Every person strives to bring his life as close as possible to an ideal and comfortable home. An important place in the house is occupied by the bathroom and plumbing fixtures in it. Such a concept as a toilet and a bathtub has been accompanying us for a long time, and we cannot imagine how we can do without them. With the shower stall the situation is a little different. It entered everyday life relatively recently, but has already outdone its neighbors in the bathroom in terms of functionality.
Until recently, such a design as an overhead shower was used only on garden plots private houses and country estates. It was equipped in every possible way using available materials, some kind of container was placed on the roof and a watering can with a diffuser was put on.
The vertical shower has changed and transformed a lot since then. At the moment, there are several types of overhead showers.
They differ in type of construction, internal structure and hygiene functions. They also differ in size and material of manufacture.
What types of overhead shower exist:
All these models can be characterized in one word - vertical shower.
The design of the bathroom and shower cabin is always one of the top priorities. Comfortable conditions create a favorable environment for relaxation and rest while taking water procedures.
The overhead shower, built into the ceiling, has several varieties. The main ones are a regular shower and a tropical one.
The features of the built-in ceiling shower help to hide all the components of the structure, and supply water from the diffuser almost from the shower ceiling.
Advantages of a built-in ceiling shower:
When installing a built-in ceiling shower, you can equip a rain shower head. This will make taking a shower a real bliss.
The ultra-modern shower model - tropical rain is rapidly gaining momentum in its introduction into shower stalls. And it’s not for nothing that a rain shower gives a person additional functions and sensations when taking a shower.
Tropical showers, reviews of which fill Internet sites, are so popular for good reason. The multiple options of this design provide a person with light and sound effects when taking a shower.
In addition, a properly equipped rain shower is equipped with a switch with several water supply modes. When you switch it, the program itself provides you with the specified shower mode.
Positive aspects of a rain shower according to user reviews:
Among other things, a tropical shower, despite its wide shower head, helps to save water consumption. This happens due to the aerator built into the watering can and the competent software of the rain shower.
The water that flows today water pipes, is the main enemy of all our plumbing devices. Therefore, it is advisable to start installing a built-in shower by installing a water filter at the entrance of the water supply to the house. The fact is that this type of shower is completely built into the wall; if it fails, everything will have to be dismantled. It's better to install a filter right away.
It is not difficult to equip a built-in shower, for someone who has at least some great plumbing and plumbing skills construction work. If they are not there, then it is better to contact a specialist. A poorly installed device will require a lot of cost and time for repairs and re-equipment.
It is also necessary to choose high-quality, durable materials for installing the shower. If you lay unreliable pipes or install a cheap faucet, you will soon face unplanned repairs.
Installation steps for a built-in shower:
Some shower models may require additional installation steps, but in general, all built-in shower types are installed the same way.
Each person enjoys different sensations when taking hygiene procedures. Some people prefer a hard toothbrush, while others prefer a softer brush, some like a cooler bath, and some come out of it red as a lobster. Same with the shower. Each product has its own buyer.
A ceiling shower can soothe and invigorate, relax the muscular system and provide massage. All these effects are achieved using a watering can or diffuser.
The direction of the stream of water falling on the body also affects human health in different ways. The most useful, from a medical point of view, is the vertical shower, or as it is also called, the overhead shower. A stream of water falling from above on the head activates the entire nervous system. This is something to think about before choosing the type of shower head for your shower.
Types of shower heads that exist:
Modern types of overhead rain showers can provide you with natural rain showers, and even accompanied by music and lighting effects.
Even an outdoor structure, which includes a tank, a pipe and a watering can, can be called a shower. Naturally, this is not the shower that we want to see in our comfortable apartment or house. Shower stalls, equipped with modern technologies, make our lives comfortable, but sometimes we still want to plunge into the arms of wildlife. There is also an opportunity for this - a tropical shower will help you transport yourself to the world of the jungle and wild islands. You just have to close your eyes.
When it comes to changing the design of the bedroom or transforming the kitchen decor, ideas are overflowing. But if you need to improve such a practical area as a bathroom or shower, doubts arise. To create a comfortable and delightful atmosphere at the same time, you don’t need any special efforts. After all, designers have long been advising their clients of a “tropical shower” - a wonderful mixture of functionality and heavenly bliss. It is also called an overhead or rain shower. The peculiarity lies in the location of a special “rain shower” nozzle in the ceiling.
How to make such a rain shower, see the end of the article.
Modeled to give the feeling of rain, this watering can typically has several built-in capabilities, from a real downpour to a water-saving trickle. It consists of a thin square or round, disk-shaped nozzle with many small holes through which water flows evenly and continuously.
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More modern models include a pressure adjustment function, which allows you to turn the spray falling from the shower into neat droplets. Even more modern designs have a random selection of shower modes. This can be a pulsating rain massage (for a spa-like experience), a powerful shower (for a strong and abundant flow of water) or an economical thin stream (for a long stay in a hot shower). The random selection option gives you the opportunity to realistically experience real rain: sudden, changeable and unpredictable.
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Rain shower heads differ in shape, design and material. Steel, chrome and brass options are considered traditional and fit into any bathroom.
A horizontal shower looks unique and outlandish. Many small watering cans allow you to achieve the state complete relaxation, free yourself from stress and muscle tension. It might even be better than a bath. 
Owner country house I would definitely like to have a shower that opens onto the garden. Double glass door May be additional window. This rain shower comes with a vertical wall stand and a square shower head. 
An open shower that amazes with its splendor. Water flows from a mirrored watering can like rain: calm and mesmerizing.
Compact shower area, which is not part of the bath. This is a rain shower integrated into the open space of the home. Ceiling shower with lighting, granite and glass walls create a whole unusual design.
This shower is equipped with a huge shower head, divided into six parts. Additional water dispensers and spa decor provide a sense of resort tranquility. 
Some shower heads are temperature sensitive and can change color. You can create your own ideal atmosphere using additional local lighting.
A frame for a tropical shower made of wooden logs - why not an option? They can completely transform your bathroom decor. The stone floor is another bright accent. 
This tropical shower is the easiest way to achieve a state of “zen”. The mirror panel on the ceiling evokes the glow of the night sky. It reflects all the charm of the decor. Plants are a great addition to a tropical style. 
The rain shower, hidden behind a glass veil, takes center stage in this bedroom apartment. It's like a quiet haven in a blue lagoon: beautiful and natural. Although it performs a practical function, simultaneously separating and connecting different areas of the apartment. 
LED strips integrated into the ceiling enhance the overall impression of the shower room: with the help of a clever arrangement lighting fixtures You can achieve a real optical illusion - mesmerizing and sophisticated. 
LED lamps especially highlight the tropical shower in a minimalist style. Transparent glass walls do not block the surrounding space, making the room airy and weightless. Turquoise accents look incredible in gray tones. 
Despite the rather simple and unassuming design of the shower head, this shower attracts with an atmosphere of harmony and peace. Its shape and combination of materials will please the most demanding customer. After a pleasant relaxation in the bath, the muscles are toned under the powerful drops of the shower head. 
This shower enclosure fully exposes its space to the beauty of your backyard or garden. The only thing that separates her from absolute fusion with nature is glass wall. Suitable for owners country houses with maximum privacy capabilities. 
Inexperienced experimenters can build a rain shower at home without much expense.
For the base you will need a CD box (for 10 pieces). You also need a glue gun, flexible tubing, an old shower head, a needle, a ruler, a compass, a candle, and some common tools. 
The grid consists of circles and lines. The number of circles should be selected according to at will. Let the lines be shallow: this is just a guideline for making holes. 
Heat the needle over a candle flame, holding it with pliers. Then quickly, while the needle is hot, stick it into the plastic along the mesh, making required quantity holes. 
First, cut off the thing that the discs fit on. It's easy to do stationery knife. Next, take a piece of tube, plastic or copper, place it in the resulting hole and glue it tightly. Calculate so that the length of the tube does not exceed the height of the disc box. 
Now you need to glue the black and transparent parts of the box together. Just close tightly and coat with waterproof glue. 
A tube with a diameter of 1 cm will do. Attach one end to a homemade watering can. Next, cut the old shower head: you need to use the lower part, which will then be screwed to the old system. Glue the tube and the cut part of the nozzle together with waterproof glue. 
All that remains is to attach a metal tube or something else (flexible but rigid) to hold the hoses in a bent position. Glue one end to the nozzle, the other to the watering can. 
The free updated watering can is ready for long-term relaxing use.
Innovations in the production of sanitary ware now allow you to get closer to the tropics right in your bathroom, because with the help of a special shower system you can create an imitation of tropical rain. Such a shower is called tropical because of its resemblance to a tropical shower. It is not only original and beautiful, but also has a therapeutic effect, since the splashes of water in such a shower relax the body and help relieve stress.
If earlier this type of shower could only be seen in a sanatorium, public pool or spa center, now tropical showers are installed in country houses, and in city apartments.
The rain shower is available in several manufacturing options.
The shower panel is suitable for both a bathtub and a shower cabin (the panel is used with it more often). The panel is quite simple to install, thereby expanding the functionality of your bathtub or cabin. According to its placement, a tropical shower by installing a shower panel can be ceiling-mounted or wall-mounted.
The advantage of the device is the combination of a mixer and a watering can in one body. Also, such shower panels often additionally have hydromassage nozzles installed. Many panel models have additional functions - lighting, radio, thermostat and others.
The downside is the cost, as this is the most expensive option for a rain shower.
The shower stand is optimal in terms of cost and functionality.
The stand is universal, so it can be combined with both a shower cabin and a bathtub. It is a wall-mounted rod to which a watering can is attached (it differs from a regular one in its size).
Water can be supplied to the watering can either by a stationary pipe in the stand structure or by a flexible hose.
It differs from a standard mixer in its larger watering can (its diameter can be up to 250 mm).
Please note that this option will not be able to provide you with a full-fledged tropical shower due to the smaller width of the water flow (it does not cover the entire body). As with the stand option, the faucet can be connected to a flexible hose or a stationary pipe.
Using a shower head, a regular faucet can be turned into a rain shower. This is the most cheap option, since you can buy a watering can and attach it to the hose of an existing mixer, but it only vaguely resembles a real tropical shower.
This type of shower, such as a tropical one, is classified as an overhead shower, since jets of water often fall on the body from above, and thanks to drip system they are represented not by a stream of water, but by soft drops.
A distinctive feature of rain shower fixtures is the watering can big size, equipped with a special system that supplies water and distributes it. Drops fall from a height of about 2 meters and create the effect of being under a warm downpour.
Geometric shape There are different types of watering cans. Almost all modern rain showers have special lighting. Many shower models also come with a control panel that allows you to change the shower from light rain to heavy downpour.
Because the this type the soul has a positive effect on the psychological state (relaxes, reduces stress reactions, removes anxiety), it is also called a shower of positive emotions.
Thanks to additional aeration of the water inside the mixer, such a shower has a hydromassage effect. As a result, such a shower improves peripheral blood circulation, relieves muscle tension, invigorates and improves mood. Due to the soft hydromassage, the skin after such a shower acquires elasticity and a toned appearance. Separate positive effect noted from the influence of lighting in a tropical shower.
Big choice embedded systems with different shapes watering cans are offered by the English company Otler. Shower models from this manufacturer differ in the number of nozzles, type of shower head, lighting, and material of manufacture. For a standard steel, glass or chrome system you need to pay up to 50 thousand rubles, and designs with additional options(unusual design, regulation of irrigation mode, touch control) are more expensive.
The most popular manufacturer of rain shower stands is the German company Hansgrohe. Its products differ in the size and shape of watering cans. Metal racks can be bought for 20,000 rubles, and systems with a thermostat made of brass for 70 thousand rubles.
Rain shower panels are also produced by Novellini. Their price is 60,000-150,000 rubles and is determined by the size, material of manufacture and equipment of the device. Acrylic and aluminum shower panels are the most available. The most expensive are high-tech panels, supplemented LED backlight, seat, mirror inserts, thermostat and footrest.
Note that a high-quality rain shower is considered expensive plumbing equipment. If you saw inexpensive option from a little-known company, then you risk purchasing only the semblance of a tropical shower. They will sell you a regular shower head. bigger size, which supplies water in the usual way (in the form of jets without mixing with air), and therefore the rain effect will not work.
A ceiling-mounted rain shower will decorate the room and can serve as an addition beautiful interior bathroom If an ordinary shower can be an inappropriate detail in the interior, then a tropical one, on the contrary, will become a stylish “highlight” of the room.
It is preferable to install a shower system in a large bathroom. If the bathroom is small, you should opt for a rain shower design such as a stand-up shower. Select the shape of the watering can taking into account the style - round is more suitable for classic interior, and the rectangular one will fit perfectly into a modern or high-tech bathroom.
The lighting can be chosen as a harmonious addition to the texture and color of the walls, or as a contrast to the decoration of the room. Thanks to the shimmer of light, the design of the bathtub can be transformed and become memorable.
Its presence allows you to receive not only physical benefits from a tropical shower, but also aesthetic pleasure. The illumination of such a shower consists of LEDs built into the panel. Since it has no connection to the electrical network, it is completely safe. The backlight is turned on under the influence of water pressure in the shower. 
Note that the presence of lighting is not just decoration, but can serve as a means of chromotherapy. Taking a shower with red lighting, you will improve your tone, become more alert and energetic. Water treatments in green light will relax you and help you organize your thoughts. Standing under a shower with blue lighting, you will feel peace and forget about acute problems. Taking a shower that glows yellow can boost your immune system and activate your brain. A tropical shower with pink and orange lighting will help combat stress and improve your health.
After learning about the benefits of a rain shower and seeing quite expensive offers famous manufacturers plumbing fixtures, the thought may arise - is it possible to make such a shower yourself? Quite if you prepare well and think everything through. To make a rain shower with your own hands at home, you need to buy a mixer, a watering can and pipes. Installation can be done openly, but best choice there will be a hidden installation.
You should start implementing the idea of installing a rain shower at home during renovation, since you will have to make grooves in the walls. In the center of the groove system you need to create a recess for the mixer. There should be 4 grooves connected to it - two will have pipes supplying water to the mixer, one will have a pipe through which water will flow into the bathtub, and another will have a pipe to supply water to the watering can.
Having installed the necessary pipes in the grooves (for hidden installation it is better to use pipes made of polypropylene or copper), then a watering can and a lever that controls the mixer are mounted. Then you can continue renovation work in the bathroom, finally installing a shower stall (open) or a bathtub with a curtain in the place of the supplied tropical shower.
The more we are swallowed up by progress and comfortable conditions everyday life, the further we are from nature and natural environment a habitat. This is not surprising. There are two big differences between living in a cave and living in a furnished apartment. sleep on soft bed naturally better than on earth. But somewhere inside us lives that person who did not yet know all the benefits of civilization, and rejoiced in the sun, rain, and soft grass. This is probably why in the spring we are drawn to a picnic, and in the summer we want to plunge into the cool sea. Another way to connect with nature is a tropical shower.
According to experts, taking a shower is much healthier than bathing. A clean stream of water falling on the human body creates a sudden effect, from which skin cells experience mild stress and become more active. And if this flow of water is also accompanied by some effect, then it brings much more benefits than the usual one.
Rain showers were invented by those who love to soak themselves in the gentle streams of warm summer rain. The rain shower, supplemented with special effects, has a beneficial effect on the human body.
There are many types of rain showers. Each of them is good in its own way, and the essence of the devices does not change. The mystery lies in the fact that the stream of water is saturated with oxygen before it hits the human body. Special effects in the form of music and lighting help to relax the whole body.
Positive aspects of a rain shower:
Tropical rain helps relieve the fatigue of a hard day and recharges you with new, purified energy.
Every person can take a shower in a tropical downpour. For this purpose, a special watering can is installed in the shower or above the bathtub. There are many variety of options rain shower, and each design works differently.
The “tropical rain” shower head is made according to the principle of an aerator. It contains several layers of fine mesh that enrich the water with oxygen.
When purchasing, try to choose built-in watering cans made of steel or brass. They are the most durable and environmentally friendly. Otler has good reviews.
Types of tropical shower:
If you don't want a summer rain shower to rain on you every day, you can install a removable design. For convenience, they began to produce models that provide two options for watering cans.
Any water supply to a plumbing fixture is carried out using taps and pipes. Mixing of cold and hot flows occurs in a mixer, where water comes from two sources and mixes there.
The “tropical rain” shower mixer supplies water at the temperature you set to the dispenser, which in turn spews a stream of water onto the human body. Basically, for tropical showers, faucets with a thermostat are used, which ensures that the water temperature is maintained.
Those who are forced to save money quite wisely use ordinary mixers for a rain shower; they just replace the watering can with a special divider.
What is the difference between a rain shower and a regular shower:
A rain shower is much healthier than a regular shower. If you equip it correctly, then every time you take such a shower, you will truly enjoy the procedure.
A good, competent, high-quality tropical shower purchased in a store is of course good, but very expensive. To assemble the entire structure and provide it with light and sound effects, you need to shell out a considerable amount of money. Not every person can afford this. But if you already have a bathroom, then you can equip a rain shower based on it.
A do-it-yourself tropical shower for the bathroom is what will come to the rescue in this situation. By gradually collecting all the structural elements, or adapting old ones, you get the opportunity to have a rain shower in your home almost free of charge.
If you have a shower or bathtub with a mixer tap, all you need to do is purchase a rain shower head.
Items needed to install a rain shower at home:
If you have even a little idea about plumbing work, then it will not be difficult for you to equip such a shower. If you do not have the relevant experience or knowledge, consult a specialist. In any case, if available necessary materials installing a shower will cost you much less.
It is best to design the installation of a major, full-fledged rain shower during construction, or major renovation Houses. The work of installing the system into the walls of the bathroom will significantly damage its finish, and you will still need to make repairs.
A rain shower with your own hands can be done efficiently and quickly. Of all the plumbing devices, the easiest one to make is a tropical shower.
The entire manufacturing process is carried out in eight stages.
Stages of making a rain shower with your own hands:
Your rain shower may be different from those that have a full rain shower system with multi-options, but it will be functional and cost-effective.
The first problem faced by those who want to convert an existing conventional shower into a standing rain shower is the length of the shower stand. The stream of water pouring from the rain shower head must fall onto the human body from a certain height.
How to lengthen a shower stand when remodeling your shower? There are several ways to solve this issue. The main thing is that the height in the room allows this to be done.
If you don't have enough counter height for your rain shower equipment, that doesn't mean you should give up on the idea. You just need to choose one of the ways to extend the rack.
How to extend a shower stand:
To prevent this from happening, carefully calculate the distance in your shower before renovating.
For a greater relaxation effect while taking a shower, we came up with an illuminated watering can. It is believed that exposure to light has a good effect on human well-being.
Illuminated rain shower is a modern, one might even say the latest version of existing showers.
The effect of lighting on the human body is based on chromotherapy - the healing effect of light on the human body. This method was invented not so long ago, but it has already gained great popularity.
How colors affect the human body:
The color red is considered twofold. It can make it worse negative energy, and give vigor.
A tropical shower has a beneficial effect on the human body as a whole. Showers equipped with such a shower have great design. By installing a system in your shower or bath summer shower, you bring yourself closer to nature. Modern technologies make it possible to give the device multifunctionality that takes comprehensive care of your health. A built-in shower has more features and functions than one that is mounted on the wall. But a built-in shower is more expensive.
Tropical shower for the bathroom with mixer creates unique design premises for high functionality taking into account the conventional system. Choosing the right option is not so easy - the range of systems is huge. The article will help you understand the variety of products and decide on the type of system required.
In today's article we discuss:
A rain shower is a design with a wide vertical watering, similar to a tropical shower.. The effect is achieved due to large diameter sprayer and vertical (diagonal) installation.
An important feature is the impossibility of removing the main sprayer - the shower is installed as a static one, with slight adjustment.
Such shower systems do not need adjustment - the water coverage area starts from 300 mm in diameter, which allows you to completely cover a person. With wide systems, such a distance to the watering can hinders, rather than helps, washing - a large flow of water goes beyond the cabin and floods the entire bathroom.
A rain shower differs from a regular shower in terms of installation and use. Therefore, we recommend taking such a step not mindlessly paying tribute to fashion, but consciously.
To the noticeable pros according to reviews include:
The design has the largest area of water spray, so you can wash under a strong, continuous flow.
There is no need to hold or direct the shower, your hands are completely free. The difference with a conventional stand is that the flow is directed vertically or with a slight slope diagonally.
The product allows you to create a unique appearance bathroom. A tropical shower is not the most common option in our country, so you can easily surprise your guests.
Minuses solutions:
The ceiling or wall serves as a mounting. Designs often require low ceiling. Wide shower requires a large space to protect the walls from splashes and mold.
Shower column with rain shower and faucet have differences in technical parameters. You cannot use a tropical mixer alone - additional shower stands are required. The wiring is considered difficult during the installation process - it is necessary to create a complex system of pipes, preparing the place at the stage of laying the wall. The system, built into the ceiling, looks stylish and minimalistic.
Since installing only a tropical mixer is not a complete solution for a shower, there is 4 methods of creating a shower room with the possibility of comprehensive use:
A rain shower for a bathroom with a mixer is either designed in advance or after, on the finished surface.
Additionally in modern models add water holes not only from one point, but also at several levels Depending on the model, the hose is installed under the wall covering or on the surface. The adjustment is usually located next to the faucet spout and is carried out using the cold and hot water and switching to supply to the shower.
The solution is suitable for various bathrooms, in case the hose runs superficially. Depending on the model, wall and ceiling options are easy to find. The first option is preferable as it saves height and water.
The shower stand with rain shower and faucet is different from the bathtub option and does not have an outlet for normal water flow. The design looks like a regular stand with a wide static watering can or with an addition in the form of a manual watering can.
Metal sets from popular manufacturers are ideal for a modern bathroom The solution is installed in shower stalls or in homemade showers. There are hydromassage functions and lighting. Additionally, they produce a design with a thermostat to maintain comfortable temperature water.
We would like to highlight tropical faucets with an additional shower head. They can be installed both in regular showers and in bathtubs. The disadvantage of the model is the need to hide the hose of the tropical watering can.
The main one is the shower head. Tropical rain is used as a pleasant addition, making the bath functional and stylish. For some models it is possible to install a simple top watering can. They use it not only for washing, but also for bathing a child or dog after a walk in rainy weather.
Installing a faucet is considered not the most elegant, but simple. Most often practiced for baths - in addition to the shower, a regular mixer is required to fill with water. The solution is installed on common pipes or supplied separately.
Shower stands with rain showers and bathtub faucets are available at all major hardware and specialty stores. When purchasing, look at:
Size refers to both the dimensions of the shower and its panels. The parameter is individual and depends on the size of the bathroom.
For small bathrooms, manufacturers make special small-sized sets. Two important parameters watering cans – removal and irrigation size. Removal is critical for static wall-mounted options. The size of the offset is responsible for the location of the flow. The size of the watering is responsible for the width - the larger it is, the wider the watering can.
When choosing the size of watering, rely on the size of the shower or bathtub. The size of the outlet is responsible for ease of use - the larger it is, the farther the shower is used from the wall. Choose options with a minimum offset of 500mm.
For ceiling options, there is only the size of the irrigation, which is also the width and length of the product. The offset for them is installed during installation and must be at least 50mm from the nearest wall.
The material used to produce the panel or watering can corresponds to the cost. Cheap options are made from powdered metal or plastic coated with a thin layer of aluminum. Avoid them - mechanical influences will lead to cracks and breakage.
In country houses, if the room area is large, the bathroom and shower are designed separately. Expensive options made of copper or aluminum - a tribute to design. Copper has little practical use, and its oxidation under the influence of water and oxygen is immediate. The surface of copper products is covered special film. When it is damaged, copper oxide is formed, which gives an abundant green coating throughout the product.
The best solution– clean stainless steel or chrome coating. They combine lightness, low price and strength. Galvanizing requires less maintenance than copper or aluminum - zinc oxidizes slightly and retains its shine longer.
A well-known manufacturer's name accounts for half the cost of plumbing fixtures.
We recommend paying attention to this if you are planning to create an ensemble in the same style and tone in the future. Using separate mixers and showers in the bathroom allows you to take care of their combination. This applies separately to devices from the same line.
The shower panel with hydromassage and tropical shower is a separate item of the shower cabin that increases its functionality. The hydromassage is divided into circular, separately located in the walls of the shower cabin, and point hydromassage with the main diffuser in the cabin.
Models with a hydromassage take up more space and are significantly more expensive. The second panel option is more popular and does not require additional installation. The cost and labor intensity are lower, but the benefits of a hydromassage are also reduced. A quality option appears circular, but such systems are less often found in stores.
Hydromassage is installed only in the shower cabin - it is not necessary in the bathtub. It has a Jacuzzi function.
Lighting is an important attribute. The lamps are installed in the panel and in the watering can itself. The second option is preferable - the light falls vertically and illuminates the surface underneath. The backlight is convenient for using the settings on the panel.
When building a built-in shower with lighting, plan the location of pipes and wiring in advance. The lamps used are LED and halogen. The LED option is safer and brighter, but requires complete renovation in case of breakdown. Halogen lamps are replaced by the usual reinstallation of new ones.
Tips on choosing the right product and how to disassemble the structure are shown in the video below.
The installation method depends on the selected panel. Separately, the installation of the wall panel and ceiling watering can be highlighted.
Fits for whole wall panels And individual elements, attached to vertical surface . Features are determined by the location of the hoses - surface or hidden. A shower panel with a rain shower and mixer tap is more convenient to install due to its layout.
For external fastening, it is enough to fix the watering can on the surface and pass the hose. Installation is carried out using clips included in the kit for a soft hose or hard fasteners.
The procedure requires the preliminary creation of a groove under tiles before installation. The hose is laid separately from the mixer and sealed with plaster; finishing is laid on top - panels, tiles or other materials.
Ceiling showers are more difficult to install - a built-in pipe runs inside the wall and is brought to the ceiling. Exists two options - with wall gating and with installation in a ceiling niche, formed by the space under suspended ceiling.
Modern ensembles combine perfectly with tiles and glass. The second is simpler - just install a pipe, place strips under the ceiling for attaching a watering can and install a shower. We recommend that you pay maximum attention to the process of installing connections - a leak under the ceiling will lead to spoilage quickly ceiling panels or stretch ceiling film.
Sometimes it is possible to install it with an external pipe - in this case it acts as a support.
The essence of a rain shower is a high installation - due to high altitude a “tropical” effect is achieved. Minimum height– 2100mm, which is dictated by the height of a person and the possibility of ceilings in the bathrooms of ordinary apartment buildings.
The maximum height is based on adequate values - you should not place the structure above 2300–2400 m.
The table below compares major manufacturers of rain showers with mixer taps for modern bathrooms.
| Company name | A country | Quality | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Delafon | France | High | High |
| Lemark | Czech | Average | Low |
| Aquatechnics | Russia | Average | Low |
| Rossinka S | Russia | High | Average |
| Raiber | Germany | High | Average |
The cost in the table is a relative parameter, since the positions of all brands differ. Some do not have ceiling showers in their catalog, while others specialize only in such products.
In conclusion, we present to you a small rating popular products on the market.
Cost 2018: 8720 rubles. The photo shows Jacob Delafon, a French brand that produces premium products. The plumbing is of high quality and high in price. Model Eo E3875–CP is a classic ceiling rain shower head.
Made from chrome steel, internal system spraying - made of durable plastic, which allows you to protect the metal. The system is used both individually and in conjunction with other parts of the shower system.
Price 2018: 7500 rubles. Rossinka is a Russian company operating in the niche of medium-priced and high-quality equipment. Specializes in creating simple shower systems with reliable solutions. S35–45 consists of a ceiling shower, a stand, a separate hand shower and a mixer.
Material of manufacture – brass using plastic elements. Ceiling shower of small diameter – 130mm. The system does not have a separate outlet for direct water flow, so provide this when installing it in a bathtub.
An additional advantage of domestic plumbing is the availability of spare parts. Finding gaskets or bolts for Russian, Belarusian or Ukrainian models in the store is easier than for German or French ones.
Cost 2018: 8500 rubles. Raiber is a German company. The system involves a vertical shower, a separate watering can and a mixer without water outlet.
The material of manufacture is chrome-plated steel with an internal plastic lining to protect the system from corrosion. Distinctive feature– possibility of additional installation of systems similar to the model.
Price 2018: 10674 rub. An option from a German company, R9504 is distinguished by a hidden mounting system. The elements are installed on the wall. The solution requires additional skill to dilute the water, but is completely worth it in the benefits received.
The set includes a vertical watering can, a wall-mounted mixer and direct water drainage. The parts are made of chrome steel and plastic to protect the metal from corrosion in the internal part of the system.
Cost 2018: 1000 rubles. Lemark – economical Czech plumbing products. Model LM8033C from the Poseidon line is a classic vertical watering can made of chromed steel. main feature– low cost with excellent quality. The model does not have any special external solutions, but it deserves a place on the list.
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