The bathroom renovation is almost complete. The walls and floor are lined with luxurious tiles, fortunately, today its assortment in stores is able to drive into a stupor not only the layman, but also an experienced designer. New faucets sparkle with nickel and gilding, the stretch ceiling shimmers with glare, and a new bathtub pleases with its unusual whiteness. But its facade does not fit into all this splendor in any way: all unsightly communications, legs are visible, and the outer side of this modern miracle of plumbing does not harmonize with the interior created with such love.
What to do?
Of course, something needs to be closed. How? Install a bath screen. Do-it-yourself to make it or buy it ready? Here is a question that is almost always asked by the happy owner of a bathroom updated according to the latest fashion trends. And we will try to help. Let's talk about what these designs are and how to make screens under the bath with your own hands, if, nevertheless, this wise Solomon's decision was made.
Summary
Why Solomonic? Because it is far from always possible to buy what you want, and what fits 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 in general, how to make a bath screen yourself and, of course, from what.
And why is it needed at all, by and large? In addition to being decorative, as mentioned above, a bath screen can perform several more functions. Firstly, it will protect communications from mechanical impact from the outside, and secondly, behind it you can arrange a warehouse for useful, but not very attractive things.
The screen for the bathroom can be made stationary, or it can be made in the form of doors moving along special guides. But only in the second case, you can already use the space under the bathroom as a small closet. The stationary version is usually equipped with only one niche through which access to communications is provided.
Material
What do home craftsmen usually make do-it-yourself bath screens from? I must say, there are a lot of options, ranging from the most budgetary and simple to perform and ending with almost real masterpieces of sanitary art.
As a material, you can use the most common plastic, MDF panels, drywall, tongue-and-groove boards, blocks and bricks. Some craftsmen who are not alien to design impulses make screens for a bath with their own hands from mirrors or glass with appliedpattern on it. That is, creativity can be realized from the heart, but subject to one condition: the selected material must fully comply with its performance characteristics to the special climate of this room: be moisture resistant, easy to clean, not subject to rotting and deformation processes.
Now that our brief educational program is over, let's go directly to talking about what kind of screens you can build under the bath with your own hands. And, most importantly, how. We will take as a basis those options that do not require the home craftsman to have professional skills.
Simple but effective
This well, very budget option falls into the category of "bath screen", of course, with a big stretch. Nevertheless, it is quite capable of performing its main functions, and therefore has the right to exist. To build such a structure is within the power of even those who not only do not have a special habit of working with their own hands, but also for the first time saw with their own eyes what a drill looks like in reality.
This is a banal bathroom curtain, which we propose to use not quite for its intended purpose, that is, place it not above the container, but below. Simple, like all great things. All you need for this is the same drill, a few self-tapping screws, a nickel-plated pipe, a couple of fastening 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
Yes, in ten minutes! Drill several holes on opposite walls, fix the fastening rings with self-tapping screws, insert a chrome-plated pipe into them with a curtain cut in height in accordance with the dimensions. The unsightly innards are covered, the mission of the home master is over. Of course, this option cannot be compared with a glass screen with a designer pattern printed on it, but we agreed that the option is budgetary and not labor-intensive. So what can be the claim?
But if you're planning on building something more monumental, read on. We will tell you how to make a screen for a bathtub from PVC panels.
Plastic
This option also does not require special material costs. But it will still take longer to work here. 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 in height.
To make such a design, it is necessary to buy, in addition to the main component, a profile specially designed for this purpose, liquid nails, decorative corners.
Process Technology
From plastic we cut out the workpieces we need in height. We measure the length of the future screen, after which we cut off the extra pieces from the guides. We make markings on the floor - we draw a line along which we will install the lower profile. Then we directly install the screen under the bath. Insert directly on the floorPVC panels into the top and bottom rails. Then we apply glue along the marking line (in our case, these are liquid nails), we install the upper part of the structure under the side of the bathtub, and the lower part directly onto the glue. We wait until the glue dries, decorate the edges of the screen with corners (we put them on the same liquid nails). You can use! 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 - it will be too much fuss to constantly remove and then insert at least one of the panels, let alone several.
If you still want to have a sliding, and 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 wardrobe is good in all respects. Firstly, the installation procedure itself is relatively simple, and secondly, the choice of doors for such a design is simply huge. It can be either ordinary MDF panels or mirrored or glass doors. The latter, by the way, can be ordered with a pattern applied in accordance with your own wishes, thanks to which you will be able to fit the screen as organically as possible into an existing interior.
What to do?
Go to the construction market after measuring the height and width of the space under the bathroom. There we find a pavilion that offers all the components for wardrobes and buyguides, appropriate fittings and dowels (regular and "bugs"). And then we choose the doors. It can be ordinary MDF panels of any color, and mirror, and glass with beautiful prints. Here everything depends on the contents of your wallet and directly on the design idea itself. The store employees will certainly cut out the necessary pieces for you according to the given sizes, you will only have to pay for the purchase. Then we go home with the purchased material, where we proceed with the installation.
Description of work
We cut out the guides in accordance with the width of the opening, then we attach the top one to the bathroom itself with dowels, “clogs”, and the bottom one with self-tapping screws to the floor. We mount the fittings on the doors and insert them into the guides. We check that the wheels fit well into 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 bath screen: other options
Other methods of making a screen for a bath are already more labor-intensive. This is the manufacture of a drywall structure, the installation of which involves the creation of a frame made of profiles, foam blocks, bricks, etc. As a rule, such screens are subsequently lined with ceramic tiles - the same as the bathroom itself is finished, or another, contrasting color. It really depends on the wishes of the master himself. Each of these methods is quite laborious and requires a separate detaileddescriptions. The only thing I would like to note is that making a drywall screen would be the best option if you have a custom-configured bath. This material is very light and easy to work with, it takes a given shape well, so you can finish any surface with it.
So making a screen for a bathtub with your own hands is not such a difficult task. You just need to choose the right option that will match the design of your bathroom and the functional features of the installed plumbing.
