Shower Curtain Ideas . . .

I would lower the horizontal part of the rail to a height where you can still get in, and take it straight across as far as possible. You probably need a new rail.

That will cover most of the shower, and leave you with an odd-shaped bit with a slanting top and straight bottom on the left hand side (viewed from the front).

I'd cut the top of the left hand side of the curtain to fit that odd-shaped bit and secure it in place**, whilst leaving the rest of the curtain to hang from the horizontal rail in the usual way.

Umm, can you sew?

Shower curtains with shower trays are a complete waste of time, even in a bath where you can make the curtain drape well into the bath they allow water to get round at the ends. A proper enclosure is the only sure way to keep the water confined.

Richard

A small (30cm high) door with a flexible rubber seal at the bottom would help. Even if you aren't allowed to screw it to the wall, it could be hinged and attached to the tiles by suckers.

Bite the bullet and get a glass door cut for it.

Its actually not that expensive

(Relatively) Cheap & Cheerful idea.

Attach an elastic loop to each end of the bottom hem of the curtain. Fix a small hook to either side of the bottom of the shower entrance, but inside the shower compartment. There must be a better/simpler way of doing this (Magnets instead of elastic loops & hooks?).

The idea is to force the full length of the lower hem of the curtain to stay an inch or so inside the shower tray. Thus water running down the curtain falls inside the tray & not outside.

They sell weights for curtains

Slightly cheaper than sewing sovereigns into the hem ...

??? Once you've squeezed Charles III in there, where do you go to get more?

Those European Sovereigns are lightweights.

Many thanks all. I think the glass door might be the best solution. It's my brother's place - I'll see what he says . . .

I'd recommend a folding rather than sliding door, if you can fold it out against the wall (as it looks like you can fold out to the right, with the top corner cut off the glass). The sliding doors have fittings that tend to come loose or break, the tracks collect muck and they're a PITA to clean. Meanwhile a single piece of glass with a hinge has basically nowhere for muck to collect. Set it slightly inboard so water drips off into the tray.

Theo

I'd envisaged hinging into the shower from the left with glass up to the roof slope (about 1.5m), which would involve a slightly awkward movement of the body into the corner to close the door. But doable except for the extremely large.

Opening out would be a lot better were it not for those large mouldings. I'll have another think - back there at the weekend . . .

Having just removed one of those from my home, agree entirely. It was absolutely disgusting - even though it looked from a casual glance to be clean.

Yep, noted, thanks.

The downside of folding into the shower is that you have to get into the shower and shut the door before turning on the water. If your water goes cold before it goes hot (eg an electric shower) that could be annoying.

Also as you say you need enough space to stand in the cubicle while the door swings past you, which means you need a bigger cubicle. Maybe you have enough space for that, I can't tell.

Finally sometimes it's useful to stand outside and lean into the running shower, eg to wash items that are too big for the sink. You can't do that with an inward folding door. It's also more annoying to lean in to clean the shower from outside.

Theo

Good points, thanks

My shower door opens both ways.