Sliding shower doors - design, material, features and

Alas, not everyone boasts a large bathroom, architects often save on it, giving space to other rooms in the apartment. To fix the situation allows a joint bathroom. At the same time, if you replace the standard bath with a shower stall, you will have an additional usable area, which will significantly expand the functionality of the room. Usually they are installed in the corner, and their design is quite compact.

An additional advantage will serve as sliding doors, which not only protect the bathroom from splashing while bathing, but also save a lot of space. Their design is simple, and the materials used are not dangerous. Below we take a closer look at sliding doors to a shower cabin, their types, features and how they may differ between themselves.

Shower cubicle designs

Any of the options is a section of the room limited by walls or doors. Most often the latter can be 1-2, which are opened in different ways.

The design of any stall is standard:

• fences, they are the walls of the bathroom or partitions of glass (plastic);
• pan, although there are options without it, when the drain is located directly in the floor;
• additional accessories - a hose, a mixer, watering cans (usual, for a tropical shower and massage);
• doors - hinged or sliding.

If the first ones are a sash on the sheds, the second one has a somewhat special design:

• there is one or several canvases, depending on the width of the shower stall, the price of the latter often depends on it;
• profiles on which they are located;
• special roller carriage (attached to the sash);
• various accessories, for example, handles.

Structurally, doors can have a frame or be without it:

Modern shower cabins for installation in a niche and not only have different shapes and sizes. Thus, it is possible to use non-standard solutions for doors.

Material for sliding doors

Shower doors can be installed with your own hands in a niche or straight to the floor. They are usually made of glass or plastic.

Other materials are not used because of their instability to high humidity. Very quickly they begin to fail, regardless of the method of processing. For example, a tree swells and rots, the metal becomes rusty, and it adds extra weight to the whole structure.

Tip: glass and plastic withstand moisture, they are easy to care for, so they can be used to create a variety of shapes and patterns.

They proved themselves to be reliable and durable materials during the operation. To destroy them will require such physical effort, which is very rarely used in everyday life.

Characteristics of materials and their properties

Let us consider in more detail the features of the materials used:

Tip: you can use each of the listed materials safely in the shower, since a fire in a room with high humidity is unlikely.

Design features

Use the following types:

1. Two-section - for booths lined up in a niche. Their wall thickness varies in the range of 4-12 mm. The standard size is 1.2-2.2 m. The entrance to the booth is approximately 43% of its overall dimensions.
2. Three-section - consist of 3 elements, in which one or all three can act as a moving part. The thickness of the walls depends on the models, so they can be 10-12 mm. The width of the passage - 57%. Standard values ​​for both the niche and the floor are 0.75-1.2 m. It happens that the size can reach 2.05 m.
3. Four-section - wall 6-12 mm, depending on the model of booth. The width of the passage is about 43%. Standard size is located within - 1.6-2.4 m.

Benefits

Those who at least once used sliding doors in the shower, note their practicality. Add to this you can save space.

Below we consider the advantages of sliding doors shower cubicles:

1. Functionality - no great effort is required to open them. In addition, their ability to save room space allows you to install a shower in very small rooms.
2. Glass and plastic - proved to be excellent in rooms with very high humidity, do not rot and rust. Even after many years, sliding doors for plastic and glass showers do not lose their original appearance, provided they are properly maintained.

1. The strength of materials is a guarantee of their safe operation. To break the door you have to work very, very hard, which is usually not the case in everyday life. If, however, this happens, the fragments will not cause injury due to their blunt edges.
2. The use of special profiles with magnetic seals and snaps allow you to achieve an exact fit of the valves between themselves. So during the shower the water in the room will not fall.

How to use

Any mechanism requires proper maintenance, so there is an instruction that helps extend the life of sliding shower doors:

1. The mechanism of opening and closing the valves:

• do not make strong and sudden movements, make everything smoothly;
• Use a soft sponge when washing and use mild detergents to prevent scratches.

1. Pay attention to the places of contact of the profile with the glass, because it is there that dirt accumulates, which serves as a nutrient medium for mold and bacteria.

Conclusion

The use of sliding doors in the shower booths can significantly save space in the bathroom. They can be frame or frameless; glass, acryl or plastic is used as a material. If you follow the rules for care, you can significantly extend the life of the mechanism and the doors themselves. The video in this article will provide an opportunity to find additional information on the above topic.