Varieties of shower racks with mixer and overhead shower

If you are looking for relevant solutions to repair the shower in your apartment, country house or bath, we offer you an overview of shower racks with a mixer and overhead shower.

The shower rack with the mixer and the top shower for a long time and strongly entered our life. This is the best choice for a compact apartment of a city dweller, or for a complete set of a guest bathroom in a country house. And we need to follow from time to time what innovations in this format are offered by engineers and designers.

Consumers like compactness, practicality, convenience, easy installation, intuitive control, quick possibility to change the shower use mode (for example, from the overhead shower to a watering can with a flexible hose), various designs in this solution.and most importantly - a large selection of options for equipment, manufacturers and price range.

First, determine your budget. The cost of luxury models from global manufacturers will exceed all your expectations, but be sure that you will find your own “Moidodyr” as well. This is followed by the design, the materials from which the system is made, as well as the built-in functions up to the illumination of the water jets.

Product design is very diverse: modern classics, minimalism, retro, shebbi-chic, eco-style, ethnic and other varieties. Just look through magazines or pictures on the Internet in order to understand what exactly your soul needs today from the appearance of the soul.

There are also options where the shower head can move in a horizontal plane. In addition, shower models are often supplied complete with equipment that allows you to keep the shower area in order: shelves, hooks and other accessories.

The main task of the manufacturer is to provide high anti-corrosion properties of the equipment, which is mounted in wet areas of the shower, bathroom, pool or bath.So, today, a shower rack with a mixer and an overhead shower can be made of stainless steel and plastic, copper-containing alloys, and glass with protective coatings. Particularly picky aesthetes can opt for shower racks made of steel and tempered glass, besides watering can to such racks can be offered stone.

We recommend the mixer and the overhead shower made of chrome-plated brass. Perhaps this is the best choice. Next is stainless steel. Both of these materials are durable, the products shine and have long-term corrosion protection. But aluminum rigid vertical racks, which were so common in the 90s of the last century, are rarely in private housing today, and we will not discuss their consumer drawbacks.

Quite a wide selection of materials for the shower hose.

• Anti-shock plastic with increased flexibility and crease-proof edges. It is quite convenient to take a shower with him if you hold the watering can in your hands and direct the water stream where you want.
• Silicone in a metal sheath. A smooth rubber hose is placed in a chrome-plated metal corrugation,while it remains very flexible and confidently withstands multiple twists. When you shower, sufficient hose length is very important for comfort and convenience. So, it is desirable that the corrugated hose be at least 2 m in length, which will significantly increase its service time.

• Material for cartridges of shower systems that mix cold and hot water before it is fed into the tap spout. Cartridges are ball and ceramic. At the same time, it is recommended to choose a ceramic cartridge for shower systems with an overhead shower.
• The type of watering can, as in the upper shower, and manual. Being in sight and, in fact, style-forming elements in your soul, today these details differ in various designs and even refinement. The watering can of the upper shower can be round, rectangular or square with a diameter of 6 to 40 cm. The watering can for a hand shower can be usual classical outlines or innovative (to have a cylindrical or parallelepiped shape).

It is desirable that the watering can have a regulator for switching the water supply modes. (focused flow, massage or "rain"). However, your right to choose the simplest configuration of the watering can - without a regulator and withoutoptions. I would like to separately note the shower systems with leica like “tropical shower”. They are durable and very beautiful. This expensive system will give gloss to even the smallest bathroom and will provide you with the constant pleasure of water treatments.

When choosing a shower system with a stand and overhead shower, do not forget to focus on the hardness of the water in your house. Does it give a limescale, which so often spoils the appearance of even the highest quality sanitary products, forcing me to change individual nodes again and again? Make your choice based on this fact.

Let us consider in more detail a large selection of shower ensembles.

• Shower system with mixer, fixed valve and watering can on a flexible hose. In the shower system with a mixer and a fixed valve and a watering can on a flexible hose that performs the function of the upper shower, the metal bar attached to the wall serves as a stand, on which the watering can is fixed.The most democratic shower solution, which can be additionally equipped with shelves and hooks for bath accessories.
• Shower system with mixer, fixed valve and upper shower on a rigid rack. A shower system with a mixer and a fixed valve and an overhead shower on a rigid stand, which also serves as a pipeline, is the simplest and therefore durable option. But it is not very convenient, as it is static and not intended to adapt to anyone who decided to take a shower.

• Shower system with a mixer and top shower on a rigid rack and a flexible hose with a watering can. A shower system with a mixer and an overhead shower on a rigid rack and a flexible hose with a watering can can include an overhead shower of the price category that you can afford. For example, enjoy a tropical shower from the overhead shower, whose watering can contain up to 244 water holes.

You can also consider models with a thermostat to maintain your chosen water temperature. The thermostat, in turn, may not be distinguished by its appearance, but may have a shelf design.This system has two watering cans: fixed and mobile on a flexible hose. Flexible hose allows you to direct water where you want. You can even take a shower while sitting. With the design of the upper watering can, interesting solutions are also possible: you can change the nozzles and modes to give the jet the necessary strength, change the angle of the watering can, while providing yourself with an invigorating or, on the contrary, soothing flow.

• Shower system with faucet and top shower on a rigid stand and flexible hose with a watering can and a spout for the bath. The option of a shower system with a mixer and an overhead shower on a rigid stand and flexible hose with a watering can and a spout for the bath allows both to shower and fill the bath from a conventional spout with a switch (one-handed, i.e. lever). An excellent and at the same time compact option for those who keep a bath in their apartment.
• Shower system with mixer and overhead shower, hidden in the wall.The shower rail is sewn into the wall, the overhead shower is mounted directly into the wall, the shower control panel is also attached to the wall. A stylish solution for those who prefer minimalism, visually expanding the room and space.
• Watering can built into the ceiling. Another option that can diversify the design of your shower is a wall-mounted shower system with a mixer and an overhead shower that is mounted to the ceiling. There will be a little more trouble with the water supply to the ceiling watering can, but this option looks very stylish.

Perhaps you will like additional technical solutions that can provide your shower:

• Thermostat - A handy device that maintains the temperature of the water, comfortable for you. It will protect against burns and ice water.
• Aerator - This is a small element that is built into the mixer for mixing water with air. So the stream of water becomes more voluminous and softer, and the shower - more pleasant. At the same time, due to the “inflation” of the water flow, much less is consumed. As a result, we get not only a luxury shower, but also savings.
• Shower watering can under bronze with LED light.The “mini-power plant”, which is also built into the shower system as a headset, generates energy for the LEDs built into the watering can due to the flow of water. Many just like the colored jets of water. And someone even claims that at the same time taking a shower is a session of color therapy.

As we have seen, modern shower solutions have no particular disadvantages. They are comfortable, both in use and at a price, and provide consumers with high-class water procedures.

On how to choose a rack for the shower, see below.