ᐅ Is a tile height of 2 meters (approximately 6.5 feet) sufficient in a shower?
Created on: 23 Jun 2015 22:15
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willWohnen
Hello,
we have an enclosed, open shower with an almost level-access shower tray.
The L-shaped wall surrounding the shower tray is about 2.10 meters (6 ft 11 in) high.
No one remembers why it is 2.10 meters (6 ft 11 in)!
No idea if we ever discussed this with anyone. Anyway.
The tiler wants the bathroom and the inside of the shower tiled to the same height, 2 meters (6 ft 7 in). So that the bathrooms are tiled "all the way up," which we wanted—I know, I know, nowadays it’s more common to tile as low as possible...
The actual question: Is 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) tile height in the shower enough?
My husband always showers with thin high-pressure jets, so he almost looks like a sparkler!
Best regards
willWohnen
we have an enclosed, open shower with an almost level-access shower tray.
The L-shaped wall surrounding the shower tray is about 2.10 meters (6 ft 11 in) high.
No one remembers why it is 2.10 meters (6 ft 11 in)!
No idea if we ever discussed this with anyone. Anyway.
The tiler wants the bathroom and the inside of the shower tiled to the same height, 2 meters (6 ft 7 in). So that the bathrooms are tiled "all the way up," which we wanted—I know, I know, nowadays it’s more common to tile as low as possible...
The actual question: Is 2 meters (6 ft 7 in) tile height in the shower enough?
My husband always showers with thin high-pressure jets, so he almost looks like a sparkler!
Best regards
willWohnen
Well, 210 cm (83 inches) is not exactly a shelf either. At least in my bathroom, even with a height of 180 cm (71 inches), I haven’t thought of that yet.
If it is supposed to look good, grout lines should not be more than 2 to 3 mm (0.08 to 0.12 inches). With 8 rows, that means about 1.5 to just under 2 cm (0.6 to 0.8 inches) including the grout.
If it is supposed to look good, grout lines should not be more than 2 to 3 mm (0.08 to 0.12 inches). With 8 rows, that means about 1.5 to just under 2 cm (0.6 to 0.8 inches) including the grout.
Don’t you have a shower now where you can see how high the splash goes?
Originally, we planned a 1.20m (4 feet) tiled partition wall with a glass panel on top, separating the open shower from the bathtub. I didn’t order the glass panel through the plumbing company but intended to get it later through a relative who works in the glass industry.
By now, we’ve completely abandoned the glass panel because the splashing is minimal. My wife rarely causes splashes above head height due to her "showering without wetting hair" method (Mario Barth), and for me (1.73m / 5 ft 8 in), the splashes only reach the partition wall, not beyond it. Even though we’re not very tall, I doubt you would splash higher than 2m (6 ft 7 in).
Originally, we planned a 1.20m (4 feet) tiled partition wall with a glass panel on top, separating the open shower from the bathtub. I didn’t order the glass panel through the plumbing company but intended to get it later through a relative who works in the glass industry.
By now, we’ve completely abandoned the glass panel because the splashing is minimal. My wife rarely causes splashes above head height due to her "showering without wetting hair" method (Mario Barth), and for me (1.73m / 5 ft 8 in), the splashes only reach the partition wall, not beyond it. Even though we’re not very tall, I doubt you would splash higher than 2m (6 ft 7 in).
Musketier schrieb:
Don’t you have a shower where you can see how high the water splashes?
Originally, we planned a 1.20m (4 feet) tiled partition wall with a glass panel on top between the open shower and bathtub. I didn’t order the glass panel through the plumbing company but intended to get it later through a relative who works in the glass industry.
By now, we have completely given up on the glass panel because the splashing is very limited.
My wife doesn’t splash high anyway because of the “shower without hair” method (Mario Barth), and for me (1.73m / 5 feet 8 inches), the water only splashes onto the partition wall but not over it.
Even though we’re not very tall, I doubt that your splash height exceeds 2m (6 feet 7 inches).Well, when I see how high I have to wipe water off the tiles each time, that’s already at head height. It may also depend on the shower setting you use — the rain shower, the cascade shower, or a stronger setting on the handheld showerhead.
Musketier schrieb:
“Shower without hair” (Mario Barth) Only topped by “shower with hair” above the bathtub edge.
f-pNo schrieb:
Only topped by "Showers only hair" above the bathtub edge. .Mario knows my wife. I don’t know how, but he knows her.
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willWohnen24 Jun 2015 16:39Hello everyone,
first of all, thanks for all the contributions.
The plan was to have about 8 tiles everywhere from the tiler, so approximately 2 m (6.5 ft) high, and finish the rest of the L-shaped wall at the top with the wood-look tile.
With 9 tiles going up the walls, we would most likely be above the top edge of the door, which I think would look ugly. (It’s like that here in the apartment, and even though the overlap is small, it just doesn’t look right.)
@Musketier We thought of that this morning and checked our current shower wall from all kinds of angles for splashes. They really only reach up to 2 m (6.5 ft), or very few go beyond that. However, here the tiles only go up to about 2.06 m (6.8 ft), so if there’s splashing above that, it’s not really visible at the moment. So, we’re taking a more relaxed view of the whole issue. I also thought we could add a 10 cm (4 inch) strip of the regular wall tile inside the shower on the “normal” wall. The room needs to look good from the center area or when lying in the tub – but this spot would only be visible when using the shower, so it’s not a big deal. Going higher than the shower partition would be more of a visual problem.
Regards
first of all, thanks for all the contributions.
The plan was to have about 8 tiles everywhere from the tiler, so approximately 2 m (6.5 ft) high, and finish the rest of the L-shaped wall at the top with the wood-look tile.
With 9 tiles going up the walls, we would most likely be above the top edge of the door, which I think would look ugly. (It’s like that here in the apartment, and even though the overlap is small, it just doesn’t look right.)
@Musketier We thought of that this morning and checked our current shower wall from all kinds of angles for splashes. They really only reach up to 2 m (6.5 ft), or very few go beyond that. However, here the tiles only go up to about 2.06 m (6.8 ft), so if there’s splashing above that, it’s not really visible at the moment. So, we’re taking a more relaxed view of the whole issue. I also thought we could add a 10 cm (4 inch) strip of the regular wall tile inside the shower on the “normal” wall. The room needs to look good from the center area or when lying in the tub – but this spot would only be visible when using the shower, so it’s not a big deal. Going higher than the shower partition would be more of a visual problem.
Regards
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