The shower is the ideal alternative to the bath, especially when you are in the presence of areas with reduced size. In fact this is the choice most commonly adopted for the second bath.
But, given the limited space, the shower can be installed in other areas of the home, such as laundry, cellar, garage, in short, all those service areas where it can be useful to have a shower, for which may be sufficient also a space of only 70 x 70 cm.
Despite its size so limited, however, even the smallest shower enclosure can be equipped with a hydromassage column, in order to be functional not only to personal hygiene, but also to the well-being of body and mind.
The shower tub can be completed, compared to normal canopy and seats that allow you to add the function of turkish bath, to recreate, even in a small space, the pleasure of a home spa.
The shower is, moreover, a cheaper solution than the bathtub, both for the installation, which is faster, and for the management, which implies a lower consumption of water.
The compartment of the shower must be watertight, which a simple plastic curtain is not able to guarantee. This is also nowadays we prefer shower boxes now available in many models and sizes to suit every need.
Made of tempered glass or plastic, with aluminum or steel, it has different compositional possibilities. Indeed showers are suitable supported at only one wall, but also to those at angle and have doors which may be hinged, sliding or folding.
In case, however, the shower is inserted in a recess, even of irregular shape, we can build its door with prefabricated panels and doors.
But to regenerate and regain balance there is nothing better than a jet vital water and air: the whirpool!
Compared to a traditional shower, as we said, those with whirlpool do not require much more space and add to the effects of a refreshing jet, many benefits for the health and psyche.
With showers relaxation is a pleasure. They are the perfect combination of the use of a modern technology and a source of well-being from the past, such as is steam.
You can create your perfect shower for the available space by freely adapting and combining shapes and sizes and trays, closures and function columns.
In this way, the bathroom is no longer exclusively a room dedicated to personal hygiene, but a wellness area, a veritable oasis of well-being which becomes absolute protagonist of the contemporary home.
The multifunction shower offer a total and captivating wellness. They are designed to offer a relaxing full body because they enrich the proposal with many hydrotherapy treatments.
There are various sizes and solutions: hydromassage jets, turkish bath, color therapy, herbal medicine, digital LCD display, radio, iPod, shelves holding objects. The columns typically include features such as multi-function thermostatic taps, sliding bar, shower heads, shower heads rain effect and useful accessories such as shelves for soap.
The multifunction shower can also be illuminated in spectacular fashion: a series of spots distributed on the roof creates this spectacular option chromotherapy (that colored light has a direct influence on the mood). Its wavelength, appropriately, it penetrates into the skin by promoting the biological functions and the rebalancing psycho physical.
The shower trays can be made of composite material, ceramic, methacrylate, with low thicknesses or at floor level, in different shapes and sizes.
The most common form is the square, of side 75, 80 and 90 cm. But you can also find versions with curved corner, but now they are spreading, more than ever, the rectangular versions, many companies also offer standard sizes.
To accompany the shower, the bathroom decor is to combine simple lines, basic, refined, enhanced by the use of high quality materials, to create an effect of complete elegance.
The style and the quality of many proposals for the modern bathroom furniture to solve specific needs.
The solutions include a ground-based forniture or suspended, hanging column, base port basin, mirrors, all proposals in several woods and finishes, stained or lacquered wood.
The floor of the bathroom is not to be underestimated, not only for its aesthetic, but also for the functionality. In particular, it is important that it is fully waterproof, even more so when the bathroom features a shower.
The most widespread type of floor in the bathroom is represented by ceramic tiles, beautiful to see and able to ensure a long life.
In addition, they are available in a range of colors and designs virtually endless.
However, there are also alternative solutions, such as vinyl tiles, cork or particular types of parquet specific for the bath, but in this case the surfaces require a more careful maintenance.
In addition to the floor, also the walls of the shower enclosure must be perfectly impermeable, because in this place are not only dangerous splashing, but also the formation of water vapor.
It is therefore necessary to ensure that the cladding tiles are put in place with adhesives watertight and that there are no gaps in which this can infiltrate.
To avoid, however, the condensation is advisable to whitewash the top of the walls and ceiling with breathable paints.
Alternatively to the tiles, you can also paint the walls with enamel paints, in particular with a glossy or semi-matt one.
StilbagnoCasa, a company that has more than twenty years, is the ideal solution for those who have to deal with the maintenance, renovation or construction of a complete bathroom.
Here you will find many ideas for the installation of a shower elegant and functional.
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