Get More Room in the Shower FREE and Easy Fix for a Tiny Shower

This mod will work with just about any shower that has a ceiling mounted rail. In my tiny camper there is a tiny shower. It is 24" x 24"

Here is the shower curtain rail as it came with the camper. Every time I take a shower, I am irritated by how hard it is to move the curtain around a 90' bend. Seriously? this is the engineer's design? They should make the designers take a shower in it LOL

I removed the screws holding it to the ceiling. There was not even any caulking in the holes, so it was simple!

Note: If your shower is not a square, you can still make more room by curving it outward away from the tub or shower in the same way. This will work with any ceiling mounted shower curtain rail.

The original bend is just a 'v' cut out of the aluminum. I cut two more 'v' notches and put a slight bend in the channel. No special tools required! This is lightweight aluminum. I straightened out the original 90' bend a bit and this is the result!

You can put the ends in approximately the same position as before, so that the shower curtain ends over the shower pan, but I moved them out a little because I want all the elbow room we can have!  The shower curtain can still be placed in the shower pan, so water does not get out of the shower.

We have gained almost 8" of extra space! 

Amazing to think that is the same piece of aluminum, and it goes so much farther, and still hits the wall on both ends! It is so much easier to pull around too!!

 If you look in the picture below, you can see where the original channel was by the holes on the ceiling.  We only lost that tiny front corner and that wasn't usable anyway.

The shower curtain still fits into the base.

The other thing I did that gained a lot of room, is to move the showerhead . The original position of the shower head was on the right wall. You can see a lighter stripe where the hose blocked the uv. That's where it originally was. I realized that if I moved it to the corner, we would have a lot more room. Instead of standing on the short 24-inch side we would be standing on the almost 36 inch diagonal.

By the way all our washcloths have buttonholes, and all our towels have loops so they stay on the hooks while we travel.

If you want to really enjoy your shower you need this showerhead - 

I didn't believe it when someone recommended it to me, but when I finally broke down and got one, I wished I hadn't waited so long. 

It is wonderful, makes you feel like you're using a lot of water, but you're not. It mixes air in the water, and really gives you an amazing shower without using much water.  Really great investiment if you spend any time at all in your RV.

It also comes in a brushed nickel model

Keep reading and see how I turned this

 into this for $20!!

Update: total shower remodel! Step by step photos and instructions. Total cost $20. Check it out here!

Now Go Play Outside!