Rules and recommendations on the installation of shower cabins

The shower or shower is an integral attribute of the city apartment. In order for such an indispensable attribute of Plumbing to work correctly and fully fulfilled its purpose, you need to read the recommendations, how to correct the shower cabin.

Mounting circuit shower.

Cabins attract a huge number of buyers with their manifold:

1. Economy Cabins - require water connection, sewage drain, easy to install.
2. Cabins with lighting and musical accompaniment - require compliance with special precautions, because for their work they need to supply electricity.
3. Cabins that need not only in the connection of electricity, but also in the presence of rising pumps.

First you need to consider the recommendations that are universal when choosing all shower cabins.

General rules for choosing shower cabins

To install the pallet, it is necessary to have a bit of a bit of free space (30-40 cm throughout the perimeter of the shower cabin).

Before choosing a shower, you should measure all distances in the bathroom, take into account all distances from other sanitary nodes. It will not be superfluous to make the sketch of the shower in the bathroom.

1. Also, when taking into account all the existing distances, attention should be paid to the height of the room so that it is enough to install the pallet and the dome on the shower cabin.
2. Special attention deserves pallet, its walls can be reinforced or ordinary.
3. Separately, it is worth staying on the operating pressure on which the entire cabin system is calculated.

Recommendations for the assembly of the shower

Scheme assembling shower cabin.

1. Previously, it should be proceed with the assembly of the shower cabin in the draft version, without the use of sealants and strong tightening bolts. It is better to do it in a free space, and not in the constrained circumstances of the bathroom.
2. On the smooth surface, the pallet installation is carried out and aligning it using a level strictly in the horizon.
3. Connect the drain sewer hose to the shower pad and test work: pour some amount of water into the pallet. This is necessary in order to find out whether the drain hose is connected correctly. At the same stage, you can try on the distance from the existing sewer plum to the flow from the pallet, whether the length of the hose is enough. If the distance is insufficient, you should purchase a new hose and replace the one that went in the kit. If the hydraulic hoses have passed the test, then you can use the sealant for the misses of all connections and leave for some time (according to the instructions for sealant).
4. If the cabin has a more complex structure: the walls are highlighted, the music plays, etc., then at the initial stage it is necessary to collect and install all the electrical parts and check their performance. It is at the preparatory stage that the performance of all parts of the cabin should be checked, then they will be easier to replace them. And it is convenient to fix all the wiring on the back of the cab.
5. At the same time, the remaining fasteners are checked and the remaining fasteners, sometimes it happens that they are either not enough, or their lengths are not enough to reliably fix the carrier elements of the pallet or shower cabin.
6. On the back of the preparatory stage you can check the action and compatibility of the sealant and the cab material. Acrylic sealant is not suitable for interacting with water, it is only needed to impart the stiffness of the design of the side walls and covers. For sealing of the jacks of the pallet and the walls, only silicone is suitable. They can only be used after the final cabin installation in the bathroom.

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Mounting Rules for Shower Cabin

For the immediate installation in the bathroom of the shower, such moments should be taken into account:

Scheme of the sowing cabin.

1. There should be a separate outlet or a separate line of wiring so that the moisture from the room of the bathroom does not fall on it. In some cases it is necessary to install the RCD.
2. In the room there should be forced ventilation, which will provide a good hood of steam and moisture after taking the soul.
3. In order to set the pallet in the bathroom, you should make sure there is a slope and good drain of water. If the draining is difficult, you can build some elevation - the podium. The pallet will rise to it, and the slope will be sufficient.

Setting the pallet:

1. The pallet is set to the place where it will stand. The walls must be located strictly at 90 ° to each other. If the walls are decorated with ceramic tiles, a waterproofing layer should be provided under it. Installed the pallet, checked the bias, if everything is good - continue to work.
2. The side walls and guides for the shower door should be installed onto the pallet. Fasten all the elements with bolts or other fasteners and use sealant. The design should be left at the specified time to dry out the sealant.
3. Next, you should install the dome on the shower cabin, secure with the help of hardware and sealant. Once again at this stage, check the operation of electrical wiring and other functions of the shower cabin.
4. After waiting for the required time, proceed to the further assembly of the cab: it should be properly installed the doors, check the tightness of the plum and soothes of hot and cold water.
5. If all the rules for installing shower cabins are observed, then there will be no problems at this stage. And the collected cabin will work and bring joy.
6. The final stage in the assembly and installation of the shower cabin is the fixation of the "skirts" - the facade or front side per pallet. It should be consolidated with hermetically, but so that, if necessary, it could be removed and clean the sewage drain or resolve water leakage at the joints of the compounds.

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To install a shower cabin in the bathroom tool and such material:

Scheme of a shower pallet.

• drill or screwdriver with the possibility of changing the nozzle on the drill;
• crosshead screwdriver;
• Adjustable wrench;
• small construction level;
• several flexible hoses for water connection;
• silicone sealant for sealing joints in contact with water, and acrylic sealant for waterproofing the outer walls and the back side of the cabin;
• Sealing tape or fum-tape for better sealing of threaded connections on the water supply line.

When implementing the above recommendations, any shower cabin will bring joy and pleasure, despite the fact that she has the opportunity to accompany swimming with music or not.