Hygienic shower for toilet: built-in and wall-mounted for toilet, shower-bidet installation

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Hygienic shower
  • Features and applicability
  • Features
  • Installation options
  • Mounting the shower with a sink
  • Connecting the thermostat
  • Installing the mixers
  • Other shower-bidets

If the toilet area does not allow you to install the bidet, the alternative is a hygiene shower. In another way, it is also called a "shower-bidet".This is a practical and convenient solution for personal hygiene, for which you do not need to allocate a bathroom area. Having installed such a shower on the toilet, you will create the conditions for maintaining intimate hygiene.

Features and applicability

Due to the compactness of the shower-bidet can be installed even in a bathroom with a very modest area. That is why this is a frequent choice of clean people living in apartments with oversized toilet, when you can not install a bidet. The hygienic shower design includes a watering can with a hose, a holder, and a mixer. There is a button on the watering can to prevent water from escaping( for water to flow, press the button).

The main purpose of the hygienic shower is personal hygiene. Its installation is carried out in place of the bidet, as the shower is more advantageous both with its small dimensions and the lower cost of the device. The hygienic shower simplifies the care of children or seriously ill people. It is convenient for washing in case of diseases of the rectum or problems in gynecology. You can connect such a shower to the bathtub, to the toilet, to the sink, and to the riser.

Hygienic shower

The drawback of the device is the water dripping from the watering can after shutdown. Also in some cases, you have to do repairs for the installation, and the splashes that appear when you use it cause additional cleaning. After stopping the use of the shower, you need to wait a bit, so that the remaining water of the glass in the toilet.

Normally, the water after the shower is manually adjusted, waiting for the desired temperature, but models are also offered in which the preset water temperature is maintained by the built-in thermostat. Such a mixer is more economical( you do not have to wait until the water flows to the desired degree of heating) and safe( there is no risk of burns when turning on).

Pros

Advantages for using a hygienic shower a lot, consider the main ones:

  1. Easy enough to install. You can connect the hygienic shower in the way that is more convenient for you, and you can fix the watering can of the device on any surface.
  2. Versatility of use. Thanks to this technique, you can take care of yourself, and for the sick person, and for the child. Also, the presence of a watering can with a flexible hose is useful when cleaning in a bathroom, washing the toilet bowl, a baby pot, a cat tray and the like.
  3. Relatively low price. Mounting the bidet will cost more, and installing a hygienic shower in the wall version is a more affordable way, as it requires the purchase of only a special mixer, as well as a holder and a hose with a watering can.
  4. Compact size and the ability to carry out all procedures in one place. If you compare with the bidet, then these nuances will be a significant advantage. Since the bidet installation standards provide for the location of this sanitary unit at some distance from the toilet, it is more convenient to use a shower that is as close as possible, since it is possible to stay in one place.
Hygienic shower in the bathroom

Installation options

There are several options for a hygiene shower.

If in the bathroom next to the toilet there is a sink, it is most convenient to install a mixer on it, and hang a watering-can on the wall near the toilet. Also, the watering can be fixed directly on the sink - this is convenient, since after shutting off the droplets will go straight to the sink.

The wall model of the shower is fully fixed to the wall. Its faucet is mounted on a pipe, and the watering can is fixed by a special holder to the wall next to it.

Hygienic shower

There is an embedded model, the concealing the design of the hygienic shower, in addition to the special panel left on the surface. Aesthetically, this option is more advantageous, but it requires installation during repair. If the repair has already been carried out, and you are thinking about the integrated hygiene shower model, you will have to perform a certain amount of repair work anew.

Before installation, check whether all components are in stock.

Recall that the kit should include:

  • hose;
  • watering can;
  • wall holder;
  • mixer.
Set - hygienic shower

Mounting the wall model includes:

  1. Stopping the flow of water( overlapping it on the riser), the nuts are wound on the pipes, and then the mixer is screwed onto them.
  2. Then connect the hose to it, and the watering can is placed in the holder mounted on the wall.

Installation of the wall model is quite simple, because special pipes are not required. But if you are not sure of your abilities, you can pay for installation to a person who will execute it for you.

Wall-mounted bidet shower

It is slightly more difficult to install a hidden hygienic shower, but the result will be appreciated by saving space and a neat view of the bathroom.

Installation of the latent hygienic shower:

  1. After cutting the niche in the wall and laying the fence, the mixer is installed in a niche, after which pipes are connected to it, which are hidden in the wall.
  2. Next, install the joystick lever, as well as the watering can and hose.
Hidden hygienic shower

Hygienic shower can also be mounted on the toilet, but this option is not considered the most convenient and cheap. It requires the purchase of a new toilet bowl and rework wiring.

Mounting the shower with a sink

If there is a washbasin in the bathroom, it is quite easy to install a shower-bidet on it. To do this, you just have to change the mixer.

You will need to purchase a faucet with access to a hygienic shower - with a retractable hose and watering can, on which there is a button. This mixer is highly reliable and convenient. Including the device, the water will flow first into the sink to allow you to adjust its temperature. Then, pressing the button on the watering can, the water is sent to the shower.

Hygienic shower in the bathroom

The shower-bidet connection is also possible with a mixer, which is used for the installation of a conventional shower. This option is applicable for a combined bathroom. In this case, a separate installation of the sink in the toilet is not needed.

It should be ensured that at the time when the shower is not being used, the faucet has been closed, otherwise the watering can and the hose due to the water pressure may be damaged.

Thermostat connection

The hygienic shower option with thermostat is very convenient, since it allows not to set the temperature for each use, but to set its optimum level once, and then only use the shower.

Note that a shower with a thermostat is especially convenient for families with small children. This model of a hygienic shower is more expensive, but the water consumption is reduced, because you will not need to pass water to wait for the optimal temperature.

Sufficiently convenient option is to install a built-in thermostat, and you can also install an integrated mixer.

In this case, the installation of a hygiene shower will provide the with a special tap, represented by a metal element, into which water enters. A hose is connected to this element. In some manufacturers, a special tap of this type also serves as a holder for the watering can, which is very convenient in a situation with a minimum size of a bathroom.

In the case of installing a shower equipped with a thermostat, as with a shower installation on a sink, it is important to ensure that the watering can and hose do not remain pressurized constantly( the water on the mixer and the thermostat must be switched off).If this condition is not met, the watering can quickly go out of operation.

Hygienic shower with thermostat in the bathroom

Installation of mixers

As already mentioned, the mixer for such a sanitary unit as a hygienic shower, can be wall-mounted or built-in. What kind of installation of the mixer to choose, the owner of the apartment decides, taking into account his wishes.

Wall version is installed directly on the pipes, which pass in the bathroom. For this purpose, you can use almost any mixer, which has a hose outlet for the shower. Having installed such a mixer, a hose is fastened to it, and then connect it to the hygienic watering can. The holder, on which the watering can hang, is installed directly on the toilet bowl or on the wall next to it.

Connecting the hygienic shower to the sink

With the integrated version the mixer is hidden behind the panel, which is fixed to the wall. This will help to hide the liner inside the wall, so that it does not come across the eyes of users. Such a mixer works on the same principle as all the others, only water comes from behind the wall by means of a hose connected to the watering can on one side and to the mixer on the other.

Hidden hygienic shower

Other types of shower-bidet

For personal hygiene, you can buy a special toilet model, combined with a bidet. In this toilet, the shower is built-in.

In the sale you can also see built-in toilet bowl special bidet, which also has the function of a hygienic shower. Selecting such a cover, you install a shower directly in the toilet seat.

Read more about them in the article about the lid-bidet for the toilet.

Cover-bidet for toilet

The bidet cover is quite a versatile option, because it can be supplemented with different functions, for example, you can install a hairdryer in the seat. An electric control panel is provided to control this device. Both the toilet-bidet and the bidet cover are quite expensive options, but they have more convenience and practicality than a normal hygienic shower.

An alternative can be a toilet with a built-in hygienic shower.

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