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London builders: Sheer appeal of your shower. Part one.

London builders: Sheer appeal of your shower. Part one.

If you think that your old bathroom or even your shower needs a little bit of modernization, you would be surprised of the great choice at your disposal.

Today showers vary greatly according to shapes, models and places of installation. Sometimes an ordinary shower head is impossible to recognize – so much it is modified according to new fashion trends and tendencies of bathroom equipment design development. It has to be mentioned, that the shower heads have recently become an object of an active art-design. On the one hand, the bath ceased playing the key role in the bathroom and is now often replaced by a shower cubicle. The accent shifted and now shower set is emphasized. On the other hand, overwhelming majority of bathrooms are equipped with showers, which are an integral part of their image.

Owing to the intensive development of installation systems, a shower can be located in any place, on the wall or ceiling; it can arise on a column out of the floor, or even soar in the centre of the room like an UFO. All these factors have greatly influenced its shape, size and dimensions.

Column shower.
Column shower is perhaps the most modern phenomenon in shower sets design. One should not mix it with shower column (water pipe) or panel on the wall. It appeared, because a shower cubicle or an open shower usually do not have any contacts with walls and, moreover, are often situated rather far from them. Nevertheless, they should be somehow fixed. Therefore a metal column with a water pipe inside appeared. At the top of it there is a fixed shower head of a large diameter, which can be of various geometrical shapes. Shower mixer taps are located at the convenient level. Sometimes manual shower is included in the column.

Now, besides separate floor-standing shower columns, floor mixing drainages for baths and even sinks are produced. Sometimes all the set of hydrant accessories for bathrooms with the corresponding collection of bathroom equipment is performed in this model.

Fixed shower heads.
Traditional fixed shower heads resembles very much a well-known model that has been considered until now something hopelessly obsolete. Fixed shower pipe, through which water is supplied from the mixer to the shower head. This type of shower, modernized today, has become one of the most popular and asked-for one. As a rule, such shower system is mounted on the wall, but there are some modifications designed for free floor-standing model.

Elegant shower arms are topped by massive shower heads: solid dome-shaped or almost flat with distinguished high tech features, round and sometimes rectangular. Most of manufacturers supply them with a protection from lime deposits accumulation system; therefore, they are not threatened by danger, which disabled their predecessors. Special location of outlet openings allows reaching variable massage effects. Besides the large top shower head, manual shower is included, which increases its convenience in use.

Rotating shower heads.
Today instead of a fixed shower head, rotating shower head is often used.

London builders: Sheer appeal of your shower. Part two.

London builders: Sheer appeal of your shower. Part two.

Silver or golden impeller wheel with plenty of fans penetrating small outlets is rotated under the pressure of water streams. As a result, they form zigzag spirals that, sliding and dancing, massage the body slightly, which is very pleasing and useful. It appeared as a part of multifunctional shower cubicle equipment; now it is available as a separate unit and can be installed on the wall or ceiling.

Rotating shower heads look very original and besides its direct functions, it also serves as a decorative addition to bathroom furniture. It should certainly be complemented with a manual shower, as a rotating shower head rather serves for giving its owner a pleasure, than suites as a main washing system.

Chandelier shower.
Chandelier shower is really something exotic. Huge shower head mounted on the ceiling have become an integral part of modern first-class bathrooms. They resemble fantastic chandeliers. Imagine, for example, such “chandelier” consisting of two sections, each having almost 11 inches diameter, installed into huge murano glass screen, sometimes coloured, with an impressive illumination. This is a spectacular construction. In combination with frameless glass it looks striking.

Artifact shower.
A number of shower heads have such unusual shape that it is difficult to describe them. We have even got used to thin cigar-shaped shower head, which has shorter diameter than a hosepipe, but artifact shower odd shapes are often impossible to describe or classify.

Stationary shower, shaped as complex unsteady connections located directly at the top of its body, which allow one to change a stream angle, is something truly innovative. Or some object consisting of seven autonomous small showers heads (a big central one and six rays), that connecting their jets together are capable of giving unforgettable pleasure. When looking at such objects for the first time, one can only guess, what their functions are. Their shape puzzles with the lack of objects to compare them with. The only way to be sure that this is really a shower you have to try it out yourself!

While choosing a shower one should first concentrate on its functional benefits and reliability. Certain factors would determine which shower is right for your. Without going into technical details of a household hot and cold water pressure, there is a choice of the modern showers designed for your needs. Choose a shower that is compatible with your water supply system. It may be worth checking installation requirements to ensure the shower is coping with water system, or get it fitted by experienced plumber. Because of different methods of delivering hot and cold water in the dwelling it is fundamental that you use the right product. Good mews is that having hot and sold supply you will find the best shower solution for bathroom.

Nevertheless, design is important too: a shower is now a decoration element, not only a technical one. Constructions presented today are usually close to high-tech style, but there are also offers of other style showers: from modern to almost traditional English style. Professionals say there is a choice.

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