Using a shower not only speeds up the process of taking water procedures, but also allows you to save water - these features have led to the fact that showers are increasingly replacing bathtubs in apartments, private houses and cottages. When purchasing a product, many consumers often face the question of how to choose the right shower cabin for the bathroom.
There is a wide range of shower stalls available in the trade; in order to understand their diversity and choose a model suitable for specific conditions, you should study the structural design of the main types and materials of manufacture. One of the most important conditions for purchasing a quality product is the correct choice of manufacturer from a wide range of brands of domestic and foreign companies represented in the trade.
Open shower enclosures
Types of shower cabins
There are three fundamentally different types of hydroboxes, which differ in design features, installation method and price.
Open
Devices of this group represent a space built into the room. In this case, the walls are mounted only on the unprotected part of the wet area, and the role of the side and rear partitions is performed by the walls of the bathroom itself.
The configuration and dimensions of the structure are selected taking into account the characteristics of the room and the wishes of the customer. Installation parts are purchased separately, and this allows for significant savings. In this case, the bottom may be completely absent: its role is played by a floor lined with tiles or mosaics with a drain hole.
Just make sure to maintain the sewer level, otherwise you will most likely encounter a situation where water stagnates in the pan.
As for me, such varieties look very beautiful and fit well into the interior.
Disadvantage: limited functionality. Here you will not find additional benefits such as hydromassage or aromatherapy.
More careful and lengthy preparation for installation will also be required, and the installation process itself will take longer.
Closed
This is a free-standing equipment that has a completely enclosed capsule with its own walls, floor and roof. It is the closed specimens that are equipped with “bells and whistles” to turn ordinary bathing into a complex healing and rejuvenating procedure.
One of the positive aspects is that the connection is quite simple: you only need to connect the water supply and sewerage. Also, if necessary, the equipment can be easily dismantled and reinstalled in another location.
If you decide on such a sample, keep in mind that during installation such a booth “eats” 5–10 cm of space on each side.
You should be aware that a good quality device will cost a pretty penny.
Combined
This is a solution for those who are not ready to give up a shower or bath in favor of just one thing. Of course, the structure is not as compact as a shower corner, but it takes up less space than two separate devices. An ideal option in a spacious bathroom for a private home.
Along the perimeter of the bathroom there are walls that provide protection while bathing in the shower. Such products are distinguished by an expanded range of capabilities: they combine the delights of both advanced fonts and boxes. But the price for all this pleasure is appropriate.
There is a special type of shower that is designed specifically for a summer house or country house. A summer option, which is placed outside, and the water in it is heated in the tank from solar heat. These are the simplest and cheapest installations, which differ significantly in their characteristics from home ones.
Cons of a bath and shower combination
If you are part of a large family, this option provides you with only one bathing area, either a bathtub or a shower. Other designs will serve a separate bath and shower, so it's important to consider how you use the space. You'll also need to think about a shower curtain or screen, which isn't always design-friendly.
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Comments (58)
- Alexander October 23, 2021 at 7:41 am
It's really simple. You can also shower in the bath. The cabin should not be installed for two reasons. Firstly, it is simply cramped in there. Bend over, excuse me, to wash your feet, your butt hits the walls, shelves, etc. And secondly, it needs to be washed all the time. If you let it go, it looks very untidy. The more glitter, the more untidy it looks.
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- Victor October 25, 2021 at 07:07 pm
I built a shower corner 120 by 160 myself, although the dance is not cramped, but the bath needs to be washed even more often, that is, after each bath
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- Kemal Oct 20, 2021 at 07:48 pm
neither a bathtub nor a shower cabin are suitable, you need to buy a shower box; it can be installed in any room wherever you want, then if you are not satisfied, you can move it to another place and there will be no traces of the old place. You can install it in the bedroom so that after love you can swim on the spot and not run around the house so that old people don’t eavesdrop and spy on your comedy.
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- A 23 Feb 2021 at 17:01
It’s very funny that a bunch of people are discussing this nonsense COMPLETELY SERIOUSLY. And it’s significant that few people seem to have noticed the discrepancy between the title of the article and its content. The title is “Why you shouldn’t install a shower stall at home,” but the whole article is about just the opposite))) And I don’t even dare call this scribbling an article - the girl is just making money for the site, that’s all.
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- Vladislav February 23, 2021 at 04:04 pm
What is this article about? nothing about anything...
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- Starover Varnakov February 07, 2021 at 10:25 pm
Author, have you ever seen a shower stall with a full-size bathtub? Plus it has a hydromassage: separately for the legs, separately for the body. Two types of shower: “tropical” on the cabin ceiling, and a regular one on a flexible hose. FM radio, the ability to use a telephone (though only a landline and the ability to only answer an incoming call). The cabin has LED lighting, a built-in exhaust fan, dispensers for shampoo and body gel, and shelves for everything you need in the shower. And use whatever you want, shower or bath.
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- Inna January 25, 2021 at 6:52 am
There should be at least two bathrooms in the apartment. One has a bathtub, the other has a shower stall, this is the solution to the problem of preferences. And the third guest room, toilet and sink.
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- Victor January 23, 2021 at 01:26 pm
There are no comrades according to taste and color, everyone chooses what they want!
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- Anatoly January 23, 2021 at 8:45 am
Nonsense. I'm not a plumber, but I installed the cabin in the house myself. And without a special tool. I just carefully read the assembly instructions.
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- Alexey January 23, 2021 at 03:04 pm
I also removed the bathtub and installed a shower stall, let's not listen to idiots and do everything without their stupid advice.
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- Dog Evgeniya January 17, 2021 at 04:16 pm
Guys let's be friends.
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- Tamara January 17, 2021 at 9:35 am
For the elderly, of course, a shower is better. In general, for hygiene reasons, women should not lie down in the bathroom.
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- Nina January 16, 2021 at 04:23 pm
Considering that I am getting older and older (65), my son suggests installing a shower in my apartment. But the scary thing is that you will have to completely renovate the bathroom. Why? Knock down a tile that is 15 years old. It is not up to the ceiling, but halfway. Level the floor and lay new tiles. Also, additional pipes and hoses are all money. I would like to make a cabin, but it is too expensive. I’ll think about it, maybe in 70 years I’ll install it.
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- Buy a ready-made booth and that’s it. 16 Jan 2021 at 04:38 pm
A cabin is more convenient. It saves everything: space, water. You turn on the radio, wash and sing, lovely! It’s just better with a deep tray, it will come in handy to warm your feet or even soak something. Yours, beauty!
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- Nina January 22, 2021 at 10:09 pm
The sooner you decide to change for convenience, the better. There comes a time when a person no longer cares whether it is a bath or a shower. I advise you to simply install a handle on the wall next to the bathroom, so that getting out in old age will be convenient, for your safety. And if you decide to clean the bathtub, do it now, while your strength and money allow.
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- Mikhail Arkadyevich January 11, 2021 at 8:32 am
Only running water and a bath evoke a feeling of disgust.
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- Natalya January 10, 2021 at 10:12 pm
I have been using the 100/100 shower cabin for many years. I am satisfied, happy and don’t need a bath!
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- Yuri January 08, 2021 at 1:05 am
We used to laugh at the songs of the Chukchi - what I see is what I sing. Now you can laugh at articles like this.
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- Vladimir January 06, 2021 at 18:04
Complete nonsense, more like verbal diarrhea. Or does the author just need to say something?
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- Agree . Sometimes, when I take a shower, standing in the bathroom, I close the bathtub with a stopper and more water comes in (while I’m washing, I even let it out) than lying in the bathtub Jan 17, 2021 at 8:49 am
How to wash, sometimes more water runs out in the shower than when taking a bath))
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- Kolobok January 03, 2021 at 02:30 pm
Author of the article Irina - do not write another article. You are talking nonsense and nonsense. And all this in an illiterate wrapper. “You do not need a full-size shower stall to take a shower...” What kind of nonsense is this?
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- Tommy January 03, 2021 at 02:25 pm
Sorry, but this is pure stupidity. Shower or bathtub is purely a matter of preference. With a shower, of course, it’s a hassle: wiping tiles or glass are two very different things. But I, for example, hate lying in the bath. I haven't done this for about 30 years. But the water flowing down my body relaxes me like nothing else. I also don’t know how water can leak out; I have a shower with a tray. Actually, the siphon in the bathtub can also leak. Same. But every year it’s getting more and more difficult to get into the bathtub, and it’s getting easier to get into the shower
