Posted on January 10, 2012 by David
With all of the stresses in people’s lives these days, there’s nothing like a long relaxing shower at the end of a horrendous day to put you back where you need to be. It also helps to have a shower that you can just hop into on a second’s notice rather than having to go [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 3, 2011 by David
If you’ve decided to take on redoing your bathroom, there are some common mistakes that you need to avoid. Keep in mind that your changes will be a success or a failure, depending on how you approach them. Following are the areas you need to take most care in. Bathroom Tiles There are rules to [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on July 24, 2011 by David
Aside from being hazardous to the health of the people who are exposed to it, the presence mold can cause extensive damage to the wood of bathroom cabinets. This is why you need to make sure that you are able to get rid of mold as soon as you see it. If you see some [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on July 9, 2011 by David
The most important requirement is that the hot and cold supply pipes to the shower must be under equal water pressure. With a cylinder storage hot water system, whether direct or indirect, hot water pressure comes from the main cold water storage cistern supplying the cylinder with water. The cold water supply to the shower [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on June 17, 2011 by David
There is nothing better than getting out of a shower or bath and having a nice warm towel to wrap yourself up in. Everyone that has ever been to a high class hotel or resort knows that feeling of a warm towel after your bath, and many have wondered if there was a way of [...]
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Posted on June 8, 2011 by David
Showers must have some kind of mixing valve to mix the streams of hot and cold water and thus to produce a shower at the required temperature. The two handles of the bath taps provide the very simplest mixing valve, and push-on shower attachments can be cheaply obtained. Opening the bath taps then mixes the [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on May 21, 2011 by David
It is very evident that most bathroom tiles and appliances wear out after prolonged usage. The flooring will appear outdated and bath tubs and toilets will turn yellow or pink in color. Remodeling the bathroom would be one of the most arduous and expensive venture. Bathroom remodeling is one of the primary steps when it [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2011 by David
It is possible to replace your cast iron bath with a new one made of the same material, but more modern in styling. However, these baths are expensive and very heavy indeed. Carrying one into the bathroom and fitting it requires considerable strength (you’d need at least one strong helper) as well as care. There [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 16, 2010 by David
An improvement on this very simple arrangement, as far as showers over baths are concerned, is the bath/shower mixer. This resembles an ordinary mixer tap on a bath, except that a flexible metal hose rises from the centre of the mixer to a spray head which can be fixed at varying heights on the wall [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 12, 2010 by David
1. After fixing the shower unit to the bathroom wall and making the connection from the rising main, thread in the circuit cable. 2. Feed the cable up the unit and strip it before connecting the red and black cores to the L and N terminals respectively. 3. Remember to sleeve the bare earth core [...]
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