Doors for a shower cabin: the choice and nuances of

It is easy to choose and install doors for a shower cabin with your own hands. But still it is required to adhere to certain recommendations and rules.

We will consider them in this article.

General provisions

Shower cabins are firmly established in our life, gradually replacing the bath. This is due to the following inherent advantages:

Shower cabin advantages

• Compactness. Replacing the bath with the described equipment will allow you to significantly increase the usable space of the bathroom, which is extremely important in relation to our small apartments.

Tip: when choosing, also consider the internal dimensions of the structure. It is desirable that they exceed yours by at least a few centimeters. Otherwise, you will be uncomfortable to take a shower.

• Security. The internal part in contact with the person is equipped so as to avoid any possibility of injury.
• Multifunctionality. In addition to the shower itself, many booths are equipped with radio, jacuzzi function and even saunas. That is, you can now have your own bath even in a one-room apartment.

• Tightness. This function directly depends on the quality of the doors, as we will discuss below. Thanks to this feature, the installation of equipment can be performed even in the living room or bedroom, as the water still will not go beyond it.

• The ability to build their own hands. In fact, everything consists in connecting the basic elements of the cabin into a single whole and connecting it to communication systems, with which, if desired, it is available to cope without calling highly paid specialists.

• Affordable cost. The sanitary equipment under consideration has a very wide range of price proposals from cheap to expensive. So everyone can find a suitable model for their budget.

Shower cabin device

As you can see, everything is very simple in the structure, but let's go back directly to the main topic and consider what kind of doors there are for a shower stall.

Defining door parameters

Let's start with the material.

Material

Here you can select several options:

1. Tempered glass. Despite the seeming fragility, such products are incredibly durable, as they undergo a hardening process during the manufacture.

In addition, this type of material guarantees:

• Sanitary hygiene and environmental cleanliness, which has a sufficiently high value in places designed for personal hygiene.
• Aesthetics. Air glass construction fits perfectly into the design of almost any style and does not create oppressive sensations.

• A variety of decorative coatings. It can be used as a clear transparent glass, and frosted, with a printed pattern, tinted or even colored.

Tip: if you want to reduce care efforts, it is recommended to install doors for showers with printed patterns. Such models are much less dirty.

1. Triplex. This material is glass sheets glued with special glue. To the above advantages, you can add the fact that in the case of the destruction of the web, the fragments do not fly away, but remain bound polymers, which increases the level of operational safety.

1. Plastic. It does not have, of course, the elegance and attractiveness that glass can give. In addition, it releases toxins during combustion.

But a couple of positive sides still can sometimes shift the scales in their direction:

• Low price. Plastic models are much cheaper than their glass counterparts.
• A light weight. Due to this quality, the installation is easier.

Kinds

According to the method of opening and the number of sections, the considered structures can be of the following types:

1. Swing. On the one hand, the design of such models is simpler, since they repeat the classic front door with hinges. But when opening, they need extensive space, which causes additional inconvenience and also cannot ensure the tightness of sliding systems. So this option today is rare.

1. Sliding. When opening, they compactly go to the side, provide a high tightness and exclude the possibility of a cant bias, reliably controlled by guides (see also the article What are these different sliding shower curtains).

By the number of sections are distinguished:

• Two-section.
• Three-section.
• Four-section.

Main elements

In addition to the leaf itself, the door structure includes:

Swinging same, as we have already noted above, are arranged more simply, because instead of guide elements they use loops. Otherwise, everything is the same.

Installation and repair

How tall is the shower door to choose? It all depends on the cabin itself and your growth. Most often it is 1.9 m.

Included you will receive all the necessary hardware and assembly instructions.

• Install on the canvas all the necessary elements.
• Fix the guide bar.
• We insert the assembled door.
• We adjust the position of the rollers so that the canvas is evenly and tightly closed.

How to adjust the shower door is also indicated in the accompanying annotation. But usually for this there are special adjustment screws near the rollers.

Possible repair of the shower door is to replace the seal or moving elements.

Conclusion

Showers have a large number of advantages over classic baths. One of their main elements are the doors responsible for the tightness of the structure. Above we described their technical features (see also the article Shower enclosures without a new generation pallet).

The video in this article will introduce you to additional materials. Make your choice taking into account the above recommendations, your own preferences and financial capabilities.