Help with choosing shower screen please.

[rachelk]

I wondered if anyone could advise on shower screens for wet rooms? I would like to keep to a budget but quality is definitely a consideration. I have two questions really;

• What thickness/brand of screen would people recommend and
• What's the best way to fix to the floor and stabilise a return screen?

I'm happy with the tiler that we are using but he has not fitted a screen with a return before. Due to the location of the door this is fairly essential. We require approximately an 800mm screen with a 200mm return. Due to the slope of the floor the far end of the return will be 5mm lower than the corner end.
There seem to be a number on the market at very variable prices. I was originally looking at an 8mm Tc one (best price £231) Arbella Return Glass, 8mm Glass, Height 2000 mm - 800 . I rang Tc who said it is suitable for fixing directly to the floor but the tiler is unconvinced as there are no floor fixings supplied, just a bar at the top.
I've seen this one which is cheaper combined price £185 Premier Wet Room Screen Side Panel 250mm .It states it can be fixed directly to a tiled floor.
There's also this one Wetroom Screen - Balterley BALS82WS Straight Glass Wetroom Screen Piece Bathroom UK Bathroom Store
Then prices go up considerably Beta would cost £700-800 for 8mm and Impey between £500-600 Aqua screen Light Straight shower screens
Impey do a floor foot which would deal with our 5mm drop for the return but I wondered if you can buy a generic 'floor foor' suitable for use with other shower screens?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Might be worth trying the plumbers forum!
It's difficult to picture the layout of the wet area from your description, but a 600mm (2feet) return is a large area of glass and it would require at least a 1200mm gap to allow a comfortable entry into the shower.
If it's a real 'wet' room usually a single piece of glass of 900/1000mm at 10mm thick safety standard is adequate.