Pump up the volume and go with the flow

Kya deLongchamps offers an essential guide to showers, from an indulgent wet room to a traditional mixer or just an economical, easy way to rinse off the kids.

Given the nationwide rumblings regarding water charges, I began to wonder about showers and bathrooms. Would taking out a bath and putting in a shower devalue a house?

In the long term, I think not. If the space is there to re-install a bath big enough for Nero and his concubines, and the quality of the room’s fittings and features are bang on, the Irish shower-room as standard is surely on the way.