Where do you shower during a bathroom renovation?
If you are thinking about doing a bathroom renovation in Sydney and your home only has one main bathroom then you have to think about how you will shower, put make up on or shave each day. This is one of the important considerations to think about when planning a bathroom renovation so that you can live comfortably during the project. Most renovations will take about two or three weeks to complete so making allowances for this become quite imporant.
Depending on the scope of the renovation project, where you go to the toilet, have a shower or bath, wash your hands or face, shave, do make up or style your hair might have to change depending on the layout in the rest of your home. Nu-Trend is a bathroom renovation company in Sydney that has built thousands of new bathrooms any it is very common for us to help a home owner work out how to deal with this scenario.
We explain some of the possible options you can consider during a bathroom renovation to help you determine simple things like where to have a shower or at least wash your body.
1. Use your second bathroom
Yes, this is just common sense right? If you have two bathrooms in the house just use the other one. Although it might not be as simple as that if you have many people living in the home or if the second bathroom is an ensuite to a bedroom. It will take some co-ordination to ensure the shower is available at the times people need it either before going to work or going to school etc.
Although this is obviously the simplest answer for any home that has multiple bathrooms.
2. Attach a portable shower head to the laundry tap
This is a bit rough, but your laundry is a wet room as well so it means water can be splashed on the floor. It is possible to plug in a portable shower head into your laundry tap to have short bursts of water that are enough to get cleaned with.
If you stand over the floor waste most of the water will drain away. To be safe you can place a timber or bamboo floor mat so that you don’t slip on the wet floor. A simple portable wall divider from Ikea or Bunnings could be used to create some privacy if other people were to enter the room.
3. Use an outdoor shower connected to the hose tap
If you plan the timing of your bathroom renovation to be during the warmer months of summer it might be possible to buy an outdoor shower and use this temporarily. Most of them will connect to an existing hose tap outlet and run cold water without any other modifications.
Alternatively we can set up temporary plumbing connections to provide hot and cold water outside. Having a shower outside is quite refreshing especially in the warmer weather, you might like it so much you leave it outside after the bathroom renovation is completed.
4. Hire a plumber to set up a temporary shower
A licensed plumber in Sydney can actually set up a temporary shower in another location in your home if there is access to the piping in a suitable location. If it is near, or close, to a floor waste then the water can drain. To avoid it splashing everywhere you can use a portable shower curtain like the ones used for camping. The plumber can then remove it when the renovation is completed.
5. Hire a motorhome with a shower and park it outside
Most motorhomes or camper vans have self contained toilet and shower. They can be connected to mains power and even a water supply from the garden hose to create temporary extra living space. It means you will have a ‘normal’ bathroom that you can use temporarily.
The only downside is you need to empty the motorhome toilet cassette every couple of days as well as the grey water tank. The benefit of this solution is you can sleep, cook and live in the motorhome while your home is getting renovated so that you have a clean space to enjoy while our tradesman work inside the home.
6. Get gym membership that includes shower usage when you are renovating your bathroom
There are gyms in Sydney that offer shower & swimming pool access as part of their membership inclusions. So in the morning or night you could visit the gym to have a shower, get changed etc and not worry about not having a bathroom at your home while it is being renovated.
7. Stay at a local Airbnb while your bathroom is getting renovated
Airbnb has properties that offer long term rentals in Sydney which could be suitable instead of staying at a hotel. You get the use of a typical home that might be close to yours & you avoid all the mess and hassle of a home renovation.
It means you can have a shower like you normally would. The only downside is the added cost if you are staying for a couple of weeks but the convenience is probably worth it vs the other options.
8. Buy a camping shower that can be used outdoors
If you start thinking like a 4WD owner who loves camping the first thing that will spring to mind is buying an outdoor camping shower. There are lots of choices available that will suit different use cases either for homes, villas and townhouses (or even apartments that have balconies). While most products are designed to be used outdoors, many of them can just as easily be used inside as well like in your laundry.
9. Rent a portable shower
There are quite a few companies in Sydney that rent portable shower systems. Most of these are on trailers so they can be moved around and delivered to most types of locations. There are even disabled access versions that can help if the bathroom is getting built for people in a wheelchair or other mobility challenges.
10. Shower like the Romans used to
If you are keen on learning about human history you can find different ways they used to have a shower before there was running water or even bathrooms. There are lots of websites that explain how people used to have a shower before running water (or even hot water for that matter) that might give you even more ideas.
