A transparent glass reservoir instead of a familiar bath - this is not a fantasy from films about the future, but reality. Today, a glass bath is a quite affordable and chic accessory for a stylish interior. They are purchased not so much for surprise by guests with an exquisitely designed house, but for the opportunity to use the technological innovations of imported plumbing. People with a good taste appreciate the original interior design of the bathroom, where a magnificent glass vessel with all options for the adoption of water and cosmetic lighting procedures can be on the catwalk.
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Glass bath in the interior
Modern designers can embody the most daring ideas in the interior, since everyday life includes familiar objects from unusual materials. Today, glass products are coffee tables, unusual figurines, shelves for equipment or floor lamps in the form of a vase with luminous colors. Increasingly, you can see original washbasins in the form of a flower of colored glass in the modern style or graceful and completely transparent baths, which fit perfectly into the concept of high-tech.
Glass bath is a rather unusual product of transparent material, and today they are made double, with a guarantee of increased strength. This product looks very fragile, although it is made of special thick glass, but it perfectly embodies the idea of \u200b\u200blovers of “more free space”. They undergo special hardening for special strength, so it is quite problematic to break the glass bath.
In terms of use and main technical characteristics of the glass bath, it is not inferior to enamel, acrylic and cast -iron products. But in design and “filling”, options are often ahead of many plumbing models for hygiene and SPA-process. If, after an expensive designer repair of the bathroom, most classic products seem morally outdated, then it is worth considering more original options, for example, with glass doors or a completely glass bath - a photo.
Modern tanks for the interior of the bathroom are far from those trivial products that everyone has already been tired of their primitivism since Soviet times. Many manufacturers offer a number of products that differ in many parameters, including classic baths for small apartments. Original products are offered not only from transparent or colored glass, in some it is combined with marble, metal, wood and other materials.
The designer version of the glass bathtub “2 in the 1st” looks very original, where a special chair, a sunbed or a convenient plastic bottom with an air-pussy massage function is invested inside the “aquarium”. For general convenience, glass baths can be equipped with comfortable handrails, sides, headrests and crossbars for cosmetics, mirrors, soap and shampoo. Most models can be ordered with additional options, special devices for pouring/draining water, with original backlight and even with built -in television plasma - all for relaxation and pleasure!
Many consumers do not plan to buy a glass bath, because they live in small apartments a typical layout with confidence that even a standard bath is difficult to replace. But this is not so - if you put an angular or asymmetric product, removing the washbasin, then the glass bath will fit into a combined bathroom, if one side fully fits along the wall. One has only to become interested in the assortment of new plumbing devices, and you can make sure how many compact options with small dimensions are offered.
Of course, some glass tanks are made in such a way that they can be placed on the catwalk in the middle of a spacious bathroom or in spacious apartments without walls with pronounced zoning. The rounded shape suggests that they should not come into contact with the walls and adjacent surfaces. The shape of the product is selected in accordance with the general design task, but in any interior of the bathroom the original bathroom can impress the imagination and delight the eye for many years.
Tip: What to choose - a transparent bath or from matte colored glass, dazzling white in the form of a flower or luxurious malachite in retro style, exquisite black or varnished from natural wood? It all depends on your budget, preferences and interiors style, and the price is not much different from other modern products per glass bath.
Glass furniture and other bathroom accessories
If you are interested in you have an original glass bathroom made with your own hands, then you can arrange a bathroom in the form of a mini-bass. Use brick-cement masonry with sealing and decoration of porcelain tile for natural marble. The front wall of the mini-bass can replace the panel of thick transparent glass. This luxurious option can be supplemented with an original waterfall made by yourself, as well as wild stone, shells, plants or aquarium. Such a marble-glass bath in eco-style will cost cheaper, will differ in luxury and imagination, only it is important to correctly install all plumbing equipment.
When the decoration of the bathroom involves modern style, you can choose the original glass bath under hi-tech, avant-garde or techno. Then the whole addition can be made out of color or transparent glass, plastic, acrylic with a complement by chrome fittings. Here are suitable:
- special glass tiles;
- mosaic walls;
- glass partition;
- transparent shelves;
- hinged cabinets with glass doors made in the same way as the main tank for the bathroom.
The shape of the glass bath and furniture for the bathroom should be in harmony with each other, for example, the streamlined shape and smooth lines of accessories. The rectangular tank or square is more suitable for the bathroom, where the rest of the furniture has a traditional straightforward shape. The round, oval or corner with a rounded outer edge, the bathroom organically looks in a room for hygienic procedures.
Original rounded and asymmetric baths often fit very organically into interiors, designed in a historical style - Empire and Rococo, Baroque and Classicism, Antiquity and English Classics. Among the newfangled trends for the bathroom are black and colored, wooden and glass bathing tanks, which are supplemented with glass furniture and accessories made in a single way.
In the catalogs of elite plumbing and bathroom furniture, there are many exclusive glass models from eminent foreign manufacturers - Gemelli, Nautico, Ledeme, Rassland, HST, etc. In the design of the bathroom interior, glass furniture always looks stylish and original, moreover, it creates Feeling of weightlessness and a feeling of incomplete space.
Tip: to care for glass shelves, doors, washbasin and bathroom is not difficult, the main thing is to wipe them with the use of money to clean glass. The main thing is not to use scratching (abrasive) substances, but only rub the glass with soft lips and villing rags.
The advantages of a glass bath
Many consumers do not pay attention to glass products for the interior, because they are confident in their fragility and short -lived. However, in this world there is nothing eternal-the earthenware sink or the toilet break into pieces due to a random blow with a heavy object. Surprisingly, test tests showed that glass partitions, hinged cabinets, heat -resistant dishes and bathrooms from glass are sometimes much more difficult to break than the usual and stronger -looking objects.
The glass bath has several advantages:
- made from environmentally friendly materials;
- safety, reliability and durability during operation in compliance with technical standards;
- does not form rust and plaque;
- resistant to scratches, blows;
- does not respond to temperature changes;
- fungi and mold do not settle on its surface;
- pollution is easy to remove with a sponge with a detergent;
- visually does not clutter up space even with impressive size;
- it looks weightless, thanks to transparency;
- it is produced with different dimensions, and some products are installed in a small bathroom;
- exclusive design emphasizes the originality of the interior;
- does not deform;
- aesthetic appearance in empty and filled form;
- suitable for rooms with high humidity;
- will last many years as new;
- the products are presented in different versions - transparent, matte, colored glass or with a pattern;
- fessed by modern functionality (aeromassage, backlight, cascading water supply, etc.).
Thanks to modern technologies, high -tech thick glass received a number of properties previously inherent in stronger and more durable materials. Glass for furniture, partitions and bathrooms passes to harden, thanks to which it receives unusual strength, retaining transparency. With proper care, a bath of high -strength glass will last at least a decade, maintaining an amazing and original appearance.
If we talk about the disadvantages of a glass bath, then it has a high cost, which includes the prestige of the stamp of a foreign manufacturer, careful transportation, comfort when taking water procedures, an exquisite appearance. If we take into account that such products are purchased for a long period, then aesthetics and functionality are worthy of the high cost of a transparent bath.
Alternative options
An exclusive transparent bath requires an appropriate relationship and proper care. Such products are most often bought by people who have perfect order in the bathroom, and the container itself sparkles with impeccable cleanliness. Perhaps not all consumers are psychologically ready for such acquisition, but with pleasure they will make a purchase of other, no less extravagant plumbing products.
There are combined products in which only one glass wall or a sealed transparent door to the bathroom. No less interesting is a rounded bathtub of colored glass for installation in the center of the room on the catwalk. They can cost even more, but their appearance is worthy of expenses. And this is an alternative option for those who are apprehension at the transparent glass. The bathroom, original and supplemented by a very extravagant reservoir for hygiene procedures - a great gift to newlyweds or a beloved woman who returned from vacation. It looks especially gorgeous with diode backlight and in the company with aroma lamp or salt ionizer of air.
Elite plumbing for the bathroom often includes equipment for hydromassage, internal backlighting is a convenient sunbed, remote or sensory control of options, a built -in TV and other devices. The owners of such a bath prefer to relax and receive a “full relax” after a busy day not on the couch in the living room, but in a glass bathroom with sea salt and hydromassage on the TV. This is confirmed by reviews on the pages of online stores.
However, it is worth recognizing that many potential buyers deny themselves such pleasure in anticipation of moving to a larger room. But the elite bath, like any other, is easy to dismantle to move to a new house with their owners. All that she will require in a new place is the addition in the interior with status accessories:
- original heated towel rails;
- glass shelves and hinged cabinets,
- elegant stands and soapses;
- corresponding to the aesthetics of the sink;
- interesting shape of the mirror;
- unusual backlight and other decor elements.
The Russian market has an elite plumbing of European, Asian and Russian brands that have models using glass. These are Akvarodos, Akvella, Duravit, Albatros, Ideal Standard, Novellini, Gemelli, Waterlounge, Pharo, Verona, Villaryy & Boch and others. The cost of elite plumbing starts from 120 thousand rubles.
Consider the properties of a glass tank for the bathroom on the example of an Italian bath on an Incanto I doctor Jet wooden frame, which became the embodiment of the grace of connoisseurs of exquisite beauty and comfort.
The configuration included:
- a bath based on a frame with a drain/overflow;
- acrylic handrails;
- a device for massage of the back (5 nozzles);
- device for massage of the legs (2 nozzles);
- adaptation for the total aeromassage (16 nozzles);
- white acrylic mini-panels for the convenience of placement.
Additionally, there is an opportunity to order:
- board backlight;
- eGO thermostatic mixer;
- cascade and Lake Minima;
- natural minbranels and handrails from TIK.
Tip: The best addition for elite plumbing will be the repair of the sketch of the interior designer in the modern or classic style, as well as on the original author's project. We also advise you to purchase author’s masterpieces from “glass artists”, which sometimes put their exclusive models of original glass tanks for the bathroom.
