Any tips on creating a wet room in an extension?

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We are adding a boot room with a wet room at the end of it.
Having never designed a bathroom before never mind a wet room I’d like to get some tips of what’s a good idea and what isn’t.

The builder will tile the floor into a drainage gulley and has factored this into the quote as well as tiling the walls.

Where should I look for ideas on style.
Lighting/heating?
How big should I make the room?
Obviously the larger it is the quote will go up due to the tiling.
It will be 2m wide and at least 3m deep minimum but the depth is flexible at the moment.

It won’t be the main bathroom.

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Anyone?

If this is the UK, unless someone is disabled a wet room is a bad idea full stop. Sounds an unusable layout too.

Why is it a bad idea?

Why is the layout unusable ? What a strange thing to say.

Will the wet room have a toilet too? If so I hate those. Nothing worse than sitting down on a damp loo and wiping with soggy loo roll. I'd always much rather a shower cubicle even if space dictates it's a small shower

You will need decent heating - look at underfloor heating that can be on the main circuit and separate electrical switch - because they don't dry out in our cold climate

Look for a floor to ceiling shower screen, keeps the rest of it dry so no slidy bottoms in the toilet seat!

Decent ventilation is a must!

We've got a small downstairs wetroom, with a glass screen between shower area and toilet, and underfloor heating. It's fabulous.

We will definitely be getting a shower screen to stop the water going everywhere.

I dream of that. I have three boys. They could get undressed and jump straigh in the shower on their way in

Ditto the dog.

Only improvement would be adjoining utility for clothes to go straigh in machine

As long as you have a screen so it’s ‘walk in’ you’ll be fine - also this makes it less cold as the water heats the air. My parents have a wet room with no’s teen and it’s bloody freezing.

Proper accessible wet room is great (if you sell your house it could be a plus and if you have elderly relatives it’s great too.

There will be a utility room next to it

Any ideas where I could go and see some wet rooms?
I need ideas.

Just make sure the drainage is good-
when we moved in to this house there was a wet room.
The water seemed to just sit there in a puddle-so if you pulled down your trousers to go to the loo they tended to get wet.
Very ick.
We ripped it out.
I'm sure done properly it will be marvellous!

CP Hart in Lambeth does really poncy bathrooms. Their showroom is good for inspiration

Look at Pinterest

Thanks Girlwhowearsglasses
Lambeth is too far away. I’m in Cambridgeshire.

We have a wet room. No screen and no damp loo seat or toilet roll!
Ours is about 2.5 x 2.5m I think.
Make sure your tiler is experienced at making the indent in the floor. The tiles can be quite tricky to cut. We chose quite large tiles.