Why & How to Add Shower in a Small Bathroom?
Showers are indispensable for a modern bathroom. However, building a shower in an Indian bathroom requires a deeper understanding of the users and uses of the bathroom space. Luxury bathroom showers with thermostatic diverters, and small bathroom showers are the two extreme ends of the modern bathroom shower design challenges.
While you can have ample space for luxury bathroom showers, small bathroom designs often end up questioning the existence of the shower. So, before we move to shower ideas for small bathrooms, you need to understand why overhead showers have a growing fanbase.
Why Should You Have a Bathroom Shower in India?
An overhead shower is an inseparable part of your modern bathroom design. However, is it merely a piece of lifestyle, or do you have more reasons to install a shower head?
Research suggests that the overhead shower has plenty of benefits for your mental and physical health. Some of these benefits are:
- Promotes personal hygiene and skin health
- Relaxation and stress relief
- Improved respiratory health
- Better sleep, improved mood and mental clarity
With so many benefits, modern bathroom shower designs only make more sense.
How Much Space Does a Shower Need?
Ideally, you have a good enough space if you can spare a 4x4 feet area for the shower. If less, you can try reducing the size of your shower or share the shower space with other amenities like a wash basin.
However, if you want to install a rain shower, adding a curtain or a partition would be good and keep the water splashes within a limited area.
Modern Bathroom Shower Designs for Small Spaces
Small bathroom shower designs depend on the shape of the bathroom and other utilities in the bath. Here are a few innovative ideas to use your space well:
Dividing the Bathroom Equally
Usually, modern bathrooms have a rectangular shape with entry through the length of the bathroom. Such bathrooms can use a simple division of space between a basin, water closet and shower.
This kind of division does not usually have a glass wall separating the shower area, but you can install one if you like. The wall will help keep the water from the shower within the shower enclosure.
Square Shaped Bathroom
Square-shaped space can make it tough to assign a clearly designated area for a shower. However, you can use the far corner for the shower. Locking the space in a 4x4 feet partition will ensure water splashes don’t leave the designated shower area.
Irregular Layouts
If your bathroom has an irregular layout with an extended corner, you can turn this corner into a shower enclosure. This is, however, only possible if other bathroom amenities can be fitted in the remaining space.
Otherwise, you need to keep the shower space open or use a flexible partition like a shower curtain.
Partition with Half Wall
One way of partitioning your shower from the dry area in a small bathroom is to use a half-wall. While the 4 feet high half-wall creates a shower space, it leaves space for movement and can even allow you space to add some decorative elements.
Tiling the Shower Area
Tiling your shower area can add to the safety and visual appeal of the bathroom. You should aim for a full wall cladding within the shower space. The wall tiles for the shower space can also be different from the rest of the bathroom walls.
Full tiling ensures that your bathroom walls do not absorb any moisture and will avoid seepage and related issues. The floor tiles for the entire bathroom floor can carry the same design unless you want to differentiate the shower floor.
Size & Placement of Shower head
The size of the showerhead can bring in the luxury factor you want to achieve with an overhead shower in the bathroom. 400 mm to 150 mm rain showerheads allow you to add a mesmerising natural water flow to your bath.
You can mount the showers to the plumbing on the wall or attach them to the ceiling. It’s better and safer to mount the larger showerheads on the ceiling instead of the wall. The ceiling mount will bear the weight of the running shower better than the shower arm attached to the wall.
Use of Mixer Diverters
Mixer-diverters are a superb solution for installing multiple faucets and outlets in a small bathroom. 3-in-1 and 2-in-1 mixer diverters can mix hot and cold streams and divert the flow to 2 or 3 outlets as per your choice.
These mixer diverters are a must if you are installing an overhead shower. Use a 3-in-1 diverter if you want to use a hand shower, overhead shower and a bucket tap. 2-in-1 showers usually divert water to the overhead shower or hand shower and bucket tap.
Concealed mixer diverters are a better choice for luxury bathroom showers. They are also great for safety as the external body is minimal. Thus, concealed diverters are also great for small bathrooms.
Add a Storage or Bath Cabinet
Adding a shower can easily up the need for storage in your bathroom. Fortunately, you can add storage space in several ways close to the shower, or at least in the bathroom despite the space crunch.
Adding, wall-mounted open racks for cosmetics and skincare products is the most popular idea for small bathrooms. However, you can add a wall-mounted soap dispenser, soap dish and towel rack for storing the towels nearby.
For additional storage, add a wall-hung vanity cabinet unit to your bathroom. If even the vanity cabinet requires more space than you can spare, the mirror cabinet will certainly not demand more than you can spare.
Bathroom Showers at Johnson
Showering has been a fun activity for ages, whether it is under rainfall or a stream of water. Rain showerheads can bring the same fun within the vestiges of your home. Small bathroom areas are not usually a constraint for installing and using a shower if you take care of the following:
- Have a minimum free area of 4x4 feet for a shower
- Use a partition wall to contain the water flow
- Fully tile the bathroom walls around the shower
- Add a storage or towel rack near the shower area
- Choose the appropriate showerhead size
- Install space-appropriate mixer diverters (concealed diverters are better for smaller bathrooms)
Johnson Bathrooms offers a wide range of showerhead choices starting from the large 400 mm rain showers to the smaller 100 mm showers. You can also find the addons like hand showers, mixer diverters and shower arms to complete your modern bathroom shower design.
FAQs
1. Which brand shower is best?
Ans. Johnson Bathrooms offers a wide range of showers including the large 400mm rain shower heads. Johnson’s Elite Slim Long Showerhead is one of the best rain shower heads in India and comes with a cascade flow option.
2. How much does a bathroom shower cost?
Ans. The bathroom shower consists of a shower arm, shower head and a diverter to control the flow. You can choose different options for each piece of equipment, and your total price will vary as per your choices. Shower heads can range anywhere from Rs 1000 to Rs 30,000, depending on size and functions.
