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watermeadow Thu 17-Oct-19 21:06:10

I recently had a shower installed and asked for tips. I expected to be laughed at but people were helpful and now I have another query.
I am hating cleaning the shower cubicle. It’s even worse than cleaning the bath. My water is very hard so I’m giving the inside a quick wipe when I get out then cleaning thoroughly once a week, using dilute vinegar.
It feels like hard work and when it’s all clean and shiny I’m reluctant to shower and splash the evil hard water all over it again.
Have I got this advanced technology right?

jura2 Fri 18-Oct-19 20:35:56

skeegee every day after shower, yes, in the nod Davida...

and have had the same spray for last 10 years- with water and vinegar mix which I refill as and when- about once a week.

SueDonim Fri 18-Oct-19 20:47:03

I'd feel that I needed another shower if I cleaned the shower in the buff! grin. Don't you get cold?

NotAGran55 Fri 18-Oct-19 22:44:50

Instal a water softener - it makes a huge difference. Apparently we are in the hardest water area in the country where we are and the difference it has made is remarkable.

harrigran Fri 18-Oct-19 23:30:44

We just take the excess water off tile and glass with a squeegee and dry with e cloths. My shower has never been cleaned with chemicals and still looks like new.

twiglet77 Sat 19-Oct-19 20:33:16

Rinse all round and scrape water off with a squeegee that is on a holder in the cubicle, quick wipe with a microfibre cloth (or even a dry flannel), do this after every shower. It takes seconds. I never use specific cleaners, just white vinegar occasionally.

Biggest problem I've had with shower cubicles is that the sealant always fails.

LondonGranny Sat 19-Oct-19 20:55:06

I've got all-in-one bath taps and shower. I asked about one of those electric power showers when I had the nasty stained social housing shallow acrylic bath taken out and a deep enamel bath put in with an integral shower/tap fitting as opposed to the rubber one that fits over the bath taps. Best money I ever spent. The plumber said I may as well stand there & burn ten pound notes as power showers were expensive to install and not that ecologically sound as they use more energy and more water. She also reckoned the water pressure wasn't good enough either. A trustworthy plumber is worth their weight in gold. First female plumber I ever encountered and she was brilliant.
I never grew up with a shower (apart from the horrors of cold communal showers at school after PE) and when I first left home I often used the local Slipper Baths as opposed to a shared bathroom with a slowly trickling, fumey Ascot heater and other tenants banging on the door telling you to hurry up as your bath filled with lukewarm water.
Anyway, I live in a very limescaley area and I find white vinegar very good. I remove the shower head about twice a year and soak that in white vinegar overnight to remove limescale. I don't have a glass partition, just a shower curtainthat fits inside the bath along its full length that does need replacing every now and then.
For me, a shower will never be as luxurious as reclining in a deep hot bath.

kircubbin2000 Sun 20-Oct-19 07:33:47

Ive discovered a channel under the doors filled with green scum. Never noticed before. How can I clean in that small space, bleach hasnt worked.

Peonyrose Sun 20-Oct-19 07:40:20

This is the one reason I won't have my bath out and a walk in shower installed. At the moment I have a shower over the bath and a shower screen, cleaning it takes longer than having a shower and getting dried.
On this subject has anyone had a bathroom radiator replaced with a heated towel rail, are the enough to heat the room?

Willow500 Sun 20-Oct-19 07:57:11

Yes starkers too although I do get dried first - in the shower and chuck the towel over the top grin

My son and DIL have a real problem with their shower which is a tray in a small alcove with a curtain - no matter what they do they can't stop the water going over the side of the tray and wetting the wooden floor. They have a very old cottage and a glass screen won't fit the odd size. Does anyone have a simple remedy for that?

NotSpaghetti Sun 20-Oct-19 12:18:01

LondonGranny - I don't have a "power shower" so could be wrong, but years ago I did look into it and they had a pump which made the water flow fast and "full".
I thought the low water pressure was nothing to do with it? Does anyone know?
Though obviously we're all much more conscious of wasting water now.

SueDonim Sun 20-Oct-19 13:21:48

Peonyrose (pretty name!) when our ensuite was redone we had a 'dual fuel' towel rail installed. It heats up either via the central heating system or electrically, if the CH is off. We're really pleased with it. It's similar to this.
www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/diamond-500-x-1200mm-straight-heated-towel-rail-inc-valves-electric-heating-kit?FT=5873&pgno=1

Floradora9 Sun 20-Oct-19 15:49:22

Mr. Muscle shower spray after every use /i never have any bother.

watermeadow Mon 21-Oct-19 18:12:49

Next instalment of The Shower Saga!
One of my curved doors has come off its runners and I can’t get the top wheels back in the groove. This is the second time in a month. Is this very common or has my lovely builder installed a rubbish model? Is there a knack to getting it back on track?

M0nica Mon 21-Oct-19 20:52:21

I just have a bath instead.

MissAdventure Mon 21-Oct-19 22:21:32

Watermeadow, I don't think you should be struggling to refit the doors already.

Why not call your man back out to adjust them?
I'm sure that is all it would take.

Hetty58 Tue 22-Oct-19 10:48:33

I agree with MissAdventure. It shouldn't be leaving it's track so get the fitting checked.

Pudding123 Tue 22-Oct-19 12:40:19

Just a little tip,after I have had my shower I use an old clean mascara wand to poke down the plughole to remove any hair...it works a treat.

annodomini Tue 22-Oct-19 12:50:30

Thanks, Pudding. It's a much better solution than poking a knitting needle down the plughole by which means I managed to make a hole in the drainage pipe and almost flooded the kitchen underneath.