Thanks for the reply. Thanks to you I "restudied" the rod configurations. I should have recognized that they recommended the shower cutain base still is supposed to go inside the shower base. And, as you said, it might likely take away some area. It almost seems someone would come up with a base expansion curve that would be water tight. Thanks again. Gene

I went to Lowes today and actually found 2 options. A nice satin nickel finish one for 24.99 and one that was more chrome colored with plastic brackets for 12.99. I liked the nickel one but the brackets seemed to be a bit large and I was concerned that my children wouldn't be able to close the shower curtain all the way to the wall - increasing the liklihood of a flood with each shower. So I ended up with the cheaper one. Not the best quality, but hopefully it will last long enough for me to find some things to sell on ebay so I can afford the one on Homeclick :-).

Hi G.S. I haven't attempted to return mine to Bed, Bath and Beyond yet... we were not as careful as we should have been opening it, and it will be tough to repackage but I'm going to try. If you can figure out a way to additionally reinforce the setup, please let me know. Maybe we'll give it another go. In my opinion, the problem is that the anchor screws are just so tiny. I noticed the hotel set had just slightly larger, meatier anchor screws. I'll be interested to hear more of your experience... Lynn

Actually had two shower curtains on my alcove shower. One was a fixed shower curtain that was hung on an exterior rod from wall to wall. It had a valance and two fixed panels, one on either side. Then, I had another shower curtain. This was a plain white cloth curtain that was on the rod. It was on rings that also included a plastic curtain for water protection. So....two rods. An exterior one. That was covering my end walls/tiles. Then, a regular bath rod that held both a fabric outer curtain and a plastic one. We no longer have this system or I would post a photo. But, yes...it can be done!