How do you build a shower cubicle?
A shower or bathtub is standard in a modern bathroom. The advantage of a shower cubicle is that it takes up less space than a bathtub and significantly more water is saved when showering. If you are building a new shower cubicle, a number of criteria must be observed.
Build a shower cubicle yourself
Installing a shower cubicle is not difficult. Especially if you buy a complete package that includes the relevant assembly instructions. In this day and age, floor-level showers are trendy. One at ground level shower has long since not only been a good solution for seniors or wheelchair users who need help getting in and out, but they also look classy and high-quality. Due to the barrier freedom, dangerous tripping hazards are eliminated and it is created by the building a walk-in shower a modern look. If you build a shower yourself, you can enlarge the bathroom area. Regardless of which shower you choose, it is important that a few points are observed:
- Create a plan and sketch for the new bathroom.
- Is there enough space for the shower?
- Old Tiles and remove sanitary facilities.
- Negotiate prices for the materials with the building trade, e.g. B. for the subsequent tiling.
- Install drinking and sanitation facilities prior to building the shower.
- Can the old ones Fittings still be used?
- Take into account the slope of the drain pipe in the floor area for floor-level showers.
Walk-in showers are absolutely trendy and also offer barrier-free ...
Different variants for walk-in showers
As soon as the bathroom planning is finished, it continues with the renovation or the construction of sanitary ware. In order to save money, it is worthwhile not to hire a specialist, but rather to carry out the individual work steps yourself if possible. There are various options for building a floor-level shower:
- Let a flat shower tray in the floor and level it with floor tiles.
- Buy a shower floor element that consists of a rigid foam panel as a substructure and the shower surface.
- Install a floor drain and seal it with screed.
How do you build a floor-level shower?
The first variant for a walk-in shower is more complex, but it can be better planned by you and is also the cheapest:
- Find a suitable location for the floor-level shower.
- Remove old shower if available.
- Buy non-slip tiles.
- Install the floor drain at this point.
- Seal the screed and floor drain.
- Fasten the shower cubicle with wall brackets.
- Glass or plastic for the partition walls?
- Which tiles fit best?
- Lay the desired tiles with a slope to the floor drain.
The right shower cubicle
Every type of shower enclosure has a suitable shower enclosure so that the water does not splash out when showering. This can be made of plastic or glass and is attached with wall brackets.
