Bathrooms
Planning Your Dream bathrooms
Bathrooms365 Guide To Achieving
the Bathroom you deserve.
Careful planning is required to ensure you end up with a bathroom to suit your
needs. We have over 30 years experience in advising on bathrooms and bathroom related projects.
Getting Started. Bathrooms advice.
Fitting a new bathroom or a range of bathrooms is a chance to review what you want from the
room. Think about who uses the room and how it is used:
- do you prefer to
have a quick shower and wash?
- do you like to relax in a bubble bath?
- is a shower over the bath good
enough or would you prefer a separate shower and bath?
- do you need storage
for all your towels, toiletries and essentials?
- do you need to consider
the needs of young children or the elderly?
Get a good idea of what you want from your new bathroom before you start
and it will make your planning that bit easier.
Drawing up a plan for successful bathrooms.
Accurately measure the internal
dimensions of your bathrooms, taking doors, windows and radiators into account
as well as any architectural features such as sloping ceilings.
Draw a scaled plan ideally using graph paper, and mark on existing plumbing
points, such as water supply and soil outlet. Re-positioning items is
possible, but can be costly if the plumbing needs to be changed, so bear
this in mind when planning the room. If in doubt consult a qualified
plumber.
Don't forget about:
- the position of doors and the way they open
- the position of windows
and their height from the floor, also the way they open
- the type of water
supply system you have and where it is located
- heating and ventilation – consider
an extractor if your bathroom is small or has no windows
- storage space – fitted
bathroom furniture can make a bathroom look sophisticated and clutter
free whilst covering unsightly pipes
- safety – you may want to consider
handrails and non-slip surfaces if you have elderly family members
All bathrooms are different. Think about the bathroom floor, will it need replacing? Now would be a good time before the bathroom furniture is fitted.
Cut out shapes of the bathrooms suite you like and play around with them
in the room, you will see how well they fit into the space and it may
give you ideas. Make sure you have enough activity space around each
item, as a rough guide allow 700mm in front of a toilet and basin and
at least 1000mm in front of a bath.
Making more of your space
If you have a small bathroom you may need to think more creatively about
your space.
Consider the following tips to help you turn less into more.
- move or change
the radiator, many different sizes, shapes and styles are available now,
from tall and thin to short and wide and even spiral! Another option
to consider would be under floor heating
- if you find that one bathroom
is not enough for your family consider other options, could you install
an en-suite shower room in a corner of your bedroom? Or perhaps a cloakroom
under the stairs?
Some bathroom suites have been designed to fit into small and awkward
areas, the Space range from Ideal Standard includes a corner wc and basin,
a specially designed shower bath to give you a larger showering area
and even a range of furniture to fit into smaller rooms.
Choosing your suite
The style of your bathrooms will influence
your choice of suite, think about your tastes, do you prefer sleek and
sophisticated, classic and contemporary, traditional or even something
a bit different? Bear in mind the size of your bathroom, suites are available
in all sorts of sizes and styles.
Storage
Don't forget to build in space for storage. Think
about what you need to store – toiletries,
towels, cleaning materials. Fitted furniture will provide storage space
and hide ugly plumbing. Also consider shelving and free standing or wall
mounted cupboards.
With careful planning you should be able to create the bathroom of your
dreams. Your choice of decoration and finishes will also help create
the right look so choose colours and materials carefully. Don't forget
the accessories – colour
co-ordinated towels and toiletries can all help create your perfect bathroom
environment.
Showers
Domestically Stuart Turner manufactures three ranges of pump showers
Stuart Turner Monsoon Shower Pump Range
Monsoon is a range of 11 pumps
constructed in brass and designed to meet the pressure boosting demands
found within most domestic and light commercial property. The range offers
a choice of both Single and Twin showers pumps with either flow switch positive
or pressure / flow switch negative head fully automatic control systems.
All Stuart Turner Monsoon pumps are supplied with anti vibration feet,
flexible hoses, inlet strainers and power supply cable and are ready to
install, for that extra peace of mind they carry a full two-year guarantee.
Stuart Turner Monsoon Extra Shower Pump Range
Monsoon Extra is a range
of six pumps constructed in stainless steel or brass and engineering plastic.
The range has been designed to meet the larger domestic and commercial
applications where higher flow rates at pressure are required. Monsoon
Extra have been rated at a duty point of 45l/min at 1.2, 2.3 and 2.8 bar
with a choice of either positive or negative head, with fully automatic
control systems. All Monsoon Extra pumps are supplied with anti vibration
feet, flexible hoses, inlet strainers and power supply cable and are ready
to install. For that extra peace of mind they carry a full two-year guarantee.
Stuart Turner Showermate Range (showers)
Showermate is a range of three pumps constructed
in engineering plastic which have been designed to meet the demands of
individual shower and bath shower applications. They are offered in flow
switch positive head option only, but can be installed in conjunction with
an air or non-latching pull cord switch to operate in negative head conditions.
All Showermate pumps are supplied with anti vibration feet, flexible hoses,
and power supply cable and are ready to install, carrying a full one-year
guarantee.
If you have any queries regarding which Stuart Turner showers pump best
suits your domestic needs then please call Stuart Turner technical support
team on 01491 572655. Their support for showers is excellent.
Bathroom Furniture
About Ideal Standard Bathroom Furniture
For a simple, contemporary feel that won’t date you should look
at the Studio or Alto ranges. Both offer clean, simple lines at exceptional
value for money and typically to Ideal Standard offer a host of options
with regards to basin size.
For the best in Bathroom Furniture contemporary design and sculptural simplicity the award
winning White suite is a must have. Now available in a cube design as well,
this suite remains our biggest seller.
When space is tight, look no further than Ideal Standard’s award
winning Space range. The genius of Space is that it makes use of every
available inch, but sacrifices nothing in contemporary good looks.
The top end of the Ideal Standard market is covered by Purity, Kyomi and
Accent. All subtly different in design they all share the qualities of
beautiful, high class style without losing the practical necessity that
they are bought for.
This year has seen many old favourites such as Tulip and Cabria become
discontinued. The reason? Ideal Standard has brought out the Create range.
Realising the complexities of bathroom design, Ideal Standard’s Create
gives a multitude of options. With three distinctive basin shapes combining
with a range of core pieces there’s an affordable, tailor-made bathroom
waiting for you!
Ideal Standard
We have the best range of Ideal Standard bathroom products on the internet at the most competitive prices.
If you need any further help with any Ideal Standard Bathroom Furniture query, please
call our Sales team on 0870 365 7 365 or Ideal Standard Customer Services
on 01482 346461.
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