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How to make a built-in shower tray
When undertaking remodeling works or removing the bathroom, a series of factors must be taken into consideration, including the decoration and the stylistic context that you want to give to this important area of the house. Something that is suggested difficult, many times is how to make a built-in shower tray.The screens you choose, the curtains or the doors for the shower that best suit imposed or omitted, they are only part of the design of a comfortable and warm bathroom. Great attention has been paid to this part of the house for many years and the changes in it are obvious. It is time to learn everything about bathrooms with built-in shower trays, the materials used for this, which one can be suggested best for different circumstances or spaces, in short, what are the benefits of this piece of a construction site of a habitable premises. Types of built-in shower trays If you have thought about reforming your bathtub for a built-in shower tray, it is important that you know the most sought-after types of it and the differences between one and the other. Built-in shower trays are better suited than bathtubs, allow greater mobility and are usually non-slip.
Differences between tiles and porcelain
In this post we are going to explain the differences between a tile and a porcelain tile, where and how each of them should be used, their characteristics and average price.But We are also going to disprove other myths that exist in the construction sector such as:What is the difference between bathroom tiles and ceramic tiles? for kitchen? Why do we distinguish between indoor and outdoor floors? o How to lay a rectified tile without a joint.How a tile differs from a porcelain tile.Although many people believe that it is the same and many online searches are do with the term porcelain tiles, you must know the differences to know what use and resistance each one can provide.Ceramic is a very broad concept and we not only distinguish between tiles and porcelain. Rather, within the tile there are different possibilities such as rectified tiles or white-paste and red-paste tiles.On the other hand, within porcelain floors there are also rectified and non-rectified tiles , indoor flooring and outdoor porcelain stoneware, 20mm porcelain floors and many more.The tiles can only be used as wall covering. Moreover, it is only recommended to place it on interior walls, bathrooms or kitchens. In case of placing a tile as an exterior wall covering, you must make sure that the climate in the area is reasonably stable, with moderate temperatures and above all that frost is not expected during winter.On the other hand , the ceramic tile can only be used on the wall because it is not prepared to support the transit of people, furniture or machinery. And although it would not happen the first day, with the passage of time and with use it would be very likely that some tiles would begin to break.Porcelain stoneware, on the other hand, can be placed both on terrace floors and on house floors. Of course you can also use porcelain tile on the walls.Porcelain stoneware is still a much more resistant material than tile, withstanding both extreme temperatures and high traffic without suffering deterioration.< p>However, the resistance of porcelain tiles is often a double-edged sword. Since its hardness often makes it difficult to handle and cut. It is necessary to have professional and quality tools to place a porcelain floor tile, otherwise you will find it difficult to cut the pieces and it can even break where it should not.That is why it is not recommended to place porcelain tile on the bathroom wall. The tile is completely suitable for this use, and in this way we will facilitate the placement of the mason. Both for cutting the tiles and for drilling them to place bathroom accessories.
In which direction to lay imitation wood flooring
Wood-effect floors are today the most fashionable pavement. But after buying a wood-effect floor, almost all of us wonder in which direction we should lay it.Both laminate floors such as wood-effect porcelain stoneware, they are long tiles that imitate wooden planks, and this makes the types of placement of these much more extensive.A house has many addresses. It is rarely a diaphanous square in which we would not have doubts in which direction to place a wood-effect floor. Quite the contrary, the houses have corridors that make installation difficult and corners that break the harmony.Just as with the square tiles we have no doubts, the length of the imitation wood floor raises new doubts .But there is only one fundamental premise that governs the direction of the sheets. The starting point you should base yourself on is < b>the main light entrance to the house. This is usually in the living-dining room, but it could also be in the kitchen or in the double room.The direction of the imitation wood flooring must be parallel to the window or main light entrance that the house has, and not perpendicular.This type of placement offers much more harmony, since otherwise the light would highlight the separation joints that we leave between the tiles much more. There are other important tips for laying imitation wood floors, such as the tiles cannot be locked by more than 25% , that the cement must be distributed proportionally over the entire surface of the tile or that it is essential to leave a minimum joint between bricks.The image on the cover of the post is an example of which is the correct direction for laying a wood-effect floor
Natural stone as cladding and flooring in our house
Natural stone is a material widely used in construction, rehabilitation and home decoration. It is such a versatile product that now is surely the most fashionable time for it. Its great advantages place it among the main options for those who are renovating their home.On the one hand, it is a high-quality product and, together with marble, it may be the most resistant natural product. A material that resists shock and friction, but also water and adverse weather conditions.This hardness is one of the factors that make it so versatile. But also its transformation capacity means that it can be used in different rooms and for different uses. The most common today are: as bathroom cladding, as built-in shower trays or as a terrace floor.Although without a doubt the natural stone where it is most often placed is in concrete walls. facades
Bathroom furniture suspended or with legs
The decision to buy a suspended bathroom unit or with legs is not only aesthetic, we must also take into account other factors that are important. Although the trend in recent years led consumers to search for suspended bathroom furniture, this is changing and we'll tell you why.
How to choose the faucet for your sink
The first thing we should take into account before buying a sink faucet is the type of furniture we have and whether the sink is built-in or over-counter. The furniture is one of the elements that mark the decoration of our bathroom, surely the most important after the bathroom tiles. That is why the sink faucet that we choose will be greatly influenced by the style of furniture.
What is the best kitchen floor?
Surely ceramic floors are ideal for installing in a kitchen. There are places where the characteristics of the material are very important and these places could well be the kitchen, the bathroom or the terrace. The kitchen is one of the places where we spend the most time in the The house and its floor are surely one of the most exposed to deterioration both due to water and stains and due to the fall of instruments that could damage it.To avoid all this, use porcelain stoneware It is one of the materials that will give us more security. But, there are many types of porcelain floors, which one to stay with and why?
Ceramic parquet vs synthetic parquet, what are the differences?
If we separate flooring sales by product type, floors that imitate wood have been the most sold for years. Although fashions are cyclical and in recent years new trends have appeared, such as polished porcelain or hydraulic design floors, wooden floors are still the ones most sought after by consumers.Let's see in this article what we understand by parquet and the main differences between porcelain that imitates wood and laminate flooring.
IMEX or TRES What is the best brand of faucets?
Imex and Tres are currently the two best faucet brands. Depending on the style of faucet you are looking for and the price you want to spend on the bathroom faucet, one will be more suitable than the other.Let's go through a bit of their catalogs and product characteristics.< /h5>IMEX tapsIMEX is a young brand with great growth in recent years. We met her in 2017, and although she had a much smaller catalog than the current one, she already presented very interesting ideas. They knew how to see the shortcomings that the market had at that time and they developed a very competitive product adjusted to what customers demanded.TRES TapsTRES is a brand with much more history and well positioned in the market for years. Until IMEX was created, Griferías TRES was one of the few brands with a really interesting catalogue, with a good variety of models and a carefully designed product.What aspects do they have? What do the two brands have in common?The main point in common between IMEX and TRES, which makes them stand out from their competition, is the variety of possibilities they offer. While other brands have been left with catalogs that only contain basic taps with hardly any design, both Grifería IMEX and Grifería TRES have understood that trends have changed and that customers want to compare designs and prices, want to buy colored taps, or perhaps they need a special faucet depending on the circumstances of each home.That is why they have become the best known faucet brands. THREE has been one for a long time, and IMEX has taken very little time to position itself with a large market share, with its catalog in most bathroom stores.Differences between TRES and IMEXThe two biggest differences are the price and the composition of the catalogue.PriceWhile TRES products have a high price, IMEX has positioned its taps at a medium price, affordable for practically anyone. I'm sure the price difference has a reason beyond the name of the brand itself. He almost always has it. However, we believe that in this type of product it is not so important to buy a more expensive faucet, if with half the price you have a design faucet that has the same functionality, and we don't know if even the same duration.You should know something important before buying a faucet....And is that most of the incidences that the faucet give are due to the chrome or the external paint. And there are few differences between brands of a certain prestige and that meet all quality guarantees.The deterioration of the paint or the chrome of the taps depends rather on their environment. For example, saltpeter from the sea is very aggressive for chrome baths, and oxidizes them in a short time. On the other hand, humidity also influences the state of the faucets, since a product that dries and remains relatively dry after use has much longer life than a faucet that always has drops of water and lime stains.< br>While the internal mechanisms, which is why most of the time the prices of the taps are distinguished, do not have such a high percentage of incidents. And if it does, it's usually in a long term in which the faucet is probably already more than amortized.But, if what you want is to buy a faucet of extreme quality and that has all the spare parts that you look for a few years later, the best thing is to buy a German faucet, such as Hansa or Hansgrohe.Catalogue< br>Their tap catalogs focus on them in two very different ways. Both with a wide variety of models to buy, but each with its own style.On the one hand, Imex has many different collections, each type of tap (basin, kitchen, shower) is available in 5 colors . With all this, he completes a catalog of about 700 pages.THREE, however, is not as extensive in modeling. The names of the series are not so different, but each one has countless variants: sizes, colors, built-in, with automatic drain, etc. Much more than IMEX and any other faucet manufacturer.For example, you can see the Study Exclusive bathroom faucet, which is available in our store in 16 different colours.Our last recommendation is that if you want to buy a bathroom or kitchen faucet, look in the TRES and IMEX faucet catalogs. You can always find something you like better, or that suits you better, somewhere else. But what is certain is that with these two brands you will already have at least 80% chances covered. And if you don't know where to start looking, either of these two brands is a good place to start.
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