Does anybody know of a shower curtain or screen that will roll back into a cartridge or similiar when not in use. We are building a brand new bathroom so doing structural work is not an issue, but I just wondered if there was some way of hiding it when not in use.
Quiggles
You could probably use a conventional window blind mechanism mounted vertically. But I think mould could be a serious problem if it's rolled up while damp.
-- LSR
Eew - why not a proper solid shower cubicle door?
You can make roller blinds from DIY kits, so I suppose there's no reason you couldn't use shower curtain material as the fabric for a blind, and use that; and hide it in some boxing or something made from uPVC... but why??!!
David
forget it, you'd quickly have a big mould and slime problem.
NT
You could make a rigid cubicle that folds out from the wall and is pretty much concealed when not in use, but it would probably take a bit of ingenuity to sort out the details. Or how about a circular curtain that pulls up to the ceiling when not in use?
There just might be a way to make one of those work. If you can fix a low voltage heater in the central tube, hot enough that it boils it dry when rolled up, it could work and not go all mouldy. What sort of fabric would tolerate repeated soaking and boiling Ive no idea. Probably none.
NT
Central tube?
"Eew - why not a proper solid shower cubicle door? "
Because my wife is fussy and doesn't want a door or curtain to be seen when not in use..... and frankly they do tend to get in the way, and is just another thing for the kids to break!
What about a wet room, or at least a wet area around the shower if it's a large room?
In theory a good idea but the shower will be in the wall at the end of the bath - I don't like the idea of stepping out of the bath/shower onto a wet floor!
roller blinds roll around a central tube. Youve got to somehow dry that blind off, else it goes mouldy, grows nasty bacteria etc.
NT
I didn't say anything about a roller blind - what I had in mind is more like a Roman blind with curved battens (possibly hoops depending on the space that it's going to be fitted in).
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