Why are European shower doors only halved?
Nov 23, 2018, 4:22 am
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I've often wondered the same thing, it just makes no sense to me. Make it full length, have a door, whatever. And it's not even an era of time thing. I stayed at a relatively brand new Marriott in Amsterdam earlier this week. Same stupid half shower door.
Nov 23, 2018, 6:50 am
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I agree with all the above, though I think the answer is that they are easier to clean. Some will pivot out from the tub like a door, and even those that don't can still be wiped down easier. I also think this is the brainchild of a dumb interior decorator who liked the looklin in one particular setting where you had a large open shower and drains everywhere and it just caught on because monkey see monkey do. In my home we ended up hanging a shower curtain on a spring rod to defeat this silliness and not step out into a slippery lake of bath water every day.
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Nov 23, 2018, 7:56 am
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My parents have had a half glass door on their shower / bath combo for years - I always assumed it was to make having a bath more pleasant and less claustrophobic, and more sanitary than a shower curtain. I have never, in the hundreds of showers I have taken there, flooded the floor. Perhaps it is not an equipment failure...
Nov 23, 2018, 7:56 am
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I am at a Residence Inn in NE Ohio right now. My room has a great walk in shower with the knob placed so you can turn on the shower without getting wet. But it only has a half glass door. So you walk in and turn left for water. Some water gets out.
I know european bathrooms are built to handle the water spill. Most have drains in the floor. But not American bathrooms.
In europe, I’ve learned to not worry about it too much.
I know european bathrooms are built to handle the water spill. Most have drains in the floor. But not American bathrooms.
In europe, I’ve learned to not worry about it too much.
Nov 23, 2018, 8:02 am
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Same was true when we were in Australia. And even a newish hotel in Melbourne had the silly half-wall. The floor got flooded whenever you showered.
Nov 23, 2018, 9:59 am
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I am at a Residence Inn in NE Ohio right now. My room has a great walk in shower with the knob placed so you can turn on the shower without getting wet. But it only has a half glass door. So you walk in and turn left for water. Some water gets out.
I know european bathrooms are built to handle the water spill. Most have drains in the floor. But not American bathrooms.
In europe, I’ve learned to not worry about it too much.
I know european bathrooms are built to handle the water spill. Most have drains in the floor. But not American bathrooms.
In europe, I’ve learned to not worry about it too much.
Nov 23, 2018, 10:36 am
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Plus, that's a rainshower head sending the water down vertically, vs. a traditional showerhead that shoots water out towards the back of the space. Less chance of overspill with a rainshower design.
Nov 23, 2018, 10:39 am
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Nov 23, 2018, 11:20 am
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Nov 23, 2018, 11:32 am
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For once I agree w/ Ian. I hate the 1/2 shower doors because of all the water that splashes on the floor, which makes it more dangerous when stepping out unless one has covered the floor w/ towels first.
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