What are the advantages of a square shower over other

Currently, among many owners of residential apartments and private houses, with the improvement of their own homes, a new trend has been widespread, which is to re-equip a bathroom or a combined bathroom by dismantling obsolete bulky baths and installing modern showers in their place. The great popularity of this technical solution is primarily due to their functionality and small dimensions, since, for example, a 100x100 square shower allows you to comfortably take a shower, as well as perform other hygiene procedures, and at the same time allows you to more efficiently use the bathroom’s useful space room or bathroom.

Overview of square shower enclosures

Among the large variety of modern sanitary appliances on the market of building products for the home, shower cabins are squarely in demand because they are simple in design, which accounts for their relatively low price and are also well suited for any separate or combined bathroom.

In order to more thoroughly understand the main features of this type of product, this article will offer the reader a brief overview guide, which discusses the positive and negative aspects, and also describes the main technical points that you should pay attention to when buying a square shower.

Main advantages and disadvantages

In order to give an objective assessment of these sanitary appliances, it is first necessary to weigh all the positive and negative points that the homeowner can expect in case of installation and daily use of square shaped shower cubicles.

1. First of all, the operation of any shower cabin, regardless of its shape and size, leads to significant savings in cold and hot water, compared with the daily use of a full-fledged reclining bath.
2. Considering the numerous options for individual cabins, or pallets with a folding screen, it should be noted that it is square or rectangular shape that best corresponds to the bathroom floor plan.
3. In addition, this arrangement allows the most efficient use of the already small useful area of ​​this room.
4. Compact square shower 80x80, make it possible to install such devices, in almost any bathroom, even in a small typical small apartment.
5. The simple and reliable design allows you to do the installation and connect yourself in a short time, without using special tools, and attracting qualified specialists.

Among the negative qualities of such products, it should be noted that they are not quite original and ergonomic in shape, however, this disadvantage is compensated by the ease of use, due to the comfortable and spacious internal storage space.

Tip! In order to avoid the formation of mold fungus on the internal surfaces, and especially in the inner right corners, square-shaped showers must be thoroughly dried and aired after each use, and the side walls and the pan must be cleaned regularly using household detergents and cleaning products.

Kinds of pallets

Structurally, any shower cabin consists of two main elements: a pallet, and an upper enclosing screen. The bowl of the pallet is always located at the bottom of the structure, and serves directly for the adoption of water procedures, as well as for the collection and discharge of wastewater.

Pallets can be made of a variety of materials, such as stainless steel, stamped ferrous metal, covered with protective enamel, white or colored acrylic plastic, and artificial or natural stone, while, regardless of the material, they are of two types.

1. With a fixed installation during the construction of the house, or a major overhaul of the bathroom, it makes sense to install square shower enclosures with a low base, since such structures can be built into the floor. This solution allows you to increase the useful height of the shower stall, and also gives you the opportunity to get rid of the high side, which you need to step over to enter and exit it.
2. For installation in residential apartments, square shower cabins with a high pan are more suitable, since they can be mounted at any time, in a completely finished room, and in addition, all engineering communications are freely accommodated under the bowl of such a pan.

Note! For installation of a stand-alone cabin, it is necessary to use a special supporting structure, which is made of steel profiled pipe, or a metal corner, and is installed on the floor, directly under the pan bowl.

Protective and decorative fencing

For added convenience, a transparent or frosted fence is installed at the top of the tray that protects the bathroom from splashes of water and steam, as well as protects the person from drafts, creating comfortable temperature conditions in the shower.

In most cases, it is made of safety and impact resistant tempered glass, but in cheaper models it can be made of transparent molded polycarbonate, or other high impact plastic.

By type of design, decorative protective fencing can be of two types.

1. In the first case, it is part of the one-piece, fully enclosed structure, has all four side walls, and is installed assembled with a pallet that is mounted on the lower support frame.
2. The simpler 90 × 90 square shower enclosures are installed in the corner of the room, and are equipped with two protective sidewalls, which, in the lower part, rest on the pan’s bowl, and in the upper part they are fixed to the two adjacent walls of the bathroom.

Conclusion

When buying a shower for your own home, despite the higher cost, it is recommended to pay attention to models with tempered glass enclosures, because this natural material, unlike polymer plastics, is more hygienic, easy to take care of daily, and does not emit harmful airborne substances (see also the article Glass and plastic shower enclosures with a tray).

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