Folding shower Screen

If you don’t want to give up your bath but still want the convenience of a shower, the easiest and quickest option is to fit your shower over your bath. In order to protect the rest of the room from the spray and water from the shower, you could, as an alternative to a flimsy shower curtain, install a shower screen. Bath and shower screens are made from toughened safety glass and are typically fixed to the wall at the end of the bath where your shower controls and shower head are located.

In all cases, you should check your bath is suitable for a shower screen because the force of the water from your shower may move the screen and therefore leak. A slight ridge along the edge of the bath is ideal, but as a minimum the top edge of your bath should be flat right up to the wall.

If your bath is recessed with walls on 3 sides, a screen which is designed to fit to a track along the edge of the bath and on the ceiling and slides open will give you a completely closed in showering area the full length of the bath.

Bifold Shower Screen:
This type of shower screen is also useful in preventing the water from splashing out on to the bathroom floor. It consists of two pieces of glasses and can be folded into one when not in use. However, the disadvantage with this screen is that it is not long enough to cover the whole length of the bath.

Four fold Shower Screen:
This screen is a more improvised version of the shower screens. It folds in concertina fashion. However, it has two advantages. Firstly, even after folding it is quite obtrusive, as it cannot be folded against the wall; and secondly, it is very difficult to move if it is fitted too tightly.

Five Fold Shower Screen:
This type of shower screen is more advantageous in preventing the water as there is an extra panel attached to it.

The outasight screen has an edge over these screens as it is longer and can be folded totally when not in use. However, these shower screens are quite fashionable and can be used in the bathrooms effectively.