Shower enclosures without a pallet: types, materials, tips for choosing

A shower enclosure without a pallet is an unusual solution for bathroom decoration. The choice of a particular model from the large assortment available on the market depends not only on the preferences of the owners, but also on the layout and size of the room.

Shower enclosures without pallets are available in various designs. 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 option for a shower, you should carefully select the material for both the profile and the fittings - usually aluminum is preferred, and plastic is considered a more budget option.

Frameless fences are ordinary doors made of glass or plexiglass, which must be opened to open. They are only suitable for showers with sufficient internal space, as the doors open inward. These parts are inexpensive and easy to use. They do not require roller guides and are fixed on conventional hinges, which means they can even be installed with your own hands. Frameless sashes look quite stylish and are ideal for shower rooms without a tray.

Folding fences, in fact, they are ordinary doors, but which fold in an accordion.Typically, the number of sashes varies from one to two, which is determined by the characteristics of a particular shower cabin model. The doors fold towards the center, and therefore do not take up extra space and are even suitable for a shower stall with sides of 90 centimeters. When buying, it is important to ensure that the sliding mechanism is made of metal.

A 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 lack of a tray makes it easier to use the shower and makes cleaning faster and easier, especially with a moisture-repellent glass coating. A railing without a pallet also visually increases the space.

Highly such a design is convenient for people with disabilities, since there is no need to overcome high sides. The price is also a plus - much less than when buying a large-sized structure with a pallet. As for the shortcomings, only one is considered clear - the complex installation of the drain system. In order to place a shower room without sides, you have to raise the floor and carry out a complete repair in the room.

Shower enclosures without pallets are available in several shapes. The simplest are rectangular and four-sided square. Since such structures take up enough space, they are installed only in large rooms.

Corner rounded railings are created from curved glass. As the name suggests, they are installed in the corner of the bathroom, saving enough space.

Triangular fences are rarely used, since 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 to use. The choice of the shape of the shower enclosure largely depends on the existing layout.

When choosing a material for a shower enclosure, one should understand how the operation and maintenance of the shower will then be carried out. Most often, this design is created from transparent tempered glass with increased resistance. If it breaks, it will not scatter into fragments, but crumble into harmless granules. In most cases, an additional coating is applied to its surface, which prevents the appearance of water drips, and therefore greatly simplifies the cleaning process. Often used for showers and laminated triplex glass. Its peculiarity is the presence of film layers between glass layers.

In principle, shower enclosures can also be plastic. Its main advantage is its low cost, and its main disadvantage is the lack of strength. The coating quickly becomes covered with scratches, and even becomes cloudy over time. A feature of plastic models is a short service life. It should be mentioned that the glass used for the shower enclosure can be tinted, for example, in bronze.

In this case, color is added initially to the glass mass or during triplecation, that is, when several layers of glass are joined. Frosted glass are created using a sandblaster. The surface can also be decorated with a pattern, plain or embossed, or a photographic image. Glass thickness ranges from 4 to 12 millimeters.

Returning to glass for showers, it is worth adding that color toning fits perfectly into almost any bathroom decor. Although you can choose any color, a slightly hazy partition looks best against the backdrop of a bathroom decorated in pastel shades. Frosted glass is no less interesting. Matting is applied either on the entire surface of the glass, or only on a few of its fragments. It is important to remember that it will look good only under the condition of high light transmission.

Milled glass Looks like regular clear glass, but with some milled patterns. As images, either geometric patterns or some kind of plant or marine motifs are most often chosen. Panels made of two layers of glass look interesting, with LED inserts located between them.

All fences for a shower room without a pallet are usually divided into three groups in size. Small ones include those whose sides are less than 90 centimeters. In this case, we are talking about constructions 90x90, 80x90, 80x80 or 70x70 cm. Medium fences include structures whose sides do not go beyond 100-120 centimeters., for example, 100x100, 80x100, 120x80 or 120x90 centimeters. The sides of large fences exceed 180-190 centimeters. Inside such a shower stall, you can place a seat or even a full-fledged bench.

To choose a shower enclosure without a tray, all possible aspects must be considered. It is worth deciding on the type of glass, since this factor is responsible for the further service life, structural reliability and appearance of the shower stall... Next, it is determined what the structure will be - frame, frameless or folding. As mentioned above, the frame implies the use of a frame for glass, which visually makes the appearance of the shower room heavier. In addition, the installation of the frame is more complicated.

As for frameless doors, it is easier to install them, but you will definitely need to use either triplex or tempered glass. Depending on the type of fencing, fittings are also selected. Details for fasteners must be selected from stainless and reliable material. For example, although plastic rollers are much cheaper, they quickly fail and need to be replaced.

Sometimes, to organize a shower room without a pallet, only two fences are enough, and the rest of the walls of the shower room are ordinary plasterboard structures, covered with the main finishing material. In the bathroom, decorated in beige tones, the cubicle is located in the corner, but is square, which, by the way, takes up more space. The swing door is made of tempered glass without any additional decorative coating.

In another interior, a shower room without a pallet is also located in the corner of the room, but it already has two reliably joining fences. The use of frameless canvases allows you to make the walls of the shower room almost invisible, which looks extremely impressive against the background of an unusual black wall covering. The booth door also swings open inward, and a small metal handle is installed on the moving panel for convenience. All the necessary fasteners are made of the same material.

In the following example, you can clearly see how convenient it is to select large showers without a tray.In the snow-white bathroom, right inside the booth, there is a full-fledged seating position, as well as two faucets that allow a couple of people to take a shower at the same time. The swing door opens inward.

Finally, it should be recognized that when planning a shower room without a tray, you can do without any glass railing. If you choose the right place and cover the walls of the shower with moisture-repellent tiles, then it will be enough just to hang an ordinary fabric curtain at the entrance.

How to choose glass for a shower enclosure, see below.