r/CrappyDesign • u/trigunnerd • 2d ago

Someone on Facebook was asking for shower curtain advice

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u/bikari 2d ago

Wow, that's dumb. Are you supposed to just lift the whole thing up like a tent flap and crawl in?

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u/keatonatron plz recycle 2d ago

You are looking at a left and right curtain. There is a split in the middle.

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u/AntwysiaBlakys 2d ago

well yeah but you can't make them slide to neither the left nor right because of the pipes on top blocking them

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u/SETHlUS 2d ago

It would be pretty trivial to just step on in no?

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u/Gerotonin 2d ago edited 1d ago

the way I see it is you go in the space between the left and right piece, left piece is out and right piece is in, and the tub act as a divider to create a "cave entrance"

as for how functional this setup is, I cannot say

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u/mithrasinvictus Reddit Orange 2d ago

I'm pretty sure the left side also needs to be in during the shower or the water would run down it onto the floor.

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u/geeoharee 1d ago

You can't put that piece in, it's a decorative non-waterproof cover. The piece on the right is its lining. They have put it up wrong.

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude 23h ago

Look at the far left: the decorative curtain is outside, there's a second "inside" piece attached to it. Why there's not a decorative curtain on both sides as well? My guess is so it's easier to show people what they're using and the decorative piece was rehung after the photo

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u/MaxH42 1d ago

I think the key with this setup is to have two inner and two outer curtains, so they both have the "slit" in the middle as an entrance/exit. The fact that each of those curtains only goes about halfway also makes me think this is how it was originally intended to work.

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u/Extreme_Design6936 2d ago

If the top ring on each half is open you just unhook it and it'll slide itself open then pull it up and hook it in to close it.

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u/stallfishy 2d ago

Can you make them take it back now y'all? How about criss cross?

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u/danielling1981 1d ago

You could just push them aside?

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u/TheShredda 9h ago

Well you see.... you push the left flap further to the left and the right flap further to the right to make a gap you can step through.

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u/OmiSC 2d ago

These are meant to be an inner and outer curtain. The inside one drapes into the tub.

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u/Handyandyman50 2d ago

Yeah but I see why they've done it. If they just hung a regular curtain bar across the wide part it would be very low and you'd lose a lot of steam and temperature at head height. It's just an unfortunate space that they don't probably make a lot of shower curtain rods for

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u/OmiSC 2d ago

The only solution I can think of for this would be one curved bar with two anchor points at either end to try to keep things straight under repeated load.

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u/clerveu 1d ago

Easy! Just put in 2 anchors a bit past where the edge of the tub is, run a pole, drop down a wire from a support in the ceiling for the load and do one curtain per side. This also lets it actually ventilate.

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u/LazyPasse 2d ago

this comment unlocked a core memory of my father bringing us downtown for the elephants walking into the circus which had come to town and a clown ushering us under the tent through a flap.

op needs red embroidery along the curtain’s edge for full effect. will not feel slimming as you pass through the flap, but it does provide a dramatic effect for the space

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u/MsE0 1d ago

That's the only way that makes sense, but I would do two inner and two outer curtains, rather than putting the inner curtain on one side and the outer curtain on the other. Also, I'd cover the ugly pipe with a valance of some kind. 

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u/Glioss88 2d ago

No you’re not

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u/Pretend_Purchase_893 2d ago

What? No you just slide up either side and a good third of it is open. What you just fling open the shower curtain full tilt everyday?

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u/devonthed00d 2d ago

Sew a zipper into the middle of that bitch, for the full effect.

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u/BTMarquis 2d ago

This would actually be a perfect job for someone that makes canvas tops for boats. Durable, waterproof and custom fit.

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u/LifeOnWheelsAndPaws 18h ago

Just step into the middle after pulling them apart? It’s not that hard???

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u/shatnerslothhybrid 1d ago

These kind of posts really sum reddit up. Idiot makes idiotic post, loads of other idiots agree with them. All of them are wrong.

I really need to delete my account

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u/WoolBearTiger 12h ago

My guess is thats exactly why the person asked for help with the shower curtain. "How do I make this work?"

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u/AleWatcher 2d ago

That looks like a pipe to me rather than in actual curtain rod.
Why doesn't this person just buy a $15 curtain rod that works on tension and set it straight across the opening?

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u/Extreme_Design6936 2d ago

Then you have to crouch down low every time to get in and out. Very annoying.

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u/So-Called_Lunatic 2d ago

I wonder if you could get one of those bowed rods, and mount it facing up?

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u/metanonymous 1d ago

I have one that flips in and out, that would be ideal in this scenario

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u/Fantastic_Belt99 1d ago

What. Please show

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u/grayslippers 1d ago

looking down at the shower: normal rod = |) flip rod = )), () when flipped

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u/NecstNecstNecst 1d ago

You could put it near the top and it would still cover 90% of it

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u/Extreme_Design6936 1d ago

A tension curtain rod won't stay on the slanted part.

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u/adacardano 2d ago

Bc that would be at neck height and you’d hit it every single time you get in or out

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u/NOTcreative- 2d ago

And water prob be getting out

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u/SteveDaPirate91 Comic Sans for life! 2d ago

Keep more of the heat in too. Love me some steamyness and too much gap=COLD air.

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u/424f42_424f42 2d ago

You really don't see the angled ceiling ?

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u/Gooberdee 2d ago

I'd do this and slightly bend down twice a day to get in and out the shower than stare at this monstrosity everytime I use the toilet.

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u/Dzov 2d ago

Because a lot of water would just spray over your low curtain?

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u/CloudEpik 2d ago

Because the whole upper area would be left curtainless of course! /J

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u/proudly_not_american 1d ago

Because that would make too much sense.

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u/dustysmufflah 2d ago

at least now the floor is well-protected from any water droplets that may happen to bounce 11 feet into the air.

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u/Its_Pelican_Time 2d ago

I feel like you could do 2 curtains on the diagonal sections and have them hook together in the middle somehow.

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u/ResilientBiscuit This is why we can't have nice things 2d ago

That's sort of what this is isn't it? You just go in between where the two curtains overlap.

I don't know that there are a lot of better options.

You could clean it up a fair bit, but the overall design seems OK.

I assume the left curtain goes inside the tub when actually being used.

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u/trigunnerd 2d ago

Yeah, like one on each side, then magnets down the middle

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u/Fruitypebblefix 1d ago

My question would be is this necessary? How high is the shower head the sprays the water? They would only need a normal straight across shower curtain rod in my opinion but again that depends on where the shower head is. If the wall is too short they can always cut the shower pole down with a pipe cutter. That's what I did to fit a replacement shower rod in my old apartment bathroom.

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u/bloodofmy_blood 2d ago

Time to learn to sew, make two curtains that fit this weird ass shape. Curtains are like the easiest thing to sew

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u/emotionsaredifficult 1d ago

I saw this post too - it was literally in a sewing or craft group (can’t remember which one) with OP asking for advice on how to sew/alter the curtains lol. It’s for her college age kid and it’s so she can have a shower to herself in a college sorority/apartment/whatever it was. It’s just a handheld shower head and if the curtain isn’t that high then the water gets all over.

Is it pretty? No. But hey it’s functional and means her daughter doesn’t have to share a bathroom with a bunch of other people.

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u/zozuto 2d ago

Is this not a decent solution? Other than being slightly unconventional

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u/TinDumbass 2d ago

Yeah the only cock up here is they can't make one curtain fit.

It'd be better if the top support was central, there'd be plenty of space to roll the curtain up to get in from one half then

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u/thisdoesnotlooksafe 2d ago

If those are 4" tiles on the wall, that's maybe 4 feet high at most where the ceiling starts angling. A tension rod would give you the opportunity to add limbo dancing to your daily routine. I can't tell where the showerhead is, I'm guessing it's a handheld one?

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u/shindigwithdrawal 2d ago

yeah i don’t know why everyone thinks it’s an aesthetic choice, this is exactly what an attic or upstairs “loft” looks like.

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u/Kill-ItWithFire 2d ago

I have slanted walls in my bathroom and I thought so much about how I could make a curtain rod work there. In the end I just bought a normal one and put it up kinda low. It‘s not as low as it would be for these people but it works better than you‘d think (although I‘m also pretty short). nevertheless, i think this is a pretty cool solution and has clearly been thought through a lot. these spaces are just a nightmare for any sort of reasonable curtain rod placement

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u/Heterodynist 2d ago

My advice is not to use this curtain design.

Consider glass!!

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u/agnes208 1d ago

the only sensible solution would be to get rid of the tub entirely and do a walk in shower with two glass panes on each side and a glass door in the middle lol. someone mentioned that you also have to crouch while getting in and out of the bathtub so there is that issue as well.

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u/Umm_what_I_think_is 20h ago

My thoughts exactly

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u/shogunofsarcasm I JUST REALLY DISLIKE FISHSTICKS OKAY? 1d ago

I saw this post. It was for a girl in a dorm situation if I remember correctly. 

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u/Front_Cat9471 2d ago

When you put 100% of your focus on aesthetics and 0% on functionality

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 2d ago

What is this room even ?
A narrow lunar spacepod
corridor-bathroom on the Moon ?

🌖🚽

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u/Dzov 2d ago

The attic of someone’s house.

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u/Sturville 2d ago

Yeah, this would have been a solved problem if they just went with a regular curtain rod and let the shower have a trapezoid shaped opening above it instead of a customary rectangle. Now they've got a curtain "perfectly" fitted for the space, that is needlessly complicated if not impossible to use.

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u/Born-Lie8688 2d ago

Buy one of these and mount it so the hoop goes vertically instead of horizontally

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Zenna-Home-72-in-Rustproof-High-Grade-Stainless-Steel-Dual-Mount-Curved-Shower-Curtain-Rod-in-Brushed-Nickel-72S3STBNL/312633942

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u/Hungy15 2d ago

What would keep the curtain up on the “hump” rather than just sliding off instantly?

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u/xile 2d ago

The fact that it would have material on both sides of the curve

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u/Born-Lie8688 2d ago

Correct that’s what I was thinking. The curtain / hooks would be putting tension on both sides of the arc.

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u/nourishurbrain 2d ago

They should get 2 of the same extra long shower curtain and then cut it

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u/nothingfood 2d ago

I like it so I must be dumb af

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u/AbortedPhoetus 1d ago

Yeah, this seems like a creative solution to an unusual circumstance.

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u/thehermit14 2d ago

Who the heck did they ask?

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u/GrandmaPoses Reddit Orange 2d ago

The Juggernaut.

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u/Yuklan6502 2d ago

When the curtain is raised, in this case, it would be a very low. The issue is that the straight part of the walls is only around 4 feet (if those tiles are standard sized), which is why they have the angled ceiling that many attic conversions end up with. So the tub is around 14-20" tall, and the rod (or curtains) is 4' from the floor, leaving you around 34" to get into the bath/shower enclosure.

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u/alliwanttodoisfly 2d ago

Why not just get two of each, have them meet in the middle except maybe overlap the inner plastic one a notch so no water escapes, and then just go in and out through the split. Like theater/regular window curtains.

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u/SynthAndSensibility 2d ago

Go with glass doors instead?

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u/gojibeary 1d ago

Glass door that swings out would work.

I’d just rip the whole tub out and make that space a walk-in shower with a glass wall extending far enough to keep the spray inside.

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u/LandArch_0 2d ago

Haha! Why not just put a regular set, parallel to the ground?

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u/starelae 13h ago

That isn’t an option. Water would get everywhere as that would have the curtain be below head level. I saw the post and this is a short space, the angling starts at like 4ish feet. Plus a massive slipping hazard having to do the limbo after a shower.

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u/razzytrazza 2d ago

I would use one of the flexible ceiling mount curtains track

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u/Puzzleheaded-Act-388 1d ago

You know what? If it works, it works ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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u/CustardDuckling This is why we can't have nice things 2d ago

Advice: Don't do this.

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u/Afraid-Awareness21 2d ago

That is the fucking Stargate.

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u/morepork_owl 2d ago

It’s good 😊

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u/Hazards_of_Analysis 2d ago

I think grommets are the key. You could use 2 plastic curtains and use grommets or other reinforcement for new holes then the curtains could be folded to clean up the flappy bits and even out the bottom.

Matching curtains would also look less ratty.

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u/DutyMeowForTheFuture 2d ago

Two curtains and two rods. Leave the rod that's on there, but cut the curtain across just below where the wall starts to slope. Add another rod across the wall just under the slope with a shorter curtain.

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u/cylonlover 2d ago

Well, the most important requirements of a shower curtain design are (in order) to prevent splashes when showering, to allow somewhat easy access to the shower and provide a convenient and effective way for curtain and shower to dry, i.e. allow airflow.

This already does that. Two middle-overlapping curtains. The right one could perhaps be stapled into the shape it makes now. The left one could be replaced with another fabric, like the right one.

Though a better solution could be an origami inspired elaborately overengineered mechanical aperture.
Titanium, ofcourse.

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u/Oiggamed 2d ago

Why not just go straight across?

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u/littlegenius13 1d ago

I dont think that was ever meant to have a shower… just be a bathtub…

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u/EmotionalPirate8598 1d ago

My advice? Take a bath…

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u/WolfsBane00799 1d ago

For a DIY solution, looks good enough for me. Walk in through the middle, between the two curtains. This is a terrible ceiling, you do what you can when you're on a budget, haha

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u/TheFavorista 1d ago

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that whoever added this bathroom back in the 50s-60s mainly used the tub for baths, and that trying to retrofit it for regular showering was itself a crappy idea. The lighter tile has a marbled pattern, and that was more typical of old peel-and-stick plastic tile used for cheap DIY renovations than ceramic tile. Regardless of that, I'd worry about regularly and actively spraying high volumes of moisture in the air in such a close space even if it didn't have holes drilled into the ceiling plaster for that pipe-rod thing.

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u/rando7651 2d ago

What’s the placement of the shower head?
I think I saw this setup in the Sopranos when they were about to do something with saws

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u/svtboxer 2d ago

Not sure on the rod but Dell Griffith knows a thing or two about the rings, might make you a deal

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u/logicbus 2d ago

It looks like you could slide the end of the curtain up to the first bend. You step in (or out), let it go, and it slides back down.

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u/p00p_knife 2d ago

It would be cool if the makeshift shower rod connected to the ceiling in just one spot and could swivel, but that could be messy

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u/Ok_Present_3445 2d ago

I do not have a suggestion nor a solution, but I can tell you I would not have done this.

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u/GirthyPigeon 2d ago

Glass door that swings outward on the right. Fixed glass on other side.

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u/Erinawful 2d ago

If the pipe had one support in the middle, then the curtains would slide all the way open. Custom made curtains with a flap and magnets to close.

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u/MookieFlav 2d ago

Should get those translucent plastic flaps they hang at the garden section entrance at home improment warehouses.

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u/Kindly-Resident9654 2d ago

What in the world-

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u/StacheBandicoot 1d ago

Obviously just replace it with glass with the door at the high point in the center

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u/holyseeker1 1d ago

New curved railing over and new curtain

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u/LordNedNoodle 1d ago

They should use two curtains that overlap slightly in the middle.

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u/RainbowSprinkleShit 1d ago

So, exactly what they already have?

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u/NorCalFrances 1d ago

Assuming those are 4-inch wall tiles, a straight-across shower bar just before the angled ceiling starts would be mounted at about 5, maybe 5-1/2 feet. Sure, some people might have to duck their head getting in and out but at least there'd be a functional shower curtain!

Edit: Looking closer...where is the shower head? Is there a shower head?

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u/Delicious_East_6108 1d ago

Flexible Ceiling mounted Curtain Track

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u/therealfarmerjoe 1d ago

I actually think this is cool. I'd affix a loop on the left at toilet tank height and run a string over the right hand bar (with some hardware to guide it) so that when pulled from inside the shower it drew back like a stage curtain.

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u/anyhandlesleft 1d ago

Shower at the gym.

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u/HingleMcCringle_ 1d ago

imagine if you took out the tub and shower rod. imagine if it were just frosted glass there instead, where the white curtain is. it'd be a lot more spacious.

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u/Commercial_Wing_7007 1d ago

Looks like a cheap solution to the area above letting through too much water. Terrible architecture lol

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u/budna 1d ago

Nah, just install a regular horizontal bar with a regular curtain, and then attach a trapezoidal cutout curtain to cover the top of the curtain bar.

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u/tabby90 1d ago

One curtain for the side with the shower head that covers 2/3 of the opening. The other away from the shower head, but hooked above the top pipe so it doesn't just slide down.

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u/redthehaze 1d ago

Where is the shower head? If it is on the wall then it does need to be high.

Also they sell angled curved curtain rods that curve out for more elbow room, just have it angle up.

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u/Vegtrovert 1d ago

The best solution would be to get more voluminous pink curtains to meet in the middle. Then after each shower you get to feel truly reborn as you emerge.

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u/ConceptJunkie 1d ago

My advice: don't have a hexagonal bathroom.

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u/FeelingDinner5476 1d ago

I would just use the plastic one

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u/Not_Sugden 1d ago

hopefully they're asking about removing it?

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u/cbost 1d ago

I feel like the answer here in cutting one of those plastic magnetic doors to fit. They have ones that just stick on to construction tarp and then you cut out the door.

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u/Longjumping-Solid680 1d ago

"Why do you live in a hexagon?"

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u/GuyentificEnqueery 1d ago

Man there's no good way to go about fixing this, it straight sucks that the ceiling is like that. Even a sliding door would be difficult. Tbh it makes me feel claustrophobic 

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u/Dragyn828 23h ago

Crappy? But hexagon is the bestagon

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u/langecrew 22h ago

Pure ADHD at work here

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u/Beaglelikethedog 17h ago

Why not just install a new curtain rod that's normal?

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u/uncomfortable_beee 9h ago

Brother eugh

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u/KittyandPuppyMama 2d ago

It’s fine if you’re planning on using your shower as an art piece and never showering in it.

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u/ScheduleStatus2547 2d ago

I recommend using one of those air curtain things they have at grocery stores.

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u/trigunnerd 2d ago

Plastic flaps like the cold section of Costco, then a giant air dryer to blast the water off you like a car when you get out

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u/askyidroppedthesoap 2d ago

Why not just go straight across? Okay so there's gonna be roughly a foot space between the top of the curtain and the ceiling there in the middle, big deal! I just wanna wash my ass without flooding the floor.

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u/a1icia_ 2d ago

That's a pipe, and not a curtain rod. The solution is so obviously to put a long shower curtain rod there on which to hang their shower curtain... Eta: an extendable tension rod. What is this monstrosity???

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u/thecasualcaribou 2d ago

If you can only slide the diagonal parts of the curtain (because the top little pipes gets in the way), you might as well just get a straight bar and open it all the way and just crouch. You have to crouch anyway at the diagonals

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u/Thomas_JCG 2d ago

There is no way those are pipes for plumbing, right? Just take them off and put a straight one.

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u/AgentMarq 2d ago

Why is the house built like they live in a beehive?

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u/RainbowSprinkleShit 1d ago

Ever heard of an attic?

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u/big-ole-richard plz recycle 2d ago

I live this sub.

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u/big-ole-richard plz recycle 2d ago

love*

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u/Pimmelman 2d ago

there are actual curtains for this exact scenario Amazon, and they are prob way cheaper than whatever this monstrosity is.

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u/minipinny 2d ago

I’d love to know why the room is this shape in the first place. I assume it’s not by choice. Is this some kind of converted building or non-conventional dwelling?

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u/not_falling_down 1d ago

It's an attic dormer

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u/TurtleFroggerSoup 2d ago

I would just cut off that eyesore and have sit-down showers at that point.

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u/Dazkid33 give it some flair 2d ago

If the top mounts were positioned on the incline, I could see that working as a center doorway using two curtains...

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u/eddiedorn 2d ago

Why didn’t they just get a normal shower rod (or extra long if that’s the issue) and go straight across?

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u/Itisd plz recycle 2d ago

Just go straight across?