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Walk-in shower

Meaning in interior design, with examples

/ˌwɔːk ɪn ˈʃaʊə/nounCommon term

In interior design, walk-in shower means: A shower without a door or full enclosure, usually with one fixed glass panel and a floor that is level or almost level with the rest of the bathroom.

In Turkish: walk-in duş, kabinsiz duş, açık duş

How it is used

Popular in modern bathrooms and in accessible design, because there is no step to climb over. It needs careful waterproofing and a floor that slopes towards a linear drain. If the whole room is waterproofed and open, it is called a wet room.

Example sentences

  1. Replacing the bath with a walk-in shower will make the room feel much larger.

  2. For the walk-in shower we need a fall in the screed towards the linear drain.

Common collocations

  • walk-in shower with a glass screen
  • level-access shower
  • linear drain
  • wet room
  • en suiteA bathroom that opens directly off a bedroom and is used only by the people in that room; also used as an adjective, as in an en suite bedroom.
  • sanitarywareCeramic bathroom fittings such as toilets, washbasins, bidets and urinals; in the trade it sometimes also covers baths and shower trays.
  • mixer tapA tap with one spout that mixes hot and cold water, controlled by one lever or two handles and used on basins, sinks, baths and showers.
  • groutThe paste that fills the joints between tiles and then hardens, keeping water out and holding the tiles in place; also a verb meaning to fill these joints.

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