Small bathrooms can create real problems in terms of their layout, making it more difficult to find functional solutions for framing both bathroom furniture and sanitary ware inside. Whenever we encounter such problems, it is best to contact interior architects and ask for professional help, thus avoiding making mistakes that will cost us both time and money.
Precisely to come to the aid of all those who are in an interior design, in today’s article we present a modern and increasingly popular idea of designing smaller bathrooms: the walk-in shower. This type of shower can be a minimalist, elegant and extremely functional choice, especially if you are an active person and prefer a quick shower rather than a bathtub. It is also a modern space approach, often encountered in recent years.
What are our benefits?
- The main advantage of this type of shower is the aesthetic one, giving up the classic cabin, sometimes too bulky and not as decorative. By including the shower space in the bathroom as a whole, the design will be unitary, treated as a whole, resulting in an exceptional visual effect. The ideal coating for walk-in showers is the non-slip, made either with porous ceramic tiles or with waterproof decorative finishes.
- Another advantage, as important as the first, is the possibility of making such a shower in any space, even in those whose dimensions would not have allowed the installation of a commercial booth. With brick or BCA walls, gypsum board or glass, its shape and size are adjusted according to the possibilities of the space in the bathroom.
- The intimacy created by the construction of this shower offers the possibility of mounting more supports and shelves for the storage of care products, without aesthetically affecting the room, making it too crowded.
- Walk-in showers are much easier to clean and maintain, compared to a shower cubicle and separator panels, taking into account that they are an extension of the bathroom space, not a sanitary object.
- Another advantage, not to be neglected, would be the financial one. This type of shower has a longer service life given by the durability of the materials used and the composition of elements independent of each other (for example, separate shower and drain battery), which can be replaced punctually, if necessary.
What about disadvantages?
- As in any area with moisture, there is a danger of slipping, both inside the shower and at the exit. For this reason, it is advisable to use non-slip finishing materials and even use rubber or carpet substrates for this purpose, especially for families with elderly or young children.
- Another disadvantage would be that of humidity. The classic shower enclosures make a hermetic closure of the doors, which keep the steam and heat inside them. Most walk-in constructions are less insulated or even open, allowing moisture to extend throughout the bathroom. The problem can be solved by installing a fan or by creating a perfectly closed shower cubicle, through a ceiling-mounted construction, fitted with an airtight door.
- In order not to have unpleasant surprises, it is necessary to pay extra attention to the drainage system, made up of gutters, slopes and water intake channels, as well as the interior waterproofing, even from the stage of casting the screed and installing the tiles.
Finally, about the walk-in showers we can conclude that they are an artifice of interior design of the bathroom, which gives us the freedom to choose the finishing materials and the dimensions, according to possibilities, the whole design being customized according to the preferences. each one of us. Given the complexity of carrying out this small project of interior architecture, the Acolada team is ready to provide you with the necessary support, both from a technical and aesthetic point of view.