Sizes for shower stall

Currently, the boom on bulky shower boxes slowly subsides. The people are increasingly moving to the arrangement of individual booths with their own hands, buying all the nodes separately. It is much cheaper and there is an opportunity to do something unique, not so what everyone has. One of the important points in this case is the choice of a pallet for a booth, about which we will continue to talk.

Key parameters of products

Despite the apparent simplicity of design, namely pallets, among all existing systems of local drainage systems can boast the widest range of models. Naturally, each manufacturer produces its own line of products, but there are several general directions in which these products are classified.

Sizes of products

This characteristic is deservedly considered perhaps the most important. After all, not only the possibility of installation in a given room, but also the appearance of the room itself depends on the dimensions. A large shower tray 150x80 cm can theoretically be installed in the bathroom of a typical high-rise building, but it will look like an elephant in a china shop.

Important: regardless of the brand and country of the manufacturer, often all the linear dimensions of products of this kind are made multiples of ten. At the same time, a shower tray of 600x600 mm is considered the smallest. Custom sizes are inherent in exclusive custom-made products.

From the general directions can be identified compact models, these include a shower tray 70x90 cm and close to it. They are followed by the middle class, these are shower trays 100x90 cm.

All products that go beyond 1 meter, for example, shower trays 140x80, are considered large models.

• In most typical bathrooms painlessly, without resorting to redevelopment, you can only install medium-sized structures.. The maximum that can be placed here is a shower pan 130x80.

• Shower tray 60x60, as a rule, is placed out of despair. Comfortable to take in it water procedures can only be a child or a thin man of small stature. People of average build will experience serious discomfort here. For large people, such a “saucer” will not work at all.
• Happy owners of large bathrooms are practically unlimited.. If according to the designer’s idea, the shower should not be fenced off, then the middle class can do. In the case when the contour of such a bath is installed, what or fence, it is better to take a shower tray 1500x900 mm or more.

Depth of construction

This characteristic is no less important than the above described size. In addition to the location, the functional orientation of the structure strongly depends on this parameter.

If you do not touch the exclusive, then the depth of such baths ranges from 20 to 250 mm and is divided into three directions.

• Designs with low sides up to 40 mm often have impressive dimensions, and, the larger the product, the lower the side is made. So shower pan 160x90, rarely to be found with the height of the side more than 20 mm.
• Medium-sized walls, on the order of 100 mm, are found everywhere. They are equally well suited for a city apartment, and for a private house or cottage. The dimensions of such baths rarely exceed the average level.
• Deep pallets are considered to be 180 mm or more. Often these boards are made on multi-functional designs.

Flat products with low sides and large sizes look very impressive, but the most difficult to install them. The fact is that the instruction requires to install such baths on the same level with the floor, so the level of the floor will need to be raised completely or a wide podium. Considering the fact that, for example, the shower tray 150x70 is solid in itself, the podium should be at least one meter larger than it.

Deep shower trays are popular with families with small children and home craftsmen who have decided to do a full shower box with their own hands. On the one hand, they can bathe the child or wash something. And on the other hand, hydro nozzles or lights are easily built into the sides of this size.

But the most popular is the average level. Such designs can be quite easily installed in a typical city apartment, and in the summer shower in the country. Plus they are convenient for the elderly and people with physical disabilities.

Important: the choice should take into account the size of the drain siphon, which is installed under the structure. The minimum height of a compact siphon is 60 mm, but it is not suitable for every bath, therefore it is better to focus on 120 mm.

Product Form

The variety of forms in such structures is impressive, each manufacturer tries to stand out and make the configuration of their models memorable.

But in more than half of the cases, the cabin is installed due to the shortage of square meters, so many people are focusing on compactness.

• For city apartments, the installation of a shower stall into a corner is almost ideal, so the vast majority of medium and small pallets adapt to these requirements, they always have a right angle. So there is no need to arrange most of the fencing.
• Another effective way to save precious square meters is the manufacture of radial structures, where the two sides are made even at right angles, and the shape of the bead between them is a quarter of a circle. Rectangular pallets can also be made rounded, but if you look, this is the same rounded square, only slightly elongated.

• In the case when space allows, people try to establish constructions of the correct form, that is, a square or a rectangle. First, they are easier to mount, and secondly, they look solid. But more often the decisive factor is a lower price. With the same quality, a square or rectangular bathtub will cost less than other shaped products.
• Pentagonal or pentagonal pallet, also designed for small spaces. Its shape is closer to the radial, only instead of a rounded side, three adjacent sectors are made at an obtuse angle.

• Round, semicircular, oval, and also many-sided and asymmetric forms are designed for large rooms. Giving preference to any of them, you need, first of all, to take into account the peculiarities of the style and design of the bathroom.

Choosing a material

The choice of material affects not only the cost of goods. It is the material that determines the durability of the structure and its appearance.

Each option has its strengths and weaknesses, so this issue should be approached carefully.

• Cast iron, this material tested over the years, it is considered one of the most reliable. Cast-iron plumbing has been at the peak of popularity for about 100 years. Now all cast iron products are covered with a layer of enamel, so they have a good appearance. An important factor is the low noise structure. Although cast iron is heated for a long time, but it keeps the temperature well.

• The disadvantage of cast iron can be considered a serious mass. Cast iron shower tray 140x100 will weigh at least 100 kg. But on the other hand, such things are established once and for many years, because you can’t cross with him. Some claim that enamel on cast iron products is chipped off. But by and large, enamel on any products can slip off, baths of famous manufacturers serve for decades.
• Steel products in this area can be safely considered the middle option. Their main advantage is considered low price. If the steel is coated with enamel, then with improper installation of the bath may skew and the coating will begin to crack. Stainless steel models are good, but only in the case when the thickness of the metal exceeds 2 mm. Another common drawback of steel structures is high noise.

• Baths made of ceramics, have a beautiful appearance and a wide range of colors. Such a structure will serve for many years, it is very easy to care for it. But a common disease of ceramic products is brittleness, they can split with a point impact.

• Acrylic products closer to the economy version. They cost not expensive, although with appropriate proper care, they can serve for a long time. Preferring acrylic, should pay attention to the thickness of the structure. Thin polymer tray will not stand a lot of weight and can burst.

• Stone shower tray 150x90, installed at the same level with the floor, looks royally. Natural stone has always belonged to the elite. Now marble or granite pallets, carved from a single piece of stone, are rare and cost fabulous money. The artificial stone made of a crumb and a polymeric filler, for 80% consists of natural minerals and differs in high quality.

Important: glass and wooden pallets are often not classified. They are closer to exclusive options and are most often made to order or in modest batches at small productions.

The video in this article shows the subtleties of the selection and installation of pallets.

Conclusion

Now the prices for this product start from 1000 rubles. But experts do not recommend over-saving, especially when it comes to installing a pallet in a high-rise building, where there is a danger of flooding the neighbors from below.