A shower enclosure without a tray is an unusual solution for decorating a bathroom. The choice of a particular model from the wide range available on the market depends not only on the preferences of the owners, but also on the layout and size of the room.
Kinds
Shower enclosures without pallets are available in various variations. Partitions can be frame structures, frameless or folding. Each variety has its own advantages and disadvantages. Frame shower screens driven by guides. When planning this shower option, you should carefully select the material for both the profile and the fittings - aluminum is usually preferred, and plastic is considered a more budgetary option.
As a rule, frame doors are purchased for shower enclosures with a tray, but they are also suitable for corner structures without a tray.
Frameless Fencing are ordinary doors made of glass or plexiglass, which must be opened to open. They are suitable only for showers with sufficient internal space, as the flaps open inwards. These parts are notable for their low price and ease of use. They do not require guides with rollers and are fixed on ordinary hinges, which means that they can even be installed with your own hands. Frameless sashes look quite stylish and are ideal for showers without a pallet.
Folding fences, in fact, they are ordinary doors, but which fold into an accordion.Typically, the number of flaps varies from one to two, which is determined by the characteristics of a particular model of shower. The doors fold to the center, and therefore do not take up extra space and are suitable even for a shower with sides of 90 centimeters. When buying, it is important to ensure that the sliding mechanism is made of metal.
It should also be added that those enclosing panels that are not doors can be attached to both the floor, the ceiling and the walls.
Advantages and disadvantages
Shower enclosure without a pallet allows you to save the necessary square meters in a small bathroom. This, in turn, makes it possible to better organize the available space. The absence of a pan simplifies the process of using the shower and makes cleaning faster and easier, especially when there is a water-repellent coating on the glass. Fencing without a pallet also visually increases the space.
Very convenient design for people with disabilities, since there is no need to overcome high sides. A plus is the price - much lower than when buying a large-sized construction with a pallet. As for the shortcomings, only one is considered explicit - the complex installation of the drain system. In order to place a shower room without boards, you have to raise the floor and carry out a full repair in the room.
You can add that the glass used requires a careful attitude.
Forms
Shower enclosures without pallets are available in several forms. The simplest are rectangular and quadrilateral square. Since such structures occupy enough space, they are installed only in large rooms.
Corner rounded rails are made of curved glass. As you can guess by the name, they are installed in the corner of the bathroom, saving enough free space.
Triangular fences are rarely used, as they are not particularly convenient. Polygonal, for example, pentagonal structures are formed from several even glasses. Such models look quite original and are considered convenient in operation. The choice of form of shower enclosure is largely dependent on the layout.
Materials
When choosing material for a shower enclosure, it should be understood how operation and maintenance of the shower room will then be carried out. Most often, this design is created from transparent tempered glass with increased resistance. If it breaks, it will not be scattered by fragments, but will crumble into non-hazardous granules. In most cases, an additional coating is applied to its surface, preventing the occurrence of water drips, and therefore, greatly simplifying the cleaning process. Often used for showers and laminated glass triplex. Its feature is the presence of film layers between glass.
Triplex has increased strength and with a strong impact only covered with cracks.
In principle, a shower enclosure can also be used plastic. Its main advantage is low cost, and the main disadvantage is the lack of strength. The coating is quickly covered with scratches, and even grows cloudy over time. A feature of plastic models is a short service life. It should be mentioned that the glass used for shower enclosures can be tinted, for example, in bronze.
Kohler in this case is added initially to the glass mass or during triplet, that is, when several layers of glass are connected. Frosted glass are created using a sandblasting machine. The surface can also be decorated with a pattern, plain or embossed, or a photo image. The thickness of the glass ranges from 4 to 12 millimeters.
As for the profile, it is most often made of metal or polycarbonate.
Returning to the glass for showers, it’s worth adding that color tinting fits perfectly into almost any bathroom interior. Although you can choose any color, a partition with a slight haze looks best on a background of a bathroom decorated in pastel shades. No less interesting are frosted glass. Matting is applied either to the entire surface of the glass, or only to a few of its fragments. It is important to remember that it will look good only under conditions of high light transmission.
Milled glass look like ordinary clear glass, but with some patterns created by milling. Most often, either geometric patterns or some floral or marine motifs are chosen as images. The panels of two layers of glass look interesting, between which there are LED inserts.
Dimensions
All fencing for a shower without a pallet is usually divided in size into three groups. Small ones include those whose sides are less than 90 centimeters. In this case, we are talking about structures 90x90, 80x90, 80x80 or 70x70 cm. The middle fences include structures whose sides do not extend beyond the boundaries of 100-120 centimeters, for example, 100x100, 80x100, 120x80 or 120x90 centimeters. The sides of large fences exceed the mark of 180-190 centimeters. Inside such a shower, you can place a seat or even a full bench.
Selection tips
To choose a shower enclosure without a pallet, all possible aspects must be considered. It is worth deciding on the type of glass, since this factor is responsible for the further life, reliability of the design and appearance of the shower. Next, it is determined whether the design will be wireframe, frameless or folding. As already mentioned above, the frame involves the use of a frame for glass, which visually complicates the appearance of the shower. In addition, the installation of the frame is more complicated.
As for frameless doors, it is easier to install them, but you will need to use either triplex or tempered glass. Depending on the type of fencing, fittings are also selected. Parts for fasteners must be selected from a stainless and reliable material. For example, although plastic rollers are much cheaper, they quickly fail and require replacement.
As for the cost, structures without a pallet will, of course, cost less than with a pallet, but still enough. For example, a finished corner with dimensions of 90 by 90 centimeters will cost the buyer 20 thousand rubles. Additionally, you have to pay for plumbing, as well as flooring.
Examples in the interior
Sometimes for the organization of a shower without a pallet, only two fences are enough, and the rest of the shower walls are ordinary drywall constructions covered with the main finishing material. In the bathroom, decorated in beige colors, the cabin is located in the corner, but is square, which, incidentally, takes up more space. The hinged door is made of tempered glass without any additional decorative coating.
For greater convenience, a neat handle is mounted on it. Although this model looks quite simple, it is convenient for both operation and cleaning.
In another interior, a shower without a pallet is also located in the corner of the room, but already has two securely joined fences. The use of frameless canvases allows you to make the shower walls almost invisible, which against the background of an unusual black wall covering looks extremely impressive. The cab door also swings open inward, and for convenience, a small metal handle is mounted on the moving panel. All the necessary fasteners are made of the same material.
In the following example, you can clearly see how convenient it is to choose showers without a shower, which have a large size.In the snow-white bathroom, right inside the cabin there is a full-fledged seat, as well as two faucets that allow a couple of people to take a shower at the same time. The swing door opens inwards.
Finally, it should be recognized that when planning a shower without a pallet, you can do without any glass fences. If you choose the right place and cover the walls of the shower with water-repellent tiles, then it will be enough to just hang an ordinary fabric curtain at the entrance.
See below for how to choose glass for a shower enclosure.
