Shower Enclosures
This section of our website contains various articles on shower enclosures and bathrooms that may be helpful in your decision making. These shower enclosure and bathroom articles are designed simply as additional information to help you make the right choice when using the Vesta Bathrooms website. We will try to include some humerous and tongue-in-cheek ditties to keep you from falling asleep!
The Many Benefits of Shower Enclosures in Bathrooms
Bathrooms are a very sacred place in any home. They are where we can relax, detoxify and wash ourselves to our hearts’ content. It is estimated that an average person will spend 18 months of their life in their bathroom, including six of those months stood in a shower enclosure. This is a conservative estimate however, for more than half of the population the amount of time spent in the shower could be considerably higher.
Powerful Shower Enclosures have Several Health Benefits
As a cornerstone of your daily life, you should invest wisely in a high-quality shower enclosure. It adds real elegance and value to your bathroom. A shower enclosure that is built to high specifications brings numerous benefits such as deeply massaging your shoulder muscles with intense water textures and uses steam effectively to cleanse your skin and pores. You can even keep the water temperature at an extremely accurate and consistent level by installing a shower enclosure armed with digital and wireless technology.
Shower Enclosures are a Solid, Money-Saving Investment
A modern shower enclosure can also save you money in the long run. A dated shower unit can use up to 2.5 gallons of fresh water every single minute. New shower enclosures are much more energy efficient and some use just 1 gallon of water per minute. A wide range of new shower enclosures can fit two people comfortably, so save money and double up with a friend in the shower, if that’s your thing. And remember, having a shower will always use up less time and water than having a bath.
Shower Enclosures are Safer
A shower enclosure is also statistically safer than a showerhead over a bath. 70% of all household accidents occur in the bathroom, with most of these involving slipping in the bath or on the wet floor. A shower enclosure is designed to be stood in. The floor has grip and there are always plenty of handrails. Slipping in a bath can be potentially fatal, as they are not designed to be stood in.
Shower enclosures are stylish, practical and luxurious. Installing one in your bathroom may be the best decision you ever make in terms of your property. Talk to the specialists at Vesta Bathrooms to discuss which shower enclosure is right for you. Call 01722 327129 now or email sales@vesta-bathroomsonline.co.uk.
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Cold Showers have Supposed Health Benefits, but are they worth it?
A brisk cold shower is what your Sergeant Major may recommend , but could you bring yourself to fight the pain?
Cold showers are often rightly thought of as being a form of torture. Being trapped in that shower enclosure, pounded with jets of ice-cold water is often painful, but did you know that if you can fight past the pain, that there are actually several health benefits to be gained from the occasional cold shower?
Braving the cold can stimulate the circulation, help the body to detoxify and promotes a feeling of energy and well-being. It’s the perfect wake-up call and hangover cure. It’s also thought of as a classic cure for those feeling a touch ‘hot under the collar’ so to speak. It also works soothing wonders on sunburn.
Try to last it out for around two minutes, and hop around and rub yourself down to ease the shock of the cold. It’s also important to make sure that your bathroom is warm and you have a big towel handy in your shower enclosure as you’ll need to raise your body temperature as soon as the ordeal is over.
You may feel healthy and invigorated afterwards, and no one could blame you for reaching for the ‘hot’ tap the next day...
Tips on Shower Enclosure Maintenance
The range of shower enclosures on the market today is huge and there are some fantastic designs, so everyone should be able to find their ideal one. Once you have found the perfect shower enclosure for your bathroom it is important to look after it. Thankfully only a very little work is required to keep it in great nick.
Many modern shower enclosures are built with toughened safety glass so it is obviously very strong but as well as this many designs have anti-scale treated glass, so that a little squirt with some shower cleaning spray and the glass in your enclosure should remain sparkling.
Depending on the design of enclosure doors shower enclosures may have rollers or sliders as part of their mechanism. To prevent dirt and grime building up many enclosures have quick-release rollers and sliders to allow you to give them a quick clean every so often.
This is another part that needs little attention. A spray of bathroom cleaner every week and a quick wipe with a cloth and you will have a beautiful shower enclosure that it’s a pleasure to soak in.