Bathroom. Classics and Contemporaries

Bath, Hot Tub - the ultimate dream tormented heroine of the movie plot, a place of rest the tired hero and a magnet for quiet but no less weary of imitators. What does please us all the modern industry? Consider the options. To begin with, of course, the classic cast-iron tub with an enamel coating. A familiar and the familiar, reliable and virtually eternal, with a mass of indisputable advantages. Firstly, it is almost impossible to break and very difficult to spoil, even using abrasive cleaners or all sorts of chemistry. The service life of cast-iron girlfriend is at least 50 years. Modern bathroom cast at a factory in the form, then it covers the first layer of enamel and leaves to dry in an infrared oven, just like the body of the car after painting. Several layers of enamel anticorrosion coating makes bath durable and easy to clean. Due to its massiveness, it retains heat for a long time, and lie in it for hours, hardly bothering to manipulation of the taps, pouring hot water. It is also necessary to recognize the dignity classic look, elegance and perfection of form. Although the choice of baths and not indulge diversity, but to get the desired size, both domestic imported, much effort will not make, and for a very reasonable price. Of the innovations necessary to pay attention to the special coating from the bottom-slip type inclusions rhombs or slips, various chrome handles and towel. They say that the cast iron bath with Jacuzzi and there are, however, to order and for other costs. It should be noted that the cast-iron bathtub with a qualified repair (re-layered enamel with baking) can be brought back to life even at 5-7 years. During the mass building of Brezhnev's happy waiting list got together with a flat iron bath, not condusive to long-term incumbency and serene idleness. Soak in the bath was clearly not a favorite thing of the builder of communism, and indeed the design on hilenkih legs did not inspire confidence, and taking a shower turned into a rather loud procedure, which immediately notify neighbors about your pastime. Modern steel baths are bent, welded and design. They are neither the depth nor the storage capacity, they can easily pick up on the fifth floor with no elevator, but this procedure will be repeated every decade, although some manufacturers, and claim the life of 30 years, but, given the mechanical and thermal strain, the enamel is peeling off and cleave much faster. Therefore, their only advantage - low price. And the place they did that in the country. Referred to dignity is not a designer baths of "steel", whose main objective - to satisfy the creative impulse of the designer, though, for your money and the price of your convenience. However, the craftsmen are advised to install a bath tub filled with sand or on the podium, filling the space under the bath foam for heat and sound insulation. Because Holland is not rich in iron and steel, there have mastered the production of acrylic sheets. Now, from acrylic baths are sold worldwide, and bend them from these pages. Acrylic - is a new polymer material, resistant to oxygen, light and many chemicals, which can be painted in different colors and blow out from a sheet of virtually any shape. However, the better quality acrylic, the worse it bends. The highest quality bath sheet made from a minimum thickness of 5 mm, then the resulting trough, to give a bath necessary rigidity, from the outside and cover are reinforced with epoxy resin. To use the fiberglass reinforcement, and the most critical parts (bottom and a side) can be reinforced with metal. All these layers are clearly visible on the cut (for example, the edges of holes for drainage) and allow us to judge as the most bath. The advantage of acrylic plastic in the front that it is very wear resistant, it keeps the color and luster, and in case scratches easily repaired, even on its own. Congenital defect of acrylic bathtubs: it can be easily scratched, it can not be washed clawed pet, and wash children's clothes after the sandbox, too, should not, and under the sink, even the plastic manufacturers recommend that enclose something soft. Should not be allowed contact with the surface of the bath adhesives, coatings (including hair), chemicals containing benzene or acetone. To clean a bath can be just a damp sponge with a bit of a special detergent at least once a month. Acrylic bathtub retains heat well, but not as quiet as iron. Most of the spas is acrylic. Unfortunately, the market encountered baths metaakrila very similar to acrylic. In metaakrile only 10% of the acrylic. Therefore, these products very quickly turn yellow (the color may change even within one year of operation). Buyer is difficult to distinguish one material from another. A couple of years ago on sale there were baths of quartz and Corian. Quark is a mixture of acrylic and quartz sand, Corian - is similar to acrylic polyester lacquer with grains of granite, quartz, onyx, and even marble. This mixture was so successful that it has all the positive properties of acrylic, the hardness of stone and does not require reinforcement. Baths of these materials are cast in the same way as iron, have thick walls and do not need, unlike acrylic, additional frames of reference, but it is easier to iron and extremely plastic. Even before there were kitchen sinks of these materials, and the hostess quickly appreciated their "indestructibility. Damage the quartz or corian is almost impossible: even dropping a heavy object in a bath, you should not worry - no trace remains. Due to the rigidity they may not only have a clear line in the design, but also perfectly amenable to cladding with ceramic tiles without the threat of shedding of grout from the joints, and hydro works almost noiselessly. Polished outer surface can dispense with veneer or decorative panels. Baths of quartz and Corian have greater volume and variety of shapes and sizes, can painting in a mass under the order, in addition, the structure of the material has practically no pores and is more hygienic than products made of natural stone. Of course, this affects the price, starting at $ 3500. Not just a bath in some design decisions bathrooms is built up around the bath the whole concept. How could it be otherwise, if cut from a golden-green onyx, or at least put a marble bath in the middle of the room on a specially constructed podium. Nobody, of course, not cut it with a hammer and chisel, but to get a bath, carved from solid rock in the machine on the sketches, is quite real. If such a grandiose solution does not fit into your refined interior, the bath can be made of glass. You think it's less prestigious? Not at all, according to its value. Glass bathtub can take the form of an oval or round bowls, rectangular shape, as well as combinations of glass and wood - one or two inserts of natural wood with the ends. These baths are equipped with stands or podiums of metal or wood, as well as headrests, stylish sanitary fittings and mixer. Glass can be polished or matte, clear or colored. The colors are offered a choice: pale blue, light green, turquoise, cherry red. So familiar in the Middle Ages for commoners tree again takes its place in the bathroom, but now it's exclusive. Bath of natural wood will create a unique style bathroom feel like an aura of the tree has a positive effect on the aura of the owner of such baths as beneficial chi energy permeates virtually everything and helps preserve cash flow. That firms engaged in the production of boats (shells) of exclusive wooden yachts, began to publish the bath - the same boat, just the opposite - suggests that money for a bath, you'll need considerable. By the way, some of these firms no longer build boats - not so profitable second concept of wooden bathtubs - hard minimalism: chopped rectangular bathtubs made of wood (or more simply - out of plywood) and the tub-fonts. But do not expect that it will be cheaper: a list of options in this font is much more impressive list of options on the Volvo S-80, and even the cost of each item above. Of course, such a bath is not practical, short-lived and difficult to maintain, but what does it matter in this context. And the curtain - copper bath! On sale is only the classical model, refined, practical, fully equipped with stylish accessories. So if your new Porsche Cayenne is not yet come into the salon, do not worry - you can still spend money on a copper bath. Instead of an epilogue can not give a definite answer to the question of what a bath is better. Each material and design is interesting in its own way. It is important to bath answered your idea of ??practicality, comfort and beauty, because it is to gain peace of mind and balance is a bath. And what a variety of accessories for it, and other components unchanged bathroom ... but about that next time. The only thing not yet invented - machine for pouring into the bath right amount of hot water without the risk of flooding of nearby land. It would be a breakthrough, comparable perhaps with remote control for TV sets.