBeeBack · 01/05/2015 14:52

We have one in our house (installed by previous owners) with a rainfall shower. We all absolutely adore it, and all use use it even though it rather than the shower in our ensuite or the main family bathroom.

The only downside as pp mentioned is the wet floor near the loo for a few hours after it has been used.

We have a tiled floor.

Flip