When it comes to changing the design of the bedroom or transforming the kitchen decor, ideas are overflowing. But if you need to improve such a practical area as a bathroom or shower, doubts arise. To create a comfortable and delightful atmosphere at the same time, you don’t need any special efforts. After all, designers have long been advising their clients of a “tropical shower” - a wonderful mixture of functionality and heavenly bliss. It is also called an overhead or rain shower. The peculiarity lies in the location of a special “rain shower” nozzle in the ceiling.
How to make such a rain shower, see the end of the article.
Modeled to give the feeling of rain, this watering can typically has several built-in capabilities, from a real downpour to a water-saving trickle. It consists of a thin square or round, disk-shaped nozzle with many small holes through which water flows evenly and continuously.
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More modernized models include a pressure adjustment function, which allows you to turn the spray falling from the shower into neat droplets. Even more modern models have a random selection of shower modes. This can be a pulsating rain massage (for a spa-like experience), a powerful shower (for a strong and abundant flow of water) or an economical thin stream (for a long stay in a hot shower). The random selection option gives you the opportunity to realistically experience real rain: sudden, changeable and unpredictable.
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Rain shower heads differ in shape, design and material. Steel, chrome and brass options are considered traditional and fit into any bathroom.
Advantages of a rain shower head
Some ideas where a rain shower is a real dream corner!
A horizontal shower looks unique and outlandish. Many small watering cans allow you to achieve a state of complete relaxation, free yourself from stress and muscle tension. It might even be better than a bath. 
Owner country house I would definitely like to have a shower that opens onto the garden. Double glass door may be an additional window. This rain shower comes with a vertical wall stand and a square shower head. 
An open shower that amazes with its splendor. Water flows from a mirrored watering can like rain: calm and mesmerizing.
Compact shower area, which is not part of the bath. This is a rain shower integrated into the open space of the home. An illuminated ceiling shower, granite and glass walls create an overall unusual design. 
This shower is equipped with a huge shower head, divided into six parts. Additional water dispensers and spa decor provide a sense of resort tranquility. 
Some shower heads are temperature sensitive and can change color. You can create your own ideal atmosphere using additional local lighting.
A frame for a tropical shower made of wooden logs - why not an option? They can completely transform your bathroom decor. The stone floor is another bright accent. 
This tropical shower is the easiest way to achieve a state of “zen”. The mirror panel on the ceiling evokes the glow of the night sky. It reflects all the charm of the decor. Plants are a great addition to a tropical style. 
The rain shower, hidden behind a glass veil, takes center stage in this bedroom apartment. It's like a quiet haven in a blue lagoon: beautiful and natural. Although it performs a practical function, simultaneously separating and connecting different zones apartments. 
LED strips built into the ceiling enhance general impression from the shower room: with the help of a clever arrangement lighting fixtures You can achieve a real optical illusion - mesmerizing and sophisticated. 
LED lamps especially highlight the tropical shower in a minimalist style. Transparent glass walls do not block the surrounding space, making the room airy and weightless. Turquoise Accents look incredible in gray tones. 
Despite the rather simple and unassuming design of the shower head, this shower attracts with an atmosphere of harmony and peace. Its shape and combination of materials will please the most demanding customer. After a pleasant relaxation in the bath, the muscles are toned under the powerful drops of the shower head. 
This shower enclosure fully exposes its space to the beauty of your backyard or garden. Only a glass wall separates her from absolute fusion with nature. Suitable for owners country houses with maximum privacy capabilities. 
Tropical shower: DIY watering can
Inexperienced experimenters can build a rain shower at home without much expense.
Step 1: What is required
For the base you will need a CD box (for 10 pieces). You also need a glue gun, flexible tube, an old shower head, a needle, a ruler, a compass, a candle and some common tools. 
Step 2: Draw the Grid
The grid consists of circles and lines. The number of circles should be selected at your own discretion. Let the lines be shallow: this is just a guideline for making holes. 
Step 3: Make the Holes
Heat the needle over a candle flame, holding it with pliers. Then quickly, while the needle is hot, stick it into the plastic along the mesh, making required quantity holes. 
Step 4: Prepare the Base
First, cut off the thing that the discs fit on. This can be easily done with a utility knife. Next, take a piece of tube, plastic or copper, place it in the resulting hole and glue it tightly. Calculate so that the length of the tube does not exceed the height of the disc box. 
Step 5: Close the Box
Now you need to glue the black and transparent parts of the box together. Just close tightly and coat with waterproof glue. 
Step 6: attach a hose
A tube with a diameter of 1 cm will do. Attach one end to homemade watering can. Next, cut the old shower head: you need to use the lower part, which will then be screwed to old system. Glue the tube and the cut part of the nozzle together with waterproof glue. 
Step 7: add and improve
All that remains is to attach a metal tube or something else (flexible but rigid) to hold the hoses in a bent position. Glue one end to the nozzle, the other to the watering can. 
Step 8: result
The free updated watering can is ready for long-term relaxing use.
Every person strives to bring his life as close as possible to an ideal and comfortable home. An important place in the house is occupied by the bathroom and plumbing fixtures in it. Such a concept as a toilet and a bathtub has been accompanying us for a long time, and we cannot imagine how we can do without them. With the shower stall the situation is a little different. It entered everyday life relatively recently, but has already outdone its neighbors in the bathroom in terms of functionality.
Until recently, such a design as an overhead shower was used only on garden plots private houses and country estates. It was equipped with everyone possible ways using improvised means, they placed some container on the roof and put on a watering can with a diffuser.
The vertical shower has changed and transformed a lot since then. At the moment, there are several types of overhead showers.
They differ in type of construction, internal structure and hygiene functions. They also differ in size and material of manufacture.
What types of overhead shower exist:
- Column shower;
- Hidden ceiling shower;
- Semi-hidden mounted model;
- Open ceiling shower;
- Shower panel;
- Tropical shower.
All these models can be characterized in one word - vertical shower.
Ceiling-mounted overhead shower: types of device
The design of the bathroom and shower cabin is always one of the top priorities. Comfortable conditions create a favorable environment for relaxation and rest while taking water procedures.
The overhead shower, built into the ceiling, has several varieties. The main ones are regular shower, and tropical.
The features of the built-in ceiling shower help to hide all the components of the structure, and supply water from the diffuser almost from the shower ceiling.
Advantages of a built-in ceiling shower:
- Great shower design;
- No need to bang your head on the shower head;
- An opportunity to relax.
When installing a built-in ceiling shower, you can equip a rain shower head. This will make taking a shower a real bliss.
Rain shower: reviews from users and professionals
The ultra-modern shower model - tropical rain is rapidly gaining momentum in its introduction into shower stalls. And it’s not for nothing that a rain shower gives a person additional functions and sensations when taking a shower.
Tropical showers, reviews of which fill Internet sites, are so popular for good reason. The multiple options of this design provide a person with light and sound effects when taking a shower.
In addition, a properly equipped rain shower is equipped with a switch with several water supply modes. When you switch it, the program itself provides you with the specified shower mode.
Positive aspects of a rain shower according to user reviews:
- Helps you relax completely;
- Energizes;
- Gives self-confidence;
- Provides hydromassage;
- Saturates human skin with oxygen;
- Gives you the opportunity to feel like you are in nature under cold pouring rain or hot tropical downpour;
- Stimulates the activity of skin cells;
- Activates and strengthens the immune system;
- Helps relieve stress.
Among other things, a tropical shower, despite its wide shower head, helps to save water consumption. This happens due to the aerator built into the watering can, and a competent software tropical shower.
Capital built-in shower: installation and installation
The water that flows through water pipes today is the main enemy of all our plumbing fixtures. Therefore, it is advisable to start installing a built-in shower by installing a water filter at the entrance of the water supply to the house. The fact is that this type of shower is completely built into the wall; if it fails, everything will have to be dismantled. It's better to install a filter right away.
It is not difficult to equip a built-in shower, for someone who has at least some great plumbing and plumbing skills construction work. If they are not there, then it is better to contact a specialist. A poorly installed device will require a lot of cost and time for repairs and re-equipment.
It is also necessary to choose high-quality, durable materials for installing the shower. If you lay unreliable pipes or install a cheap faucet, you will soon face unplanned repairs.
Installation steps for a built-in shower:
- We make grooves for the water supply junction in the wall;
- Lays pipes;
- We will equip an outlet for the mixer;
- Install the adapter for the watering can;
- We assemble and connect the mixer;
- We will equip a control panel (if available);
- We assemble the system;
- Attach the watering can;
- We check the tightness of the system;
- We close up the ceiling;
- We finish the walls (or walls).
Some shower models may require additional installation steps, but in general, all built-in shower types are installed the same way.
Ceiling shower: shapes and types of divider
Each person enjoys different sensations when taking hygiene procedures. Some people prefer a hard toothbrush, while others prefer a softer brush, some like a cooler bath, and some come out of it red as a lobster. Same with the shower. Each product has its own buyer.
A ceiling shower can soothe and invigorate, relax the muscular system and provide massage. All these effects are achieved using a watering can or diffuser.
The direction of the stream of water falling on the body also affects human health in different ways. The most useful, from a medical point of view, is the vertical shower, or as it is also called, the overhead shower. A stream of water falling from above on the head activates the entire nervous system. This is something to think about before choosing the type of shower head for your shower.
Types of shower heads that exist:
- Regular diffuser round shape on a stand that provides it with fastening;
- Square, round or rectangular sprinkler built into the ceiling;
- A built-in watering can of any shape, on a surface protruding from the ceiling;
- Figured watering cans for children's procedures;
- Large in diameter, any shape sprayer for a rain shower.
Modern types of overhead rain showers can provide you with natural rain showers, and even accompanied by music and lighting effects.
Types of overhead shower (video)
You can even call it a shower street structure, which includes a tank, pipe and watering can. Naturally, this is not the shower that we want to see in our comfortable apartment or house. Shower stalls, equipped with modern technologies, make our lives comfortable, but sometimes we still want to plunge into the arms of wildlife. There is also an opportunity for this - a tropical shower will help you transport yourself to the world of the jungle and wild islands. You just have to close your eyes.
Who doesn’t dream of finding themselves in the warm shower of hot equatorial latitudes instead of taking a shower? A new piece of plumbing - a tropical shower, simulating the flow of rain in your shower stall or bathtub, can give you such sensations. Manufacturers of such shower systems vied with each other to promote favorable therapeutic effect such a procedure, but what will such pleasure cost? Or maybe home craftsmen are able to independently build a water supply system no worse than the factory one?
Description
The new “tropical” shower is simply a wide watering can in various designs, located fixedly above the person. Unlike inexpensive options, high-quality products allow you to distribute the water flow evenly over the entire area of the shower head. Formally, a tropical shower is a whole plumbing system consisting of not only a watering can, but also a mixer. A real rain shower is equipped with a system for mixing water with air inside the shower head; this effect is achieved using special grilles or other structural elements inside the plumbing element.
Therapeutic effect
The positive effect of a continuous flow of water in “tropical shower” systems has been used in sanatorium and medical institutions for quite a long time. General use tropical systems involves the use of different temperatures, as well as light and color therapy, the beneficial effects of music and even aromatherapy. The shower itself has a relaxing and light massage effect, drops of water falling from high altitude Under the influence of natural gravity, they gently envelop the skin, allowing the body to relieve the stress of a tiring day. A cool shower with medium-strong jets, on the contrary, can set the body up for active activity, and a more powerful water pressure tone the muscles.
Rain shower: types and manufacturing features
The simplest water supply device in the style of equatorial rain is a wide nozzle on a shower hose measuring 15 cm or more. Manufacturers provide many options to suit every taste and budget; the most complex and expensive models are equipped with a mechanism for regulating the water supply, but such watering cans can only be called a tropical shower conditionally. More expensive rain effect systems, in addition to the watering can, include a durable wall stand, the quality of the parts of such products is slightly higher, and some companies produce real works of plumbing art.
Many manufacturers offer a prefabricated system with a mixer; the latter, however, is not very different from standard models for bathtubs. For those who want to fully experience the effect of a rain shower system in the bathroom, and the views simple transformations He is not satisfied with shower heads; they produce shower wall panels or special installations with mounting to the ceiling. Such options look very impressive if they are built flush with the ceiling and equipped with additional LED backlight, which in some models is mounted directly into the shower head.
Water pressure
Before installing equipment such as a tropical shower in your bathroom, you need to calculate the efficiency of water flow. As is clear from the size of the shower head, the consumption can be significant. The plumbing system must provide sufficient water for full-fledged work"tropical shower" systems. As practice shows, the pressure requirements of wide shower heads are not too different from ordinary ones. There are water consumption standards for manufacturers of plumbing equipment, both Russian and foreign, which are not too different. The maximum water flow is regulated by filters or limiters built into the equipment, but what about the minimum values? For a high-quality rain shower system to fully operate, a pressure of at least 2 atmospheres is required, but you don’t need complex equipment for measurements. You just need to take a stopwatch and a container with a volume you know. For a soft shower, depending on the size of the nozzle, a flow of 5-7 liters per minute is sufficient, while for powerful jets you will need 9-15. If your system can provide such volumes, you can safely proceed to installing shower equipment. Otherwise, you need to increase the water pressure in the system by cleaning and replacing pipes, removing restrictors or installing special pressure pumps. In city apartments, such issues must be resolved by building management structures or water suppliers; water supply standards established by the state are quite capable of coping with a tropical rain shower system.
Replacing the watering can
The simplest and most cost-effective option for transforming your bathtub or shower into a source of equatorial shower is to replace the shower head with a special wide model. Of course, it will be difficult to achieve the full effect, but you can refuse the services of specialists. From additional materials You may need plumber's sealing tape to seal the threaded connections, but usually the rubber gaskets included with the purchased nozzle can handle any leaks without additional effort.
Homemade options
Home craftsmen are ready to use their skills wherever possible, and can build a rain shower from scrap materials. A DIY watering can to achieve the effect of a rain stream is easily made from an optical disc container designed for 10 pieces. A plastic adapter to the shower hose is installed in the center of the base, the central axis of the discs is removed, and holes are marked and pierced on the upper surface of the cover: from 20 to 40 pieces. All joints and fastenings must be sealed, and a piece of rigid tube or a bracket with thick wire can be used as a holder.
Depending on your resourcefulness and availability of materials, you can implement other options for the “tropical shower” system with your own hands. What can it be made from, if not from standard ones? plastic pipes completely and even backlit? This design involves a complete replacement of the watering can with several adjacent pipes with holes for water. Manufacturing similar design will require at a minimum pipe joining skills, as well as other construction skills and electrical knowledge. It is difficult to judge how profitable it is to use several pipes instead of a common collector for all nozzles, and the setup of home-made systems is limited by the capabilities of the mixer.
Rack, panel and faucet
Installing plumbing fixtures such as a rain shower with faucet or a custom wall panel should not be a problem for experienced DIYers, except when installing new or additional pipes into the wall. The stand or panel is securely attached to the wall using hidden screws, the mixer can be installed in place of the old one, fortunately, standard sizes used in almost all models. It is better to carry out pipe laying work at the stage of repairing the room.
Construction of a shower room
Thorough construction of a rain shower requires hidden wiring water-bearing pipes, especially since installing a nozzle at ceiling level will also bring additional labor and material costs. Such bathroom equipment is very dependent on construction experience and the availability of plumbing skills; experts recommend entrusting the design and execution to professionals. If you feel able to handle all the steps of installing a rain shower yourself, the following are step-by-step instructions.
Construction stages
One of the main steps to fulfilling the idea is the purchase necessary equipment and planning. There is no point in saving on plumbing components; after the work is completed, it will be problematic to make adjustments; you must be confident in the equipment. The ideal purchase option would be models from famous brands, manufacturers value reputation and monitor the quality of their products. Intelligent design can also eliminate possible problems in the future, access to the main components should be considered in order to replace them in the event of a breakdown without dismantling the wall and ceiling coverings. Another condition for achieving maximum effect from the rain shower there will be a ceiling height of at least 2.3 m.
The next step is to clean the old wall coverings and, if necessary, the ceiling and floor.
After transferring the drawings from paper directly to the walls and ceiling, you can begin laying pipes. The ideal option is to cut grooves under the pipes; this installation method will save as much space as possible in the room. It is possible to equip a separate shower area from moisture-resistant plasterboard, then the pipes can be “hidden” directly into the partition. Should be considered entrance doors, for example, when installing models on casters, you need to strengthen flooring under the lower runners.
Installation of special lighting may require an additional electrical line and installation of associated electrical equipment. It should be ensured that direct flows of water do not enter the connection points and, in general, any non-insulated current-carrying parts of the electrical system. It will be ideal hidden installation in the ceiling, which can be manufactured specifically for these purposes in a suspended or tensioned design. Apartment owners should consider possible leaks from neighbors above and protect those below. To do this, it is necessary to carry out enclosing waterproofing of electrical equipment in the ceiling and complete waterproofing of the floor.
The next stage will be installation and testing of all plumbing elements of the system.
After making sure the serviceability and correct connection, you can begin arranging the ceiling and lining the walls and floor.
Consumer Opinion
On the Internet there are good reviews about the new shower system. In most cases, reviews refer to wall-mounted speakers, sometimes combined with a mixer; this is understandable; the happy owners of full-fledged shower systems of exclusive design get pleasure “on the sly.” Obviously, the investment pays off in the form of positive emotions and other beneficial effects of a rain shower.
In such a shower, due to aeration, the flow is divided into many small drops, saturated with air bubbles, the direction of fall of which is usually strictly vertical.
We can talk for a long time about the attractiveness of a stationary ceiling shower, but it is much easier to experience the comfort and anti-stress effect of its use at least once. If the choice fell to the side tropical watering can- let's understand the intricacies of installation and installation of rough plumbing for its correct connection.
What is the essence of a rain shower
Unlike a simple shower head that emits thin, continuous streams of water, a rain shower works differently. Due to a special design, water is mixed with air and immediately thrown out. Due to aeration, the flow is divided into many small drops saturated with air bubbles, the direction of fall of which is usually strictly vertical.
Multi-mode heads and headsets should not be confused with tropical showers. Despite the similar effect, there are a number of significant differences. The first thing that catches your eye is the difference in size: the tropical watering can is much larger than the combined one, it creates a dense curtain of drops that practically do not dissipate. The width of such a rain column can reach half a meter, and sometimes more. It is also impossible not to notice that most of the “bars” for tropical showers do not have aeration, and this is a very significant factor in comfort.
Other characteristic feature- relatively low water consumption. Despite the fact that the watering can covers a really large area, the flow is represented by small drops, the density of which is reduced due to air bubbles. It turns out that almost the entire body is in contact with a dispersed suspension of water in the air, but the flow is less than that of a standard watering can with a similar dispersion area and flow density.
Subtleties of arranging a shower stall
But let's focus on installation nuances. You should plan the installation of a rain shower in advance, simultaneously ensuring the necessary shape and size of the shower compartment. The big pitfall here lies in the fact that there is a connecting pipe of quite a long length between the mixer and the shower. Because of this, setting the temperature, even with a thermostat, occurs with a significant delay, accordingly, you almost always have to step aside from too hot or cold “rain”.
In its simplest version, a tropical watering can be part of an external installation - a stand with a mixer, which has an internal channel for supplying water to the watering can. However, this installation method requires even more space inside the shower stall, because the installation already requires additional space from the wall. An alternative installation method involves laying a connecting channel hidden under the finishing; accordingly, it is necessary to provide grooves or corresponding gap values in advance when finishing the shower with false walls.
It should be noted that there is no point in using flush mounting unless the connection fittings end up being completely hidden behind decorative overlays clean plumbing. Therefore, it is important to ensure the correct protrusion of the pipes for attaching the mixer and the shower head itself. It is ideal if the shower installation kit is purchased in advance: this way the required nominal clearance of the pipes, the diameter of the threaded connections and other conditions necessary for correct installation will be reliably known.
Laying communications
Connecting a tropical watering can when hidden installation performed through a recessed mixer, for example, Hansgrohe iBox or any of its analogues. It requires the construction of a niche or false wall cavity with a depth of about 35–50 mm. This type of faucet is ideal for installation in a bathroom: in addition to the main outlet for a tropical shower head, it has an additional outlet to which you can connect a regular shower head or bathtub spout. The need for additional drainage is understandable, because it is impossible to wash a certain part of the body or clean the shower without an additional watering can.
The water supply to the mixer is usually carried out from below and from one of the sides. For hidden installation, the most preferable option for a plumbing system would be polypropylene pipes on press fittings as the most durable. The hot and cold supply pipes go to the mixer niche from below, then one of the pipes is turned for a side connection. On the other, free side of the mixer, another tube is laid, connecting the additional outlet to wall mounted connection pipe for connecting a shower hose.
In the open-mounted version, the tropical rain headset has standard connection with an interaxial distance of pipes of 150 mm. This installation is connected like a regular faucet and at the same time has additional mounting points to the wall. Very often, an open-mounted connecting rod (gander) is specially hidden in the wall instead of a rough-type connecting tube. This is explained high rigidity installation and the ability to carry out installation without an additional fastening system and numerous threaded connections. Regular water pipe The mixer and watering can are connected if the latter is installed on a threaded outlet fixed to the ceiling.
Installation of a hidden mixer
The so-called “ibox” has a cross connection diagram. The internal mechanism can be turned in any way to change the purpose of the pipes. As a rule, water supply is carried out from below and from one of the sides, from reverse side the outlet of the additional spout is connected, and the tropical watering can itself is connected on top.
The mixer body is a cylindrical glass, which is attached to the wall with four adjusting pins. To make it easier to reach the final surface of the wall finishing, high-quality plumbing fixtures have outside body there is a flip ring that serves as a back stop for covering the false wall. Ultimately, a layer of sheathing and trim is sandwiched tightly between this ring and the faceplate. If the mixer is walled up in main wall, the ring is removed.
The mixer is connected to threaded fittings, which are packaged with anaerobic sealant. The diameter of the connections is usually 1/2", accordingly, there is no obvious need to use a pipeline with a wider nominal bore. After connecting, the mixer is finally adjusted with studs to bring the front side into the finishing plane, then the wall is walled up or covered. In the latter case, the remaining gap between the body and The casing is densely filled with sanitary silicone, then a waterproofing collar is placed on the sealant around the protruding sides.
The installation is completed after tiling the shower. The parts of the internal mechanism are covered by an overlay panel, which many manufacturers have up to a dozen variations appearance and ergonomics of controls. Protection of the insides of the mixer from water ingress is provided by one or more contours of gland seals or gaskets along the contour of the panel. The panel itself is secured by tightening the decorative sleeves of the handles or using hidden clips.
Installation and connection of the watering can
The final part of the installation is the installation of the watering can itself. Installation on a rod extending from the wall is considered the least problematic. It is enough just to insert a sealing gasket into the threaded connection and screw on the watering can itself. After tightening threaded connection The watering can is positioned for its correct orientation (especially important for square watering cans) and horizontal position. Both problems are solved by an adapter with a ball joint.
Mounting a watering can to a ceiling threaded outlet is somewhat more difficult due to limited space. This problem can be partly solved by using a decorative insert that acts as an extension cord. Its installation is not always possible; in some cases, the ceiling height is a limitation, although an extension even 20–30 mm long will significantly facilitate installation.
Operating parameters of the water supply system
A rain shower is not suitable for every plumbing system. The first and most important criterion is the operating pressure of the system: for proper operation both the upper and lower limit thresholds are limited. U different models soul specific values may vary slightly, but average is approximately 3 to 4.5 atmospheres.
The problem of excess pressure can be solved using water reducers. For apartments with supply hot water You will need two of them - each per riser for the mixer to work correctly. Lack of pressure is more difficult to eliminate, while with low pressure aeration may not occur at all. You can build up pressure using a low-noise water pump with a soft start system or an individual water supply controller.
In addition to the noise from the operation of the pump itself, pressure shocks during start and stop can be a significant hindrance, so you will have to take care of correctly setting the pressure switch and supplementing the system with a hydraulic accumulator of the appropriate volume - 5–7 times the displacement of the entire water supply. The installation will also help get rid of water hammer check valves at the entrance and exit pumping unit. published
The rain shower is one of the main trends in modern bathroom fixtures.
It is advertised everywhere, attributing almost miraculous therapeutic properties.
But is everything really so rosy and what exactly is this mysterious tropical shower?
Let's try to figure it out.
What it is
A rain shower is an option for ceiling shower heads, achieved through the use of a special nozzle.
Unlike a conventional vertical shower, water from a tropical shower is supplied in small drops and pre-saturated with air.
Thanks to this, the shower is softer and feels on the skin about the same as light summer rain. Plus, water consumption is reduced by an average of 20-30%.
The main features of a rain shower head are: big size and the presence of an aerator (holes for air supply).
What is the effect
A tropical shower is as close as possible to rain, therefore it is natural and is perceived positively by the human body.
It is pleasant and allows you to literally enjoy every moment spent under the drops of water. And this is not an exaggeration; the sensations of taking a tropical shower are actually amazing, especially when a person is tired.
The therapeutic effect is expressed precisely in maximum relaxation during water procedures. It is somewhat exaggerated by plumbing manufacturers, but it is still quite noticeable and has a beneficial effect on the psychological state, allowing you to successfully recover after a hard day at work.
But washing under a tropical shower is not very convenient. The continuous flow from a regular shower head washes away contaminants and soap much more effectively and quickly. Therefore, it is recommended to use a hand shower and an overhead shower in pairs, the first for washing, the second for pleasure.
As an option, you can also purchase an overhead shower with several water supply modes - intensive for washing and tropical for relaxation. Many manufacturers provide both modes ( Grohe, Hansgrohe, BelBagno, Rav Slezak etc.).
Equipment
If you want to soak in a tropical shower and calm your nerves, then you need to purchase plumbing equipment with the appropriate option.
Moreover, something of high quality is desirable, since budget Chinese models, as a rule, do not give the desired effect. Often buying them is a waste of money.
There are many types of equipment with a rain shower function.
Unites all offered devices not the most low price and this is perhaps the only drawback of “artificial rain”.
Overhead shower
There are several types of overhead shower:
- With mounting via bracket to the wall.
- Ceiling mounted.
- Built into the ceiling (requires a special metal frame).
The first option is the easiest to install, as it does not require wiring in the ceiling. The connection is usually made to a built-in mixer. The pipes are hidden in the wall. Price of a budget watering can from 2150 rub., the European will cost from 10,000 rub.
Ceiling types of overhead showers are used much less frequently, since their installation requires a hanging or suspended ceiling. And few people want to do it in the bathroom.
In addition to installation difficulties, there are other unpleasant aspects, in particular the price. Ceiling watering cans are still affordable for most people ( from 3000 rub.), but panels built into the ceiling are very expensive.
Some models cost up to 200-250 thousand. And it is worth noting that the price is not justified by some overly complex device or the use of expensive materials.
Shower stands
Shower stands are convenient because they are already a set of hand and overhead showers.
That is, there is no need to purchase or install anything additional. And if you purchase a stand complete with a mixer, installation will not take more than a few hours.
Ready-made shower racks of the “tropical rain” type are also relevant for... This is one of the simplest, but at the same time effective ways facilities for water procedures.
You can buy a stand with a rain shower option of good quality within 14-19 thousand rubles, but time-tested Italians and Germans will still cost a little more - from 22 thousand rubles per set.
Shower panels
In addition to an overhead rain shower, a hand-held shower head and a built-in mixer, the shower panel includes jets for hydromassage. Due to the hydromassage function, the panels are extremely sensitive to water quality, so it is recommended to use them with a filter.
It also requires an average or high pressure in the water supply, if there is none, you will have to install an additional water pump, not only for cold water, but also for hot water.
Another limitation is high price, good models start from 35,000 rubles, although good China can be taken within 15-20 thousand.
Faucet selection
It is believed that equipment with a rain shower option must be used with thermostatic mixers that are capable of maintaining a given water temperature, regardless of pressure surges in the water supply.
However, thermostatic mixers are mandatory only on hydromassage shower panels. But the overhead shower and stands can be used with a mixer without a thermostat.
With the condition, of course, that the apartment is normal plumbing system and when you turn on the faucet in the kitchen or bathroom, the water does not become hot or cold.
Prices for review were taken from the online store http://sansmail.ru, which is official dealer leading European, Russian and Chinese manufacturers of sanitary ware with a tropical shower option.
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