Having said that my shower has just over a foot between the top of the glass and the ceiling and that seems to allow plenty of convection.
Gap between shower door and ceiling.
To the ceiling i am thinking of building the 2 foot section in and.
Step 3 cover the mesh tape with drywall joint compound using a putty knife.
Shower enclosure seem to come in 1 85m 1 9m and 1 95m.
Leaving about 5 inches between the shower door and shower assembly but want to make sure i have enough room to let the moisture to vent.
A transome and a well place fan will draw air out the top of a shower and allow air to enter around the door.
I think it is reasonable to reject the 1 4 difference in size of the gap between the door and fixed panel.
Hi i need to fit a shower enclosure door side panel in the corner of a loft room with a low ceiling.
I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door to the ceiling i am thinking of building the 2 foot section.
Sorry to hear about the issues you are having with your recent shower enclosure installation.
The distance between the tray and the ceiling is 1 96m.
If however your bathroom is large and the fan is a long way from the shower the shower may never dry out completely.
Place a strip of fiberglass mesh drywall tape over the gap so that it butts up against the ceiling line.
The industry standard is 1 16 but i think even that is pushing it.
So get as much space as possible while getting a shower door that you can get.
The one i like twyford t4 or geo6 is 1 9m.
You re not going to be able to calculate a minimum gap very easily.
About 5 inches from the top of the shower door to the top of the shower assembly.
Environments that interfere with door movement are raised decorative tiles and overhanging tiles and granite or marble slabs atop a shower seat or buttress wall.
There s so many factors involved temperature of the room air humidity where you live fan throughput temperature and materials of walls and ceiling typical duration and frequency of shower water temperature room size.
If you like a dry shower you may have to leave the door open and that is not the same look you might be after.
I have about 2 foot from the top of the shower door.
The less you have the more concentrated the steam at the top and the more damage the steam will cause.