From sweeping robots to dishwashers, de-housekeeping seems to be becoming a consensus in recent years.
However, after all, intelligence cannot completely replace labor, and it is obviously unrealistic to completely go to housework, and lying flat seems to be far away.
Although lying flat is not allowed, we can't stand, so we have to sit anyway! So, if you can't completely reduce the amount of housework, it's okay to reduce the amount of housework, right? Recently, the very popular cabinet to retaining water strips is obviously telling everyone that netizens have not given up on the road to housework.
Recently, because of housework, netizens have started to tinker with the shower room again.
The reason is that everyone finds that the shower room is very troublesome to clean, and it is completely increasing housework. So, in the constant tossing, a new term about the shower room came out-Sunken shower cubicle
So, in this issue, let's talk about the sunken shower room.
The shower room is the boundary between dry and wet in the bathroom, so the traditional practice of the shower room is to install a protruding retaining stone on the ground, and then install the shower room on the retaining stone.
As the name suggests, the role of the water retaining stone protruding from the ground is to block the water in the shower area and prevent it from flowing outside.
However, there are certain problems with the traditional shower room, which is also the reason why the netizens mentioned at the beginning tinkered with the shower room.
1. It affects the mopping and cleaning of the ground and is easy to accumulate dirt.
When mopping the bathroom floor, the mop will be blocked by the water retaining stone, which is more troublesome. Moreover, in the long-term use of the protruding water retaining stone, the junction between it and the ground will accumulate dirt, which is troublesome to clean, and it may not be able to clean up even after spending a lot of time.
2. It's not good-looking.
Originally, the bathroom was not big, and the overall color of the floor was the most beautiful. The water retaining stone and the ground often have a color difference, which destroys the overall sense of the ground and the visual effect is not good. In addition, once there is a water retaining stone, the floor tiles inside and outside are generally not jointed, which further tears the overall sense of the ground.
3. Affect walking.
Although the water retaining stone is blocked, the ground will form a height difference (generally 3-4 cm), and it is easy to bump when walking. In particular, for small toilets, it affects walking, which is very dangerous for children or the elderly.
Compared with the practice of the traditional shower room, the biggest improvement of the sunken shower room is the cancellation of the water retaining stone, and at the same time, in order to block the bright water in the shower area, the ground of the sunken shower room is 1 lower than the ground outside5-2.5 cm.
After improvement, such a sunken shower room has several advantages over traditional shower rooms:
1. The ground is easy to mop and clean, and should not be fouled.
Although the sunken shower room also has a height difference, compared with the traditional water retaining stone method, it has only one height difference. There is also the problem of dirt accumulation, but after all, it is a little less. And the biggest advantage is that since the ground is not raised, it is also much easier to mop the floor.
2. The overall feeling of the ground is good.
Remove the water retaining stone, pave the floor tiles, the color of the ground is consistent, and at the same time, through the floor tile joints, the overall sense of the ground is further improved, and the visual effect is much better.
3. High security.
Since there are no protrusions on the ground, you will not bump when walking, and the safety is much higher.
Although the sunken shower room has certain benefits, if the details are not in place, it is very likely to bury yourself.
Due to the removal of the stone and the sunken shower area, there is a height difference from the outside brick surface. If the height difference is not closed, the floor tiles will have the problem of leakage, which will seriously affect the visual effect.
At present, there are about three ways to close the sinking (height difference):
Floor tiles are butted at a 45-degree angle (begonia corner).
This practice requires the floor tiles to be processed in advance, and because the drop is not large, the side tiles are relatively small, and the construction is more troublesome. Good technology is needed, otherwise the finished result may not be ideal.
In addition, the use of floor tiles to collide, the sunny corner is relatively brittle, in the future use, easy to bump, collapse edge.
However, after the completion of this method, the ground has a good effect due to the uniform color and overall feeling.
Stainless steel trim trim.
Stainless steel closing strip is a more popular scheme recently, the advantage is that the floor tile does not need to do chamfering processing, the construction is convenient, and it is not easy to overturn.
Note: However, because the closing strip will have a color difference with the ground, it is necessary to match it reasonably according to your own style, and it is recommended to use silver matte color for the practice of not easy to overturn.
Stone closing edges.
The stone edge here is different from the water retaining stone, and the stone of the sunken shower room is not installed protruding from the ground, but is flush with the floor tiles outside.
Note: If you use this kind of stone to close, it is recommended that the stone be chamfered with a certain slope to avoid the problem of fouling at the height difference.
However, the use of stone to close the mouth, although the construction is relatively simple, but because the stone will have a color difference on the ground, so the ground also has a little ** feeling.
The main purpose of making a sunken shower room is to avoid the inconvenience caused by the protrusion of the water retaining stone. Therefore, the choice of shower room style is very important.
The point is: the sunken shower room must be frameless, at least without the ground strip, otherwise it will be no different from the water retaining stone, and it will lose the meaning of sinking.
Diamond and right-angled versions with swing door shower cabin.
It should be noted thatAt present, there is no frameless style for curved shower rooms, so if you want to make a sunken shower room, you can only do diamond and right-angle styles with swing doors.
Because some bathrooms are relatively small, and the style of swing doors takes up more space, it is necessary to fully consider avoiding overturning in the later stage in the plane stage.
Straight shower room.
If your shower area is in a straight line, you don't need to pay special attention. Because the one-line shower room can directly choose the frameless sliding model or the frameless swing door model, the choice range is large, and the installation is also very convenient.
Glass. Unilateral installation of fixed glass plates is also a popular practice now, and it is necessary to reserve a glass slot in advance to make this kind of glass plate (below).
The advantages of fixed glass plates are that they are cheap, easy to take care of, and will not block the wind and hinder indoor convection.
Suggestion: The shower area with this fixed glass plate needs to be of sufficient width, and the glass plate needs to be of a certain width, otherwise there will be a problem of water splashing into the dry area.
Summary: Although the sunken shower room has many advantages, there are also many problems in the specific construction, which can be seen in the previous article of Houjiang. Friends can consider it comprehensively according to the current situation of their own house.
Finally, I wish you all a happy decoration!