Bathroom Renovations: New Sinks, Toilets and Bathtubs
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Bathroom renovation demands much more expenditures than any other parts of your home refurbishment. One of the largest articles of expenditures which will be encountered with on the bathroom renovation is purchase and installation of bath and toilet equipment: baths, sinks, closet basins, mixers etc. That’s why it is advisable to choose a new bathroom units very thoroughly.
A constant element of any bathroom is a sink. Nowadays fans of classics will be offered bathroom sinks made of cast iron and ceramics, wooden sinks and baths for those who like Japanese baths ofuro are not a rarity in choice of design for a new bathroom. High tech fans will be offered those of stainless steel, fans of modern style – those made of transparent synthetics and the other staff. As they say this is a matter of taste. But choosing a right bathroom sink it is necessary to remember the dimensions of the sink and limitation thereof among the other elements of bathroom.
Modern bathroom sinks are designed with a style case made of the same staff that the sink or a block where all plumbing pipes are hidden. The last option is more acceptable if you are going to install a filter, it can be hidden in a ready made block.
Choosing a bathtub for a new bathroom installation pay attention to the quality of enamel, this advantage is inherent to French and Spanish cast iron baths. For some customers not the last role is played by the design: a modern bathtub takes sometimes somewhat extraordinary shapes that can satisfy the requirements even of the person with extraordinary fantasy. However, buying such goods check on the compatibility of the new bathroom suite with the systems of water supply and water drain in your house.
High quality products have an option of flashing-overflow. The bathtubs have a feature: as a rule the bathtubs are designed to use for one person at a time, that’s why it is better not to experiment and take a bath in “proud loneliness” with no sad consequences for the bathtub. If money allows, you can buy a showerbath whirlpool spa jet with massage bathtub.
Collection of new toilets for the bathroom renovation has a huge choice of models: with step and bell-shaped discharging, different designs of the flashing with handle or button style solutions. Besides, there are wall hung toilets too, models with concealed cistern to carry a wall hung toilet, without a toilet tank at all and even with electronic control of flashing. Buying a water closet (WC), pay attention to the system of water supply.
Many things depend on choice of mixers: comfort of use, and frequency of spare parts replacement and water saving. Bathroom installation specialists advise to choose one-lever mixers. Move the lever down and the water is shut down. Move it up and the water of the same temperature will flow. Reliability of such equipment is confirmed by the fact that many manufacturers provide for 3, 5 and even 10 years of warranty thereof.
On making your bathroom renovation it is prudent to think about replacement or installation of a new towels heater. It is essential to assure possibility of shutting down thereof from hot water supply in case of emergency.
New bathroom installation or old bathroom renovation, any bathroom remodeling, assembling of bath and toilet equipment (shower, towel heater, radiator, pipes, mixers, filters, siphons, flashing-overflow devices for baths) shall be carried out by a professional bathroom fitter. All the equipment is expensive nowadays and even a small defect or non-professional work could be much more expensive.
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