L Shaped Shower Rods - One disadvantage to have an antique claw foot tub could be a lack of having a shower. If the claw foot tub you do not currently have a shower features, there are several options you can choose to add that feature modern, yet important. You can add a separate shower enclosure to the bathroom, but this is an option that is much more expensive and some of the bathrooms may not be able to sign a full shower enclosures. Plus, this will add an additional task to clean the bathroom. The most ideal situation is to add shower enclosures and curtains for the claw foot tub there. Fortunately, there are several options available to make this task quite easy to achieve.
To add to the claw-foot bath there, you can hire a contractor or plumber to do the job for you and they can recommend several options. One option is to add a bath with claw foot tub and put in the shower rod and curtain vicinity. This allows the shower curtain to completely surround the tub, reducing water splashes and leaks. Another option for a tub near the wall is to the existing wall tiles, tiles add water \\ \"detractors \\\" around the side walls of the tub and put the \\ \"L \\\" shaped shower rods and curtains to cover the exposed side of the tub. The weakness of this choice, of course, is that it is more expensive and takes on the appearance of a free-standing claw foot tub.
There are basically two options for installing the plumbing for the bathroom. One is to have a pipe hidden in the wall, which only works if the tub to the wall near the bathroom there. Another option is to have exposed pipes are installed directly in the tub. The latter is the most common choice, and there are several various decorative styles which makes pipes exposed and the buttons have a nice finished look.
There are some \\ \"do-it-yourself \\\" option available for those willing to take on the task yourself. home improvement stores such as Lowes and Home Depot carry a variety of predesigned kits to meet most of the claw foot tub. There are shower kits are designed to work with existing pipeline and others that add pipe exposed to free-standing tub. Both types of kits are affordable, easy to install and only requires the use of some basic tools. Both Lowes and Home Depot have staff in the plumbing department that can make some recommendations based on the set up what you already have. However, it might help to get someone who is familiar with the pipeline to help or check the work after completion.
Regardless of the type of shower option you choose, you can easily add a claw-foot bath for you to make it more convenient and useful. This will allow you to have the best of both worlds, a nice big pool to take a long, relaxing bath or shower that you can use to quickly and efficiently so as to make your bathroom more functional and enjoyable.
