Freestanding bathtub - the highlight of your bathroom

A freestanding bathtub is a design dream, an island of cleanliness and serenity in the vast expanse of the bathroom. An interior sign that life is successful. It is the one preferred by professionals in the presence of a large room.

Such a bath demonstrates the luxury and taste of the owner, it allows you to play with colors and styles in one room. Many forms, materials and colorful solutions can make the room the brightest in the house.

• Placement is possible in any part of the room: by the wall, in the center. The main thing is to bring water.
• Installation of the bath can be made on legs, special stands and podium. Any option will look aesthetically pleasing.
• Shapes, materials, color and size of the bath is limited by your budget and wishes.

The disadvantages of a freestanding bathtub have, they are related to the redundancy of solutions arising from the installation:

• Plumbing to the tub takes time and money. Standard faucets and plumbing fixtures are usually not suitable, and specials cost more. Having decided on the style of the room and the choice of bathtub, you need to decide all the technical points in advance. Delivery and placement of the bathtub is a complex process, if you do not take into account some small detail, the purchase can lose its functionality and zest.
• Delivery of an ordered freestanding bath can be expensive, it depends on its weight and size. However, the bath itself will be more expensive than conventional options. The price depends on the material, capacity, availability of additional functions.
• The material affects the weight: heavy metal constructions have a solid weight, so it is better to turn to professional assistants. They will help to take into account the possibilities of floor and floor slabs, the heaviness of the bath during use. Because the mass is both the water and the person who is immersed in the tub.

The basis for making a bath can be varied. These are classic metal structures (cast iron, steel, copper), stone forms (marble and artificial stone, kvaril), economical acrylic options and exotic glass, original wooden containers.

The most popular material for a freestanding bath is acrylic. Lightweight and versatile in design, drowning out noise, they can be very capricious to use, poorly tolerating hot water and sensitive to cleaning agents. Specific designs can be quite expensive.

Steel and cast iron are also in demand due to their durability. Affordable, durable, and sturdy. The weak point is the fragile enamel, which gradually cracks, changes color after a few years of use. Steel baths are noisier, do not keep heat. Cast iron retains the temperature of the water, its problem is a large weight.

Stone baths are becoming popular in private homes. The beauty of overflow and the contrast of veins is highly valued, so more affordable artificial stone and a mixture of acrylic and quartz are used to replace expensive stone. The cost of such items is very high, the water in them cools down quickly. To be happy with the purchase, you need to think well about the style of the bathroom, otherwise the richness of the stone will be lost and become a garish stain.

Models made of wood, copper and glass are no less effective. Copper baths are styled with antique style and empire, wood and glass is a natural, eco-friendly and high-tech design. Such work is piecework to order, so their price is available to very few, and in the usual apartment samples of such materials are not found.

The shape of the bathtub is limited by the imagination of the future owner and the planned place. It can have regular symmetrical features or have broken symmetry and complex shape. For example, near the walls set rectangular, square, semicircular shapes. In the corner there is a place asymmetric bowl in the form of a quarter of a circle, square and rectangular bathtub. Rectangle variant looks great even in small rooms, but the square will need a spacious room.

Round, square and complex multi-faceted shapes look great in a thoughtful design and are used in large rooms. Games with geometry are spectacular, but require experience or great taste.

How to install the bathtub is decided on the basis of the position, shape and method of running the communications.

Bathtubs on legs look very beautiful, especially if they stand in the middle of the room. Such supports can be made in a simplified form or selected in the form of animal paws. It combines with flashy styles and adds chic and luxury to the room.

The color of the legs is chosen to match or contrast with the bathtub, dark, to match the color of the floor or metal. Think about this detail if the bathtub stands in the middle of the room, and its bottom has a rounded shape. Simply install it in the floor or prepare a podium is possible, but will lose the elegant European gloss in the room and the geometry of the room will be overloaded. On the contrary, the simplest legs will be very appropriate and good in this case.

First of all, the bath is a place for ablution, it should be comfortable: a wide enough bottom will allow sitting and lying down comfortably. It is recommended to take therapeutic baths in a half-lying position, so some manufacturers offer models for lovers of spa treatments with headrests and footrests. In search of a unique bath you can also find such features:

• Hydromassage: water pipes connected to special openings (jets) massage the body with the pressure of water jets. Adjust the cycle, strength and temperature of the water. Five to six jets are sufficient for a whirlpool.
• Aeromassage (these functions usually occur together) - a similar effect of air currents, which are fed through nozzles placed in the side of the tub. Aero massage requires at least 12 jets.
• Lumbar massage - is a variation of hydromassage, but the water supply is made in a softer mode through the microjet, for this place in the side part of at least 4 nozzles. Such outlets protrude less over the surface of the bathtub, otherwise their functionality is the same.
• Ozonation of water occurs through jets, with ozone bubbles saturate the water with oxygen, disinfects. It is used for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes.
• Disinfection is one of the basic functions in baths with jets. In this case, the cleaning agent is poured into a special tank. If there is no such function, and the aeromassage and hydro-massage are available, it is recommended to pour liquid cleaners into special tanks and run the operating mode at least once a month. This is done to prevent dirt, mold growth and reproduction of bacteria and microorganisms. If you do not use this function, you may soon get an unpleasant smell of stagnant water, and your health may be threatened by skin and other diseases.
• Drying, as well as disinfection, is a prevention for mold and germs, a useful function, but not available in all devices.
• Backlighting and light therapy are present in expensive models. Such lighting helps to create a pleasant atmosphere, relax, not to mention how the interior is transformed.
• Waterproof electronic panels are introduced for easy control of additional options. Of course, this convenience and clever design is reflected in the cost of the bathtub.

The bathtub - the central figure in his room, it sets the tone for the entire interior and emphasizes its style. You need to choose a bath in advance, because the design of the room should be ready before it is installed. The bathtub is a decisive touch, so you need to decide such important issues:

• The budget of the purchase (a separate line will go plumbing for a separate bath), where you need to include the cost of delivery and lifting the unit.
• The shape and color of the bathtub, its material. If the style is classic or modern, then choose metal or acrylic designs. Such models are universal. The color of the bath can repeat the main decision or differ, be a bright spot. But for luxurious bohemian interiors you will need an exclusive custom bath. Simple and modest models will look naive and spoil the idea.
• How to sum up communications and how to hide them? Do you need a pedestal for your bathtub or will a footstool do?
• Do you want to use the whirlpool and admire the lighting? Test these features before you buy, not all owners use them. But if you want them, make sure you have some auxiliary (drying and disinfection).
• Transportation and relocation of the bathtub - an inconvenient point when the selected bathtub does not fit into the doorways. Take into account that the tub must go through the entrance. If you live in an apartment building, bathtub selection can be severely limited by these factors.
• No matter how fashionable and beautiful bathtub, it must be functional: it should be easy to wash in it, to step over the rim, to get out and dive in, to step over the rim. These kinds of problems are observed in people with a particular build, high or miniature height or tendency to obesity. Preliminary "measure" the bath: sit down, lie down and evaluate.

Another important question that will affect the appearance of the bathroom. There are distinguished such variants of faucets:

• Column or floor-mounted. Depending on the design there are classic, high-tech and baroque. Spectacular column hides the communications and the flexible shower hose, bringing them to a considerable height of up to 150 cm. In order not to spoil the view, plumbing is mounted in the floor, so the option is good for empty rooms, given under the primary or complete renovation. Where significant changes are not planned, such a faucet would be too costly.
• Side faucets are installed on the curb. It is a modern option that looks organic in large square bathtubs, in a modern design and with multifunctional bathtubs. Most manufacturers offer their whirlpool bathtubs with ready-to-use side mixers of good quality. For discerning customers, the market also offers separate versions of side-mounted faucets.
• Cascade and shelf options are considered a design move. They involve the design of a special shelf or niche for placing the faucet and the watering can be placed independently of each other. Cascade version is considered more robust in contrast to the mixer on the shelf, the latter is allowed only a retractable shower. Therefore, the cascade design is more expensive.

Freestanding bath will set the tone of the whole room, there can be no trifles in its appearance. Even the classic and calm forms will make the room modern and elegant, because to use such a bath in the interior is to have good taste. Exquisite details or concise design will only complement the perfection of the forms in the bathroom, so do not forget about the stylish little things and modern sanitary ware.