Shower curtain

[heymrdj]

I'm trying to fix my bathroom shower dilema. The shower is getting water all over the floor. The problem is so bad it was letting mold grow on the floor from the 1/2gal of water getting spraying out of it when 2-3 people in a row have to use it.

The shower is 60" long (front wall to back wall).

The curtain that comes with it is 72" long. The shower however is 77" to the little top rim, and 80" to the floor of the shower. This is where the water damage is coming from.

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This shows what I'm dealing with. Who the hell designs a shower with such a small splashwell? It's only 2.75" from the floor to the top of that water container. So my guess is I need to buy an extra long curtain..one that's so long it lays on the inside of the splashwell and reroutes the water to the inside of the tub. Or is there something better I can buy to increase the sidewall height? I can't make any holes or mounts obviously as these apartments belong to the college. I know you can get bigger curtains online, any certain online stores good at it? My local Walmart and Lowes both only have 70/72 curtains.

 

[Baked]

What a joke, they cheap out on a shower door and installed a shower curtain rod instead.

 

[heymrdj]

Basically. The room inspections happened a few weeks ago and said I get a 50$ fine if I let mold grow on the floor like it was doing when the water is puddling. For now I have to lay towels there. And at .75$ per wash and .50$ per dry, I feel the company store owns my balls.

 

[sonambulo]

That is pretty ass. Even if you buy a longer curtain, water is still going to escape from the sides.

First things first I would call up and bitch at the maintenance office to see if they can't do anything about it. Say someone there is asthmatic and you're worried about mold or something. If that doesn't work then you could try building a temporary back splash (maybe a piece of vinyl siding or plexiglass) and install it. I don't know what the hell you could use to seal it though.

 

[Modular]

I had one of those in my dorm at school. Basically, that's a handicapped accessible shower.

 

[heymrdj]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
That is pretty ass. Even if you buy a longer curtain, water is still going to escape from the sides.

First things first I would call up and bitch at the maintenance office to see if they can't do anything about it. Say someone there is asthmatic and you're worried about mold or something. If that doesn't work then you could try building a temporary back splash (maybe a piece of vinyl siding or plexiglass) and install it. I don't know what the hell you could use to seal it though.

I already tried that idea. I figured I could maybe pull the health trick, but they showed me the contract states it is my sole responsibility to keep it clean.

I can get the shower head to point to the middle of the shower. I guess my best bet is going to be an oversized curtain and keeping the water in the middle of the shower and away from the front or back walls of it.

Still looking for ideas though.

 

[heymrdj]

Originally posted by: Modular
I had one of those in my dorm at school. Basically, that's a handicapped accessible shower.

I figured that's what the shit was about. But there's no handles int here or anything. So still seems pretty ass.

 

[Leros]

Tie weights to the bottom of the shower curtain?

 

[heymrdj]

Originally posted by: Leros
Tie weights to the bottom of the shower curtain?

What would that be for? Right now it does agitatingly flutter, but with a longer curtain it wont do that. I just am trying to get around the side problem as i have no way to force the curtain against the side walls.

 

[Jeff7]

Or else instead of an extra-long curtain, but another shower rod, and hang it an inch or two lower than the old one with some kind of metal wire, looped around the lower rod and tied around the top one.


But from the looks of that shower stall, the engineers who designed it (and evidently failed to test it) should be shot.


Could you post some pics of the top part of the shower, like where the rod is?

 

[BRObedoza]

just chain a couple of shower curtain rings from the top. should give you an extra few inches to cover the bottom.

 

[TwiceOver]

The only times I have ever seen a shower pan that short was when there was a door. Seems to me like the contractor got lazy and used the wrong product.

 

[heymrdj]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Or else instead of an extra-long curtain, but another shower rod, and hang it an inch or two lower than the old one with some kind of metal wire, looped around the lower rod and tied around the top one.


But from the looks of that shower stall, the engineers who designed it (and evidently failed to test it) should be shot.


Could you post some pics of the top part of the shower, like where the rod is?

It's apparently not rare. Here's the one I saw today in Lowe's while looking for curtains.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn...1-332-39294&lpage=none

I'll post back in about 10min with more complete pics.

 

[heymrdj]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine
just chain a couple of shower curtain rings from the top. should give you an extra few inches to cover the bottom.

The tallest person in here at 6'5" is already barely covered by the curtain, I don't want to lower it more, it gets even more drafty up there.

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[Jeff7]

Wow, that strikes me as really cutting corners. Back home, the downstairs bathroom had a very low rim - but it had glass on all sides. The door closed with a magnetic strip and had gaskets on the other sides.

The shower in the OP would probably work just fine if gravity was 50x stronger. Sure as hell not on this planet though.

 

[Leros]

So the OP needs to move to Jupiter. Problem solved.

 

[dbk]

Get another one and sew it to the bottom - adjust the length accordingly.

 

[ArJuN]

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[phreaqe]

Originally posted by: ArJuN
Weights for the bottom of the curtain, and little suction cups on the sides to hold it to the wall. They have curtains with both of these features...I only know this because I have one. But I didn't realize till now that there is actually a market for them.

that only works if the walls are smooth. in my shower they are slightly textured so the suction cups dont stick and there is always a drafty gap in there. it is annoying.

 

[Jeff7]

Are those walls of the shower stall painted, or are they molded fiberglass/resin that's already white?

I saw splash guards online, but they're only for the corners. I'm wondering about using some kind of plastic panel attached to the perimeter with simple two-sided adhesive tape.

The only issue is that it'd need some kind of t-joint to give the tape more surface area.

I ask about the walls because you'll likely need rubbing alcohol to remove the adhesive once you move out. If they're painted, 1) You might rip the paint off with the tape, 2) Rubbing alcohol might remove the paint.

 

[heymrdj]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Are those walls of the shower stall painted, or are they molded fiberglass/resin that's already white?

I saw splash guards online, but they're only for the corners. I'm wondering about using some kind of plastic panel attached to the perimeter with simple two-sided adhesive tape.

The only issue is that it'd need some kind of t-joint to give the tape more surface area.

I ask about the walls because you'll likely need rubbing alcohol to remove the adhesive once you move out. If they're painted, 1) You might rip the paint off with the tape, 2) Rubbing alcohol might remove the paint.

This is an idea. The walls are white molded resin, so no issue there. They are completely smooth as well.

 

[Elbryn]

be ghetto, you're only renting anyway. go buy a piece of scrap board from home depot, plywood or whatnot. get it cut to fit for your tub length and the height you'd like to raise. paint it white or to be even cheaper, whatever color of returned/oops paint they have. buy a tube of chaulk, line up the board with something heavy behind it to hold it againest the short edge you have and chaulk around. you could probably do this with plexiglass and the chaulk would probably be strong enough to hold it up.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Are those walls of the shower stall painted, or are they molded fiberglass/resin that's already white?

I saw splash guards online, but they're only for the corners. I'm wondering about using some kind of plastic panel attached to the perimeter with simple two-sided adhesive tape.

The only issue is that it'd need some kind of t-joint to give the tape more surface area.

I ask about the walls because you'll likely need rubbing alcohol to remove the adhesive once you move out. If they're painted, 1) You might rip the paint off with the tape, 2) Rubbing alcohol might remove the paint.

The shower stall is a common pre-fab fiberglass/resin. Just go to Home Despot, have them cut you a piece of plexi-glass, and chalk it, not glue it across the bottom. Just remember to step over it when you exit.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: heymrdj

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Are those walls of the shower stall painted, or are they molded fiberglass/resin that's already white?

I saw splash guards online, but they're only for the corners. I'm wondering about using some kind of plastic panel attached to the perimeter with simple two-sided adhesive tape.

The only issue is that it'd need some kind of t-joint to give the tape more surface area.

I ask about the walls because you'll likely need rubbing alcohol to remove the adhesive once you move out. If they're painted, 1) You might rip the paint off with the tape, 2) Rubbing alcohol might remove the paint.

This is an idea. The walls are white molded resin, so no issue there. They are completely smooth as well.

Those splash guard wings plus a long curtain plus some discipline getting the shower curtain closed will work.
I put up one of those long curtains in our guest bath remodel, becuase I tiled the enclosure extra high.