Wall Shower Head for Clawfoot Tub?
Hi, Does anyone use a wall shower head with a clawfoot tub. I love the look but can’t phantom taking baths ALL the time or holding a shower head in hand. I would like to install a shower head off the wall. Does the water get everywhere? Does anyone have this setup and have come…
Hi,
Does anyone use a wall shower head with a clawfoot tub. I love the look but can’t phantom taking baths ALL the time or holding a shower head in hand. I would like to install a shower head off the wall. Does the water get everywhere? Does anyone have this setup and have come across problems?
Mopar is right, I did this to, with the riser setup. All the plumbing is exposed, but it looks nice. Bought mine from deabath.com. There’s no problem with water spray, the curtain goes all the way around. The only negative is that you have to step over the side of the bathtub to get in the shower, which is a little higher than a non-clawfoot tub wall.
I thought about the handheld in case we ever have kids.
We have two of these.
You don’t mount the shower on the wall, nor do you run plumbing inside the wall. The shower goes inside the curtain. You use an extra-long curtain that goes completely around the tub or you overlap three regular curtains together.
Check the shower section of vintagetub.com site for pictures.
It doesn’t necessarily need to be above the curtain rod, but if you go with a full ring so the shower curtain is continuous around the entire tub then the showerhead makes sense above that to avoid the break in the curtain. The link is just the first image i could find to show what i mean (except the image shows the showerhead mounted to the rod…)
http://www.builderssquare.com/xp_8445735-CLAWFOOT_TUB_SHOWER_ENCLOSURE_OVAL_CURTAIN_RING_CHROME_FINSH_BESCO_80_IND_404_CP.aspx
The tub will be sitting on the L corner of the room. I’ve seen the wall shower converters. I have concerns that since the tub is not encased by three walls like a traditional bathtub that water would spray everywhere (even with the ceiling mounted shower curtains). Has anyone had this problem?
Also, Builtin Studio, is there a reason that the shower head needs to be installed ABOVE the curtain rod?
You can buy kits to turn claw foot baths into showers. The showerhead is mounted on what is called a riser, which is connected to the faucet. You have to change out the faucet to do it. The riser is stabilized by an arm screwed into the wall. The shower ring is attached to the riser, and also stabilized by an arm coming out of the cieling.
Google claw foot tub online and you will see tons of these for sale. They’re tricky to order. You must be sure to have all the dimensions and variables in mind.
We got ours from Vintage Tub in Pa. Their customer service was great.
We had both a carpenter and a plumber install ours, since we had some complicated issues with the piping coming in to the bath. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize we needed a pipe fitter to cut down the various pipes to the correct size, and the plumber had already left.
Or just mount the shower head on the wall higher than the ring shower rod/curtain. You may need an extension arm to mount the showerhead on, depending on how close to the wall the tub sits.
Get a ring for the shower curtain and drop the shower head from the ceiling.