Modern Bathroom Designs

When purchasing a new home or a new to you home one of the major factors that sways buyers’ opinion is the Kitchen and bathrooms, these areas of you home can be the make or break area when trying to close the deal.

New property or even those that are barley a few years old may have excluded from their bathroom(s) safety or cost saving solutions that would be a general expectation of a new or relatively new proper. For example on visiting a friends apartment on a well known and self proclaimed green estate in the Tyne Side area I was disappointed to note that the toilet in their bathroom was not dual flush a very simple way of conserving water usage and water bills has been overlooked. Dual flush toilets can be inexpensive and over period of time will prove an excellent cost saving investment, makes such as Roca RAK and Twyford guarantee to provide a quality toilet whether a close couple toilet, back to the wall toilet, or wall hung toilet, making a stylish addition to your bathroom.

Showering is important in today’s fast paced society make sure your home has a thermostatic shower particularily if you have children who are old enough to be unsupervised when bathing. One of the most common incidents/accident in the home is scalding. Modern technology in mixer showers and electric showers stops this problem as they include as standard thermostatic valves or temperature controls to protect those who are of tender years or the elderly by ensuring the water temperate does not become a danger to them.

Shower trays with tiling upstands are a must for a water tight finish, giving greater confidence to the installer and the user, and providing many years of unhindered use.

This easy to install option can prevent unnecessary leakage and prolong the life expectancy of your tile and shower tray installation.

Shower doors whether bifold shower doors pivot shower doors hinged shower doors or sliding shower doors should always conform to either BS6206 Class A or the European Standard EN12150-1:2000. This is a guarantee that the glass in these products has been toughened to withstand a greater force of impact than normal glass. In the highly unlikely event that an accident should occur in your shower, the glass will, crystalise reducing the risk of serious harm or injury to the user. All glass should be to this standard these standards however do not reflect the thickness in the glass in UK manufacturing this can vary from 3mm in shower doors or shower enclosure to 10mm in shower doors and shower enclosures, manufacturers such as Twyford Sloegrin Manhattan and Aqualux available from WD Bathrooms can guarantee a qualiy shower door or enclosure for your bathroom or ensuite.