Comparison guides
Quadrant or rectangular shower enclosure: fitting the corner
At a glance
- A quadrant reduces the intrusion into the room compared with a square enclosure of the same tray size, because its curved front takes up less floor depth.
- Rectangular enclosures give a larger uninterrupted shower area for the same footprint against a single wall and suit a shower-bath-style layout better.
Questions we get asked
Is a quadrant harder to tile around?
The corner behind it is simpler, since only two short returns need tiling rather than a full third wall.
Does a quadrant feel cramped?
Less than a square enclosure of the same width, because the curved door doesn't need as much clearance to open.
The deciding factors
- A quadrant reduces the intrusion into the room compared with a square enclosure of the same tray size
- because its curved front takes up less floor depth.
- Rectangular enclosures give a larger uninterrupted
- shower area for the same footprint against a single wall and suit a shower-bath-style layout better.
- Curved glass on a quadrant costs more to replace if damaged than a flat panel
- simply because it's a less standard stock size.
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