How can I hang a shower curtain in a bathroom with a slanted ceiling?

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My 2 story house upper floor rooms all have slanted ceilings on one wall. In the bathroom, I have a porcelain over steel bath tub, and we built a wall on the right side of the tub to allow for shower plumbing. If your looking at the tub, the right side is the wall we built to house plumbing for a shower. The left side is where the ceiling slopes down. There is just enough room on the right side to stand in the tub without banging your head on the ceiling. I have tried everything I could imagine on how to put up a curtain rod, and it's just not working. Right now I have a shower curtain going across the top, but it stops where the ceiling slants, which then enables water from the shower to go over the tub and onto the floor. The curved shower curtain rod does not work. So many older homes (mine is 98 years old !) have slanted walls on the 2nd floors and I never see pictures of bath tubs near the slanted part of the ceiling. I can not afford to have the wall extended out, so I need a fix for a shower curtain rod. Hope this makes sense to you all! (picture yourself standing in the tub to take a shower, and if you back up more than 2 feet, your head will hit the ceiling, unless your under 4 feet tall)

Country Design Home · Answer

Hi Mary! It looks like this is intended to be a soaker tub and not a shower. But, since you are looking, I would think your best bet would be to hang a fixture from the ceiling. Something like one of these: http://rilane.com/bathroom/oval-shower-curtain-rod-inpirations-photos/ You might need to modify the rods to fit the angles, but this might work for you.

Valerie · Answer

First of all, I love Sue's suggestion. I would think of putting in a shower door with the top section (on the slope) put in separately. If your budget does not stretch to that, I would put in a separate piece of clear plastic across the top section. I would secure it to the sides with a wooden batten, painted white, and use another batten across the bottom. The bottom batten can then do double duty as the 'support' for a shower curtain.

Susan Bechamp · Answer

Do magnets stick to your tub to keep a shower curtain in place at the hem line? Might be possible to use magnets at the top too.

Jim L · Answer

There are 'circular' rods that are available from places like Restoration Hardware...they hand from the ceiling and need two shower curtains...you do not have use of the full length of the shower, but it does work. It is simple to 'Google circular shower rods'. Good luck.

Cheryl Markus Reynolds · Answer

It looks to me as if you will need to build one yourself to suit your needs. I would think a swivel fixture and 3-way elbow joint (don't know the proper term) on the slanted wall should work. You would just have the other pipes cut to the size you want them depending on the size shower area you want. What ever way you do it, you will probably have to use more than one shower curtain.

Becky · Answer

Hi. Just a Thot. Is it possible to hang a regular curtain rod on the entire slanted wall and then hang one or two shower curtains (according to length needed) where you use thin wire to hold the first of the shower hooks so that it cannot slide down but you can still open up the shower curtain from the bottom of the rod?  Where the two shower curtains meet I'd just overlap two of the slots and put the shower hooks through both curtains at once for those two slots. Anyway, I'd try it. It would be an inexpensive fix. :)

Kim · Answer

http://www.showerrods-etc.com/Customrods/pc/Sloped-Ceiling-Shower-Rod-5735p57246.htm Maybe this link will work. Expensive, but could maybe fashion something similar for less?

Robin Burnham-Moynihan · Answer

What I would do, from looking at this picture is use a tension rod across the top, they can be cut to size, and put up just enough of the curtain to hold it in place. I would then cut the slant end of the curtain to fit the slant leaving an inch to be carefully folded and ironed over. Next I would apply a strip of velcro ( keeping both sides attached)to the slanted ceiling, then peal and carefully press the inch of folded over curtain to it, the curtain should be flush to the ceiling. Now you would be able to finish hanging the rest of the curtain and it can be removed for washing.

William · Answer

Here are a few ideas :) http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/a-serious-shower-curtain-conun-150655 http://www.oldhouseweb.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15606/ http://homeguides.sfgate.com/hanging-shower-curtain-under-sloped-ceiling-34850.html http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-hang-a-shower-curtain-on-sloped-walls

Mary · Answer

Hello Many! Lynda sent me this link and it is exactly what I need! If you go back to that link and look at picture #3, that is what my tub/shower looks like. It would cost me $200 with tax to purchase that configuration, but it's all stainless steel, so I think I'm going to buy the cap for the slanted wall at Amazon for $20, then buy the ceiling swivel piece for $20, and then use 2 pieces of PVC pipe joined together with a PVC 'L' piece of 'elbow' piece to connect the 2. This would end up costing around $50. But there is one problem. The picture at the link shows shower curtain hooks on the bars, including the one that goes down the slanted wall. How would a person put shower curtain hooks on that piece without them all sliding down and taking the shower curtain with it? Got any ideas? Thank you for your help! Happy Mother's Day!

Pam Walker · Answer

Cut a very small piece of wood into a triangle & mount it to the slanted wall. This will give you a straight edge for your shower curtain rod.

Mary · Answer

I am going to have to take a picture of my bathtub and shower and post it, but I'm so embarrassed of it. My tub is built in, and at the end of the tub, there was like 18 inches of room left over, so we built a wall at the end of the tub (slanted wall) and then built a small cabinet in that space to store bathroom items. When I went to this new link you sent, I so did fall in love with the 2 piece glass door. That's what I originally wanted, but can't afford it. I need to keep the tub because a few years down the road, I want to sell the house. This is a huge family home, and my kids don't live here any more, so it would be sold as a family home, which needs a tub. If only I could find a rich guy to marry. LOL I do so much appreciate all of the time your spending helping me out... that's the best Mother's Day Gift I've gotten today! I'm going to ponder spending the $200 on the stainless steel set... at least it would match the sink/shower/tub fixtures and the $100 I recently spent on new polished stainless steel towel racks. I have so many projects to do before putting the house on the market, so maybe I will use my credit cards (again)... I hate making decisions... I'm one of those kind of people. Thank you so very very much!

Pat Ruge · Answer

The wonderful thing about pvc piping is that it can be configured to deal with most angles at a low cost. I suggest you attempt to come off the angled wall to the 90 degree wall with PVC and create a shower curtain wall. OR, perhaps one of those all around shower rods coming off the 90 degree wall held by some suspension supports. Certainly not impossible, but challenging situation. Good luck on your endeavor.

Sandy · Answer

hang chain from the wall/ceiling at appropriate lengths, (one long, one shorter)hang any shower rod level from the chain either by looping the chain or attaching some sort of hook. No need to go crazy changing the archetecture.

Cindi · Answer

I agree with Pam, just cut a wedge of wood to make a straight side. That would be the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to do it.

Bobbie Littlefield · Answer

You could use PVC pipe (you can spray paint it and the color bonds totally), or you could use regular pipe fittings - on the diagonal, securing the curtain link at the highest edge. Get waterproof material (or back regular material with clear plastic), cut to the diagonal - leaving inches for bottom hemming. Insert grommets on the material then shower hooks. Insert cording from the top (secured link) thru the bottom with a locking curtain pulley. When the pulley is unlocked the curtain falls with gravity to the bottom. Locked it will stay up with a waterfall effect due to the diagonal cut. Hem as appropriate- done! Fairly inexpensive...

Updiane · Answer

My 1.5 story house built before 1885 and indoor plumbing with all sloped ceilings like you stated.  The upstairs bath when we bought it had just a tub. Many years ago when we remodeled we were able to take some room from the hallway and flip tub to a different wall to accommodate shower plumbing as well.   This tub is a whirlpool and I wanted the openness without using a door or shower curtain because of how small the bathroom is and that showering in this bath would be infrequent. Installing a curtain rod the whole width you would hit your head exiting the tub as I tried a tension rod. It also took away the “soaker look” of tub which I desired for my bathroom. My fix and might not be helpful to your situation if the desire is using your shower more than I do. Uploaded pictures show the “no head room end”, and there I installed a horse bridle bracket I bought on eBay. It normally holds the fabric shower curtain but I recently took down to paint the bathroom but hope you can visualize it hanging from the bracket. On the opposite side, I installed a robe hook and we would unhook and stretch the curtain for use on the other side when needed for full showering. The bridle bracket end the shower curtain is tied back a couple of feet down and then anchored to the wall with a tieback to keep the curtain stable for draping to the other side. Good luck Mary on figuring out what will work best for you and your budget. Lots of great ideas posted by people here.

Linda Freiberg · Answer

How about using a decorative screen?

Lynne Krywulycz · Answer

A freestanding, folding screen, painted to be waterproof, with legs attached, if needed, set against the wall and pulled across when required.

Pam Walker · Answer

ANOTHER IDEA: Buy some PVC pipes & make a circular shower bar going the full circle around the tub. It won't leave any gaps thataway. THIS will work out better than my other idea I think lol.

Catnip4me2 · Answer

Im stealing my response from a DIY I found online for cheap lighting ideas. The blogger used a good ol fashioned hula-hoop, painted it with metalic spray paint, and adorned it with shower curtain hooks that she draped with icicle lights. You could easily hang a 'hoop' of sorts directly from the slope and attach your shower curtain. It would drape around the tub. Or even use 2 curtains for fuller coverage. Let us know what you decide and Good Luck!!

Lynn Palmatier · Answer

Now sure how wide your room is, but if you clould hang a rod across the whole end where the tub is, you could use that space next to the cabinet to pull a curtain to that side when not in use. Use PVC that will hold weight and closet rod ends to span from wall to wall. Just a thought....

Kcama · Answer

Make a PVC rectangle the same size as tub. Hang it over the tub - attaching at each corner, slanting with the ceiling. Using inexpensive (cheap) plastic shower curtains, figure out how many you need to go all the way around (have at least one at each end and a slit at the center front to allow you to step in and out of the tub). Cut the curtains at an angle to hang just inside the tub. You could leave it like this or use the plastic curtains as a pattern for prettier ones.

Michelle · Answer

If going for shower curtain take the hight where you would put a shower rod then get a wider curtain if you can find it if not use two and take velcro with sticker back and attach to the wall or put a glass shower in-go frameless better look .

Melody Drinkwater Wagner · Answer

Hang a curtain rod and hooks according to it's slant but add a pully. Tie the pully on the end to keep it open. Untie to close.

Mary · Answer

What an interesting idea! Never thought about hanging something from the slanted ceiling part... this gives me a thought to think on!

Sue · Answer

Attach 2 decorative hooks to the ceiling.  Attach chains , each one the correct length so that the shower curtain rod is level.  Then attach the shower rod to the chain using large S-hooks  or loop the chain around the rod , then reattach with  small S-hooks.

Valerie · Answer

I just saw this post, and thought about your situation. You could use it to surround the entire bath. http://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/rooms/become-a-rockstar-in-under-an-hour-diy-kid-s-play-canopy-13096171?se=fol_new-20160516-1&date=20160516&slg=d107f51879f475351147967fa0a2cf29-184967

Deb K · Answer

Hello Mary, hope this helps you out. You can actually buy a kit, https://www.showerrods.com/customrods/pc/Sloped-Angled-Ceiling-Shower-Rod-5735p57246.htm

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