How to assemble a shower cabin
The modern plumbing market is able to offer solutions to problems that were previously impossible or difficult to implement. For example, installing your own shower cabin caused a lot of difficulties and was quite rare. However, with the development of production technologies, materials have appeared that are fairly cheap and at the same time have good performance characteristics. This has significantly reduced the cost of production, and hence the final price for the finished product.
There were many manufacturers and models, so install a shower cabin at home now under the force of almost everyone who wants it.
Definition and species
A shower cabin is considered to be a plumbing device, one way or another fenced off from the rest of the bathroom space and intended for the adoption of water procedures. Some modern models have a rather complicated system that allows for hydromassage sessions.
In principle, there are two main options for the manufacture of the cabin:
- Shower Corner.
- Shower cabin.
The main difference between the options from each other is that in the shower corner as the one or two doors are the walls of the bathroom, while in the embodiment of the cabin all four walls are provided. Therefore, the area to a certain extent has limitations concerning the installation site, and the cabin is devoid of them and can be installed in almost any convenient place. However, the corner option is somewhat simpler from the point of view of the technological device, and therefore it will be easier to assemble it yourself, but at the same time you will have to pay for it with the reduced functionality of the device.
Anyway, it is necessary to solve independently for each specific case, proceeding from the assigned tasks.
Technical device
It should immediately make a reservation that there are options for showers that can be called monolithic. As such, they are literally, and all their installation work consists in installing and connecting the device to the water supply and sewage systems. We are not talking about some kind of assembly in this case, so we will not dwell on the nuances.
As for prefab cabin manufacturing options, it should be noted that regardless of which option (corner or cabin) is used, the device will consist of the following components:
- main tank-pan;
- sash-walls and sliding panels that will function as doors;
- a complex of devices designed to supply water inside the cabin;
- roof shower.
As for the components of the shower, they can also have several options. For example, a pallet tank can be made of acrylic, metal, or ceramic. As for the wings and roof, these elements of the structure are most often made of plastic.
Installation and assembly
Choice of place
The first step in the installation is to choose a place for work. The bottom line is that one should be guided not only by the design of the device, but also by the location of the water supply and sewage systems. Ideal if the cabin drain will be located, if not directly above the drain, then as close as possible to it. This will greatly facilitate the task of connecting to the sewer.
Installing a shower cabin, especially if the product form factor is a corner, requires ideally smooth surfaces, both of the walls and the floor. This circumstance must be clarified before the work begins. If during the inspection of the place of the proposed installation will be identified defects, they must be eliminated without fail.
Pallet installation
Then you can proceed to the installation of the pallet. In principle, the task is not too difficult to perform, but it has some nuances. The fact is that most often for the installation of this structural element are used special legs, equipped with adjusting screws. The legs need not just to install, but also to level the pallet itself so that it is located strictly horizontally.
If the model of the pallet is made of acrylic, then under it should be made a special frame, designed to increase the strength, and hence the reliability of the whole structure.
Along with other things, at this stage of work it is necessary to connect the drain of the pallet and the water supply system. All joints must be sealed.
Installation of walls and doors
Then you can proceed to the installation of other elements, namely the walls and doors. As a guide, the assembly diagram attached to the product can be used. Usually, the walls are installed in special grooves of the pallet and fixed with screws and stiffeners.
After this, cabin doors are installed in the same way. Depending on a design, doors can be arranged both oar, and sliding. No matter how, but before you install the door, you need to mount the fasteners.
Roof installation
The final stage of the work is the installation of the shower roof. Like other elements, it is mounted in accordance with the attached instructions. It is worth noting that some manufacturing options can be equipped with lighting elements, and when they are connected, maximum caution should be exercised and to carry out work with high quality. Electricity and humidity are not the safest combination, and therefore it is simply unacceptable to carelessly approach the installation of such structural elements.
After installing the cabin, you need to check its performance and tightness of the joints.