Bathroom Ideas: Tips While Choosing Shower Enclosure

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By Anjana Ns

Saturday, November 19, 2011, 14:35

A shower enclosure in your bathroom is of great use and looks very contemporary. The installation is a valuable choice if the area is big and the usage is more. Simply choosing a fashionable shower enclosure with bathroom fittings will not suffice, you need to smoothly install it and ensure the place is right. Today, we will suggest a few bathroom ideas that will resolve all your confusion.

Ideas While Choosing Shower Enclosure

1. Selecting Shower Enclosure: Before you go for a purchase, first have a look at the colour and pattern of the tiles. There are various types of enclosures available in the market. You find traditional, modern, electic and plain types. The choice must also be made on the basis of what you like to highlight in the bath area, is it the tile or flooring or bathroom accessories, etc.

2. For Small Bathrooms: Smaller bathroom spaces can also fit shower enclosures if chosen smartly. The panel slider shower doors will allow you to make space whenever you want and hardly occupies any area. A compact mirror and bathroom fittings will bring in a trendy feel as well as a satisfactory in terms of usage of space. Note: Swing doors are not for small bathrooms.

3. Location Of The Shower Head: It is foolish to have enclosure with all water from the shower falling out. The idea of having enclosure is to keep the rest of the area dry and clean so placement of the shower head is very important. The head needs to be installed at the height of the enclosure (shouldn't exceed) and the hot and cold setting needs to be at an average human reach.

4. Ventilation: It is very important to have air circulation after installing the enclosure. Since the area is divided by the panel, it requires a separate drain as well a small ventilation for quick drying. If you cannot create a new drain, it is best to use plastic curtains instead of panels as they can be folded upwards to make way for drying.

5. Flooring: Choose rough tiles as they avoid accidents. The tiles provide grip and are also easy to maintain. Do not choose too light or too dark colours as both have their own set of problems. The inbetweens like mustard, grey and wood colours look beautiful as well as clean.