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Installing a Showerhead
with No Surrounding Walls
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If you have a tub with with no surrounding walls, like a
clawfoot tub, you'll find it hard to install a showerhead.
Even if you have two walls, the showerhead must be suspended
near your faucets, for easy water access; and this may not
always be convenient.
You may choose to install a pipe in a side wall (if you have
one), or buy an external pipe and showerhead kit, which you
can attach to the wall for extra security. But if you don’t
have a wall next to your tub, how can you still have a
bathroom shower? There are two solutions, which I'll talk
about below.
Though I first tried the second option in my home, I found
it to be too rickety, and I eventually opted for the more
solid, first option, the option of installing a showerhead
in the ceiling, which connects through the side wall to the
bathtub faucet. All the plumbing is invisible, and the look
is elegant. Even showering is more fun now, as it feels like
showering in the rain.
So here are the two options open to you for installing a
showerhead where you have no surrounding walls.
Showerhead Installation in the Ceiling instead of a
Wall
One perfect way to overcome the lack of a wall to mount a
shower head on, is to use the ceiling to create your
bathroom shower. You will need a contractor to come in and
install a pipe through a side wall and along the ceiling
until it reaches the right position over your tub. This is a
far less costly way of installing a bathroom shower where
there is no wall, than to go to the trouble of building a
wall to conceal the pipe. This is especially true if you
have a back wall to your tub, as many tubs do.
The bathroom shower installation in this case is simple. The
contractor will attach a pipe to the existent water line of
your tub. And only a small crevice will need to be opened in
the back wall and ceiling to insert the pipe. However, if
the wall is currently tiled, be sure that you have extra
tiles to replace the one’s that will be removed (and
broken). If you do not, consider buying a matching tile that
can appear like an intended pattern once it conceals the
bathroom shower installation.
Showerhead Installation with Custom Shower Add-on’s
Another way to install a bathroom shower over a tub is to
order a custom shower add-on set. These include a pipe that
attaches to your current bathtub tap. The pipe is long and
curves at the end to suspend the shower head over the tub.
Many shower add-on’s are too rickety and do not fit well to
your existing tap. Therefore, consider investing in buying
the whole set, from tap to the bathroom shower accessories.
You will likely need to bring a plumber in to install the
new tap, but the end result will be sturdy.
Bathroom Shower Installation Curtain Solutions
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If your bathtub has three walls
around it, simply purchase a shower pole and curtain, and
your bathroom shower installation will be complete. If,
however, your shower has two walls or less (or none), you
will need to install a shower curtain rod that will hang
from the ceiling over the tub. Follow this simple article to
making your own
shower curtain for a clawfoot tub.
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