Repair in the bathroom is almost complete. The walls and floor are lined with chic tiles, fortunately, today its assortment in stores is able to drive into a stupor not only a layman, but also an experienced designer. New mixers sparkle with nickel and gilding, the stretch ceiling shimmers with glare, and the new bathtub delights with unusual whiteness. But its facade doesn’t fit into all this splendor: you can see all the unsightly communications, legs, and the outside of this modern miracle of plumbing doesn’t harmonize with the interior created with such love.
What to do?
Naturally, something needs to be closed. Than? Set the screen for the bath. Do it yourself with your own hands or buy it ready? This is the question that the happy owner of the bathroom, updated according to the latest fashion trends, almost always asks. And we will try to help. We will talk about what these designs are and how to make screens for the bath with your own hands, if nevertheless this wise Solomon decision was made.
Short review
Why is Solomon? Because it is far from always possible to buy what you want, and what will fit the size and, most importantly, the configuration of the new bath, which can be quite diverse. Therefore, let's talk about what types of this design are generally, how to make the screen for the bath itself and, naturally, from what.
And why is it needed at all, by and large? In addition to decorative, as mentioned above, the screen under the bath can perform several more functions. Firstly, it will protect communications from mechanical impact from the outside, and secondly, you can build a warehouse for useful, but not very attractive in appearance things.
The screen for the bathroom can be made stationary, or it can also be made in the form of flaps moving along special guides. But only in the second case, you can already use the space under the bathroom as a small pantry. The stationary version is usually equipped with only one niche, through which access to communications is provided.
Material
What do home craftsmen usually do under their own bathtub screens? I must say, there are a lot of options, starting from the most budgetary and easiest to execute and ending with almost real masterpieces of plumbing art.
As the material, you can use the most common plastic, MDF panels, drywall, tongue- and- groove plates, blocks and bricks. Some masters, who are not alien to design impulses, make screens for a bath with their own hands from mirrors or glass with a pattern applied to it. That is, creative potential can be realized from the heart, but subject to one condition: the selected material must fully comply with the operating characteristics of the particular climate of this room: to be moisture resistant, easy to wash, not subject to rotting and deformation.
Now that our short course of educational program has been completed, we will go directly to the conversation about what screens you can build under your bath yourself. And, most importantly, how. We will take as a basis those options that do not require the presence of a professional home craftsman.
Simple but effective
This well-budget option in the category of "screen under the bath" falls, of course, with a big stretch. Nevertheless, he is quite capable of performing his basic functions, and therefore has the right to exist. To build such a design is affordable even for those who not only do not have a special habit of working with their own hands, but in general saw for the first time with their own eyes what a drill looks like in reality.
This is a banal curtain for the bathroom, which we propose to use not quite for its intended purpose, that is, to place it not above the tank, but under. Just like all ingenious. All that is needed for this is the same drill, several self-tapping screws, a nickel-plated pipe, a couple of mounting rings and the curtain itself, of which there are a great many on sale. You can quickly and easily choose the color and pattern that suits your interior.
How to do
Yes in ten minutes! Drill several holes on opposite walls, fasten the fastening rings with screws, insert a chrome pipe into them with a height cut in accordance with the dimensions of the curtain. The ugly insides are covered, the mission of the home master is over. Of course, this option can not be compared with a glass screen with a design drawing applied to it, but after all, we agreed - the option is budgetary and not laborious. So what could be the claim?
But if you plan to build something more monumental, read on. We will tell you how to make a screen for a bath from PVC panels.
Plastic
This option also does not require special material costs. But work here will still take longer. Do-it-yourself plastic bath screens are made either from large panels, the pattern of which, by the way, is also very diverse, or from individual pieces of PVC cut into height.
To make such a design, it is necessary to buy, in addition to the main component, a profile specially designed for these purposes, liquid nails, decorative corners.
Process technology
From plastic we cut the workpieces necessary for height. We measure the length of the future screen, after which we cut off the excess pieces from the guides. We make markings on the floor - draw a line along which we will install the lower profile. Then we directly mount the screen under the bath. Directly on the floor we insert the PVC panels into the upper and lower guides. Then we apply glue along the marking line (in our case, it is liquid nails), we install the upper part of the structure under the side of the bathtub, and the lower part directly on the glue. We wait until the glue dries, decorate the edges of the screen with corners (put them on the same liquid nails). You can use it! True, such a screen under the bath will only perform a decorative function. Using it as a place to store any items is not recommended - there will be too much fuss in order to constantly get out and then insert at least one of the panels, not to mention a few.
If you want all the same you want to have a sliding, but not a deaf design, then it is best to adopt the following method.
A la wardrobe
Here it will be, perhaps, the best option of all that exist. Installing a bath screen on the principle of a sliding wardrobe is good in all respects. Firstly, the installation procedure itself is relatively simple, and secondly, the choice of doors for this design is simply huge. It can be either ordinary MDF panels or mirror or glass sashes. The latter, by the way, can be ordered with a drawing made in accordance with your own wishes, due to which it will be possible to fit the screen into the existing interior as organically as possible.
What to do?
Go to the construction market, having previously measured the height and width of the space under the bathroom. There we find a pavilion that offers all the components for sliding wardrobes and buy guides, appropriate fittings and dowels (ordinary and "bugs"). And then we select the doors. It can be ordinary MDF panels of any color, and mirrored, and glass with beautiful prints. Here it all depends on the contents of your wallet and the design idea itself. The store employees will certainly cut out the necessary pieces for you according to the given sizes, you just have to pay for the purchase. Then we go home with the purchased material, where we proceed to the installation.
Description of work
We cut the guides in accordance with the width of the opening, then fix the upper one to the bathroom itself with dowels, “bugs,” and the lower one, with screws to the floor. We mount the accessories on the doors and insert them into the guides. We check that the wheels are well in the grooves, since it is thanks to them that the doors will move apart. As you can see, the installation process is quite simple. The only negative is the rather high cost of such material. But the result is worth it.
How to make a screen for a bath: other options
Other methods of making a screen for a bathtub are already more laborious. This is the manufacture of a structure from drywall, the installation of which involves the creation of a frame from profiles, from foam blocks, bricks, etc. As a rule, such screens are subsequently lined with ceramic tiles - the same as the bathroom itself, or in a different, contrasting color. It really depends on the wishes of the master himself. Each of these methods is rather laborious and requires a separate detailed description. The only thing I would like to note is that making a drywall screen is the best option if you have a bathtub of a non-standard configuration. This material is very light and easy to use, it takes a good shape, so you can finish it with any surface.
So to make a screen for a bath with your own hands is not so difficult. You just need to choose the right option that will match the design of your bathroom and the functional features of the installed plumbing.