Home Remodeling - Installing A Shower For A Beaming Bathroom

Do you know that home remodeling along with installing a shower stall in your bathroom can make the value and comfort content of your home high? The fact that more and more people are installing a shower stall in their bathroom proves this. Now you may wonder why the scenario is so? As answers numerous reasons can be cited. First comes space economy, especially in small bathrooms a bathtub occupies a lot of space. You can save a lot of space by installing a shower. Second comes time management, in today's speedy life it is difficult to spend a long time for a bath in the bathtub whereas a shower bath saves you a lot of your precious time. Moreover it is easy to comprehend the installing process of a shower and you need not require engineering talent for that.

Contemporary shower stalls are usually multi-sided, large sized enclosures. Various geometric shapes are imitated in their structures. Other than the standard square and rectangular models, you will have the option of choosing between a variety of shapes like triangular, pentagonal and hexagonal or any other shape. In fact, you can get them custom made to your specification to add a dash of style to your bathroom interior.

As the shower stalls are expanding, more and more enthralling scopes of adding numerous accessories are squeezing in. You can install a shower stall integrated with a bathtub in your bathroom. The span of additions is myriad like installing a theme based luxurious bath with special kits or installing a spa like shower. You can have a steam shower, just introduce a steam source along the ordinary showerhead but be cautious as steam shower should be essentially impermeable to water and enclosed. You can install Jacuzzi kits by the bathtub wall and enjoy a Jacuzzi bath.

You can also experiment with the showerheads. They come in multiple designs. In addition to standard 'out of the wall' showerhead, you have overhead showerheads, sidebar showerheads and even sliding showerheads. Overhead showers (affixed in the ceiling) allow you to stand directly below the down pouring water jet. Sidebar showerheads are slender rods running down the sides of the shower stalls. Together with an overhead showerhead, it makes for a 'total body' shower. Sliding showerheads that allow you to change the position of the showerhead vertically is ideal for families where heights vary.

Today's beautiful shower stalls geared with colored or etched glass finishes are sure to change the haggard look of your bathroom. But while remodeling or installing a new shower stall you must remember the following points.

If you are installing a new shower stall, you have to arrange all the water supply piping and drainage of both hot and cold water.

If it is remodeling a shower stall, check whether the water supply lines, drainage lines or the floor area needs any repair work and arrange for the required additions.

Be careful about proper ventilation while installing a steam shower stall

Fasten the tub to the enclosure

If you want a door for your shower stall make it at least 5 feet by 8 feet to aid the passage of water through the drain. A shower stall with a door need additional heating arrangements

Today shower stalls have crossed the threshold of bare necessities and has become a style and comfort factor of a bathroom. With so many pros installation of a shower stall is vital for a nice bathroom.