Self- assembly of the shower enclosure

Self-assembly of the shower will save you a lot of money that you would have spent on attracting wizard.

Showers are increasingly found in modern apartments.

There are several reasons for this: they are comfortable, do not take up much space and can use them to save considerably on the water, because the shower will consume it less than the classical overall bath.

Models showers very much, and we can find the right size, price and features.

But, no matter what type of device you choose, you will bring it in parts, and then the cabin will need to collect, either by professionals or by yourself.

about how to properly assemble their own shower, we discuss in this article.

Preparation floor, assembly frame and pallet

Even if you are a beginner in repair work and neverpreviously engaged in the installation of showers, with the help of videos and instructions to do this would be easy, and will take no more than 3 hours for the entire build process.However

conduct some preparatory work is still necessary, although they are easier than when you install the bath.

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First of all, you need to choose a place where the cabin is located.For this you need a diagram of the room.

On it you have to choose the angle that is 90 degrees and is lined with tiles or other resistant material.

Paul also must first lay out the tiles, or even you align and cement.It must be perfectly horizontal, so the design was stable.

Assembling the shower requires a communication in the place where it will be located.

If this is not done, then you need instructions on how to take the shower drains, as well as how to bring hot and cold water to the mixer on the wall.

Use video to simplify your work, or use the help of professionals.

Once these works will be performed, you can proceed directly to the assembly and installation design.

the cab assembly scheme is applied to the producers of the structure itself, so to begin unpack the details and see if it's there.

When unpacking the need to act very carefully so as not to damage anything, especially the cockpit doors, which are often made of glass and is quite fragile.

Although instructions on how to assemble the shower, may be different depending on the manufacturer, its main stages are similar.

Start the assembly with the installation of the pallet - the detail design of the largest and usually packed in a separate box.

If you receive a shower in semi-assembled form, install it, you will be a little easier.

tray looks like a mini bathtub covered with acrylic, to the bottom of a spider made of metal.To it is necessary to attach the legs, which are attached to the kit.

scheme of their installation is simple: it is necessary that they were recorded on the same plane and stood exactly, otherwise the pallet will be unsteady or tilted.

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tray with fixed legs mounted to the wall, which you have chosen, so that between him and the wall itself was not gaps.

To design has become more stable, sometimes it is glued to the tile with silicone.

Before you do this, you need to attach a siphon withdrawal of sewage, which had to lay before the assembly.

Before starting the frame assembly shower, watch the video instructions, asThis process is somewhat more complicated than installing a sump.

Also do not forget that the scheme and the instructions from the manufacturer should be in front of your eyes while working, becausethey may have different characteristics and some of the universal scheme.

first step is to assemble the frame: it consists of two uprights and two arcs, which will be fixed the door.Additional arc is mounted on the lower tray.

First you need to fasten the vertical guides to the edge of the outside of the cab.How to do it, look at the video.Fasteners should be included in a set of cabins, usually screws and dowels.

To install the rails in the tile need to make holes, and then work through them with silicone along the line along which the item will be installed.

guides must be installed on the wall with screws and dowels, and at the same time secure the item with the help of silicone, which will serve as a sealant and do not give water to seep out of the cab.

Although instructions on how to assemble the shower, solve most of the problems, however, you may encounter some difficulties.

most common problem - the uneven angle, because the walls in the apartments, including the bathrooms, part of the curve and angle of 90 degrees just do not find.

In that case, if the pallet is not adjacent to the walls tightly enough for this reason, you need a little trim the tiles using a grinder to fit the height of the pallet to the surface.

Cutting must be carefully not to damage the excess material, but at the same time make sure that pallet in the end fit snugly to the wall.

Those places, where it will connect with the surface should be carefully treated silicone.

Installation of doors and other works

With the most difficult part of the job, how to assemble the shower, you have already mastered.

It remains only to install glass partitions and hang doors, as well as conduct other minor works to design could operate.

unpack these items should be cautious, especially for glass partitions, which are quite fragile, but it is heavy.However

partitions and doors, also attached to the structure and the tape rollers, which are necessary for fixing.

scheme and step by step instructions and videos to help you cope with the installation of these parts.

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Installation begins with the partition that you want to lock the side walls.Before installing, be sure to put their seals.

These details vary depending on the type of cabin design, and install them will help guide that came with the shower.

In general, the installation of parts scheme is simple: the septum, located near the wall, to be inserted into the seal.

It should be and where the door is moving, but the seal has a different shape.

How to install both versions of the seal, see the video and see how to use the seal, and for some items, you will help the scheme and the instruction to the shower.

Before setting up the car door, you need to fix the top rollers to the door could move.The rollers are fixed on special slide on the upper arch, and behind them are installed below videos.

When installing the two rollers need to be sure to set the seal, as well as a magnetic tape, which is worn on the door.

It is necessary to ensure that the door tightly adhered to the frame on closing, thus avoiding water and steam.

After installing the door they need to screw the handle.To this end, the holes are already provided in the door, so nothing further prodelyvat need.

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Installation Guide suggests that they should be fixed in the middle of the door next to each other.

To check the correctness of their installation, as well as the entire structure, try to open and close the doors.If done correctly, they will slide freely and opened without effort.

If they opened with difficulty and bad move in an arc, it means that you did not install the rollers, and in some place they twitched.

We need to find this place and eliminate distortion.

Once you have finished with the installation of the door and checked the accuracy of performance, the place where the tray connects to the cabin, to be treated with silicone, so they do not absorb moisture.

Use the video at each stage of the work, and then you can easily collect the shower with their own hands.

final completion

After assembly, the shower itself, it is necessary to carry out a number of minor works, that it can be used.

fittings must be installed on the mixer, which comes out of the wall and put a rack for the soul so that it corresponds to the size of the hose, which you have purchased for the shower.

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length is measured from the mixer and before the spray.It is important to determine the size, so you can freely move the spray gun on the bar, or use the hose will be uncomfortable.

While assembling the shower a simple matter, especially when there is a scheme and instruction you need to think carefully before you buy it.In particular, find out if the water pressure is sufficient in your apartment.

If you live on the top floor, the pressure may not be sufficient, so to the shower as you need to buy the pump, or more carefully choose the model, based on their characteristics of these and other nuances of your bathroom.

It often happens that an expensive shower just can not perform all the functions and work in all modes, that it provides.