The transparent glass tank instead of the familiar bathroom is not fiction from future films, but reality. Today, a glass bath is a completely accessible and chic accessory for a stylish interior. They are purchased not so much for the surprise of guests an exquisitely decorated house, as if possible to use the technological innovations of imported plumbing. People with a good taste appreciate the original design of the interior of the bathroom, where a magnificent glass vessel with all options for the adoption of water and cosmetic procedures with highlighted can be covered on the podium.
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Glass bath in the interior
Modern designers can embody the most courageous ideas in the interior, since the life includes familiar items 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 flowers. Increasingly, you can see the original washbasins in the form of a stained glass flower in the style of modern or elegant and completely transparent baths that perfectly fit into the High Tech concept.
Glass bath is a rather unusual product from a 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\u200b"more free space" lovers. They pass a special hardening for special strength, so smash the glass bath is quite problematic.
Under the terms of use and the main technical specifications, the glass bath is not inferior to enamel, acrylic and cast-iron products. But according to the design and "filling" options, it is often ahead of many plumbing models for hygienic and SPA procedures. If, after expensive designer repair, most classic products seem to be morally outdated, then it is worth considering more original options, for example, with glass doors or a fully glass bath - Photo.
Modern bathroom interior reservoirs are far from those trivial products that everyone has already been tired of their primitivism since Soviet times. Many manufacturers offer a range of products that differ in many parameters, including classic baths for small-sized apartments. Original products are offered not only from transparent or stained glass, in some it is combined with marble, metal, wood and other materials.
Very original look at the design version of the glass bath "2 in 1-M", where there is a special chaise longue, a sun bed or a comfortable plastic bottom with an air-bubble massage function for convenience. For general amenities, glass baths can be equipped with comfortable handles, sideboards, head restraints and crossbars for cosmetics, mirrors, soap and shampoo. Most models can be ordered with additional options, special devices for water supply / drain water, with original illumination and even with built-in television plasma - all for relaxation and pleasure!
Many consumers do not plan to buy a glass bath, as they live in small apartments of a model planning with confidence that even a standard bath is difficult to replace. But this is not the case - if you put an angular or asymmetric product, removing the washbasin at the same time, then the glass bath will fit into the combined bathroom, if one side completely sticks along the wall. We are only interested in the range of new plumbing devices, and you can make sure how many are offered compact options with small dimensions.
Of course, some glass tanks are made in such a way that they can be placed on the podium in the middle of the spacious bathroom or in spacious apartments without walls with severe zoning. The rounded form says that they should not come into contact with walls and adjacent surfaces. The form of the product is selected in accordance with the general design task, but in any interior of the bathroom, the original bathroom is able to hit the imagination and delight the eye for many years.
Tip: What to choose - transparent bath or out of matte stained glass, dazzling white in the form of a flower or a luxurious malachite in retro style, refined black or lacquered from a natural tree? It all depends on your budget, preferences and style of interiors, and on the glass bath the price is not much different from other contemporary products.
Glass furniture and other bathroom accessories
If you are interested in the original glass bath done with your own hands, you can make a bathroom in the form of a mini-pool. Use brick-cement masonry with sealing and trim from porcelain stoneware under natural marble. The front wall of the mini-pool can replace the panel of thick transparent glass. This luxurious option can be supplemented with original waterfall made by your own hands, as well as wild stone, seashells, plants or aquarium. Such a marble-glass pool bath in ecostel will cost cheaper, will be distinguished by luxury and fantasy, it is only important to correctly install all the plumbing equipment.
When the lathe of the bathroom involves modern style, you can choose the original glass bath under High-tech, avant-garde or techno. Then, all addition can be decorated from colored or transparent glass, plastic, acrylic with the addition of chromed fittings. Here will fit:
- special glass tile;
- mosaic walls;
- glass partition;
- transparent shelves;
- hinged cabinets with glass doors made in the same vein as the main bathroom tank.
The shape of a glass bath and furniture for the bathroom should be harmonized, for example, a streamlined shape and smooth lines of accessories. The rectangular tank or square is suitable for the bathroom, where the rest of the furniture has a traditional straightforward shape. Round, oval or angular with a rounded outdoor edge of the bathroom looks in a room for hygiene procedures.
Original rounded and asymmetrical baths are often very organically fit into the interiors decorated in historic style - Ampir and Rococo, Baroque and classicism, antiquity and English classics. Among the new-fashioned tendencies for the bathroom are black and colored, wooden and glass bathing tanks, which are supplemented with glass furniture and accessories made in a single vein.
In the catalogs of elite plumbing and furniture for the bathroom there are many exclusive glass models from the famous foreign manufacturers - Gemelli, Nautico, Ledeme, Rassland, HST and others. In the interior of the bathroom, glass furniture always looks stylish and original, and it creates The feeling of weightlessness and feeling of unfilled space.
Tip: To care for glass shelves, the doors, washbasin and the bathroom is not difficult, the main periodic is to wipe them with the use of means for cleaning the glass. The main thing is not to use scratching (abrasive) substances, but only rub the glass with soft sponges and a darous rag.
Advantages of a glass bath
Many consumers do not pay attention to the glass products for the interior, because they are confident in their fragility and briefness. However, there is nothing eternal in this world - the faience sink or the toilet is divided into pieces due to a random strike with a heavy item. Surprisingly, the test tests have shown that glass partitions, hinged cabinets, heat-resistant tableware and the beasts of glass sometimes are much more difficult to break out than the usual and stronger items.
Glass bath has a number of advantages:
- made of environmentally friendly materials;
- safety, reliability and durability during operation with compliance with technical norms;
- does not form rust and plaque;
- resistant to scratches, shocks;
- does not respond to temperature differences;
- on her surfaces do not settle fungi and mold;
- pollution is easy to remove a sponge with detergent;
- visually does not clutch the space even with impressive sizes;
- looks like immane, thanks to transparency;
- produced with different dimensions, and some products are installed in a small bathroom;
- exclusive design emphasizes the originality of the interior;
- not deformed;
- aesthetic appearance in empty and filled with form;
- suitable for rooms with high humidity;
- will serve many years as new;
- products are presented in different versions - transparent, matte, stained glass or with a pattern;
- supplemented by modern functionality (aeromassage, backlight, cascade water supply, etc.).
Thanks to modern technologies, high-tech thick glass has received a number of properties previously inherent in stronger and durable materials. Glass for furniture, partitions and bathrooms undergo hardening, thanks to which it gets unusual strength, keeping transparency. With proper care, high-strength glass bath will serve at least a decade, while 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 brand of foreign manufacturer, careful transportation, comfort when making water procedures, exquisite appearance. If we consider that such products are purchased for a long period, the aesthetics and functionality are worthy of high cost of a transparent bath.
Alternative options
An exclusive transparent bath requires an appropriate relationship and proper care. Such products most often buy people who have perfect order in the bathroom, and the container itself sparkles with impeccable purity. Perhaps not all consumers are psychologically ready for such acquisition, but they will be happy to buy other, equally extravagant plumbing products.
There are combined products in which only one glass wall or a hermetic transparent door in the bathroom. It looks no less interesting to the rounded glass bath for installation in the center of the room on the podium. They can cost even more, but their appearance is worthy of expenses. And it is also an alternative for those who look at the transparent glass. Bathroom, originally decorated and supplemented with a very extravagant reservoir for hygienic procedures - a great gift to the newlywed or a beloved woman returned from vacation. Especially gorgeous it looks like a diode illumination and in the company with aromolampa or salt ionizer.
The luxury plumbing for the bathroom often has an equipment for hydromassage, the inner backlight is a comfortable sun bed, remote or touch control options, a built-in TV and other devices. Holders of such a bath prefer to relax and receive a "complete relax" after a busy day not on the sofa in the living room, but in a glass bathroom with sea salt and hydromassage at the TV. This is confirmed by feedback on the pages of online stores.
However, it is worth a recognition that many potential buyers refuse themselves in such a pleasure in anticipation of moving to a larger room. But the luxury bath, like any other, is easy to dismantle, to move to a new home with their owners. All that she will require a new place is an addition to the interior with status accessories:
- original heated towel rails;
- glass shelves and hinged cabinets,
- elegant stands and soaps;
- appropriate for the aesthetics of the sink;
- an interesting mirror shape;
- unusual backlight and other decor elements.
In the Russian market there are elite plumbers of European, Asian and Russian brands, which have models using glass. This is akvarodos, Akvella, Duravit, Albatros, Ideal Standard, Novellini, Gemelli, Waterlounge, Pharo, Verona, Villeroy & Boch, etc. The cost of elite plumbing starts from 120 thousand rubles.
Consider the properties of the glass tank for the bathroom using the example of the Italian bath on the wooden frame of Incanto I Doctor Jet, which has embodied the grace of connoisseurs of exquisite beauty and comfort.
The package includes:
- bathtub based frame with plum / overflow;
- acrylic handrails;
- spin massage device (5 nozzles);
- foot massage device (2 nozzles);
- device for general aeromassage (16 nozzles);
- white acrylic mini panels for easy placement.
Additionally, it is possible to order:
- backlighting board;
- thermostatic EGO mixer;
- cascade and Lake Minima;
- natural mines and handrails from teak.
Tip: The best addition for elite plumbing will be repairs on the sketch of the interior designer in a modern or classic style, as well as on the original author's project. We also advise you to purchase and author's masterpieces from "glass artists", which sometimes exhibit their exclusive models of original glass tanks for the bathroom.
