Bathroom design – shower enclosures

Author: dpinning  //  Category: Bathrooms, Shower Enclosures, Walk-in Showers

A shower enclosure or a shower over the bath needs to be equipped with some way of preventing water spraying out onto the floor. A shower enclosure can come in many forms, whether it is a hanging waterproof fabric curtain on a curtain track, or a tubular shower rail across the entrance, through to a stylish glass shower enclosure. Whilst the fabric curtain shower enclosure provides the cheapest and simplest method as a shower enclosure, it is by no means the most suitable for a power shower.

For a more satisfactory shower enclosure and most certainly the more attractive option, it is perhaps best to use a metal-framed glass or plastic panelled unit.  Hinged, sliding, or concertina doors operate within an adaptable frame fixed to the top of the shower tray. Bed the lower track onto mastic to make a waterproof joint with the shower tray and once you have completed the shower enclosure run mastic between the framework and the surrounding walls.

Many bathrooms nowadays consist of a bath/shower setup. For instance, a walk in shower enclosure is simply a shower that is separated from the rest of the bathroom. The walk in shower enclosure does not include a bathtub, but normally a shower head and a drain in the floor. One of the greatest benefits of a walk in shower enclosure is the ease of maintenance and the easy access they provide as opposed to the conventional shower over the bath. Furthermore, walk in shower enclosures provide much more freedom in design and provide an element of style to all bathrooms.

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