Screen for a bath: types, how to make your own hands

The whole consists of small things, and the bathroom looks from small,at first glance, the details of the interior. And sometimes such annoying trifles, like pouring pipes from a bath or a bucket with a mop, can completely spoil the impression and reduce to zero all your efforts to bring "chic and shine" in the bathroom.

The solution to this problem can be such a useful thing as a screen for a bath. If you make an effort and show some imagination, it will not only hide everything that is necessary from prying eyes, but it will become an independent element of the interior of the bathroom.

Screen for a bath can be bought at any construction store. The design they have two types - solid and sliding , but the material for manufacturing is used different.

To date, most commonly there are screens of the following materials:

• from
• plasterboard
• from
• ceramic tiles
• mirror
• from plexiglass
• from acrylic
• from PVC panels
• from MDF.

A solid bath screen is the simplest and most obvious solution. Usually it is faced with the same tile as the entire bathroom, so this screen fits perfectly into the bathroom interior.

The drawback of a solid screen is that it does not provide for access to water pipes, nor the possibility of storing various tools and household chemicals under the bathroom. If you need repair or replacement of sanitary ware, then such a screen will have to be dismantled.

Drywall is the most affordable material for making a screen for a bath. It is inexpensive, easy and tailor the necessary design from it is not difficult. Of gypsum cardboard make solid screens, which then overlay with tiles.

You can make and install such a screen yourself.

The screen of gypsum cardboard is installed on the frame of the bar, so first you need to build it. To do this, you need a bar size 4x4 cm, fasteners and a metal corner.

To begin with, perform all necessary measurements and apply markings to walls and floors, then draw lines parallel to the resulting markings, but with a 2.5 cm offset in the bath

Then divide the beam into slats. You will need:

• four slats connecting the corners of the bath with the floor
• two slats equal to the inner line along the bathtub width minus 0,8 cm
• two slats equal to the inner line along the bathtub length minus 1.2 cm
• if the bath is too long, it is better to preparetwo or three slats, which will serve as additional supports.

Steps for making a bath screen:

1. Position the vertical slats over the outer corners of the bath according to the markings and secure the horizontal rails between them at the top and bottom. You will need to make two such designs for the narrow sides of the bathtub and one for the wide one.
2. In those rails that will be adjacent to the wall, pre-drill two holes in advance and attach them to the wall. Using screws, fasten all parts of the structure to each other. For the frame to be more stable, it is possible to attach the lower rails also to the floor.
3. After the frame is ready, you can start making the screen itself from gypsum board. You will need a sheet of moisture-resistant plasterboard, a special metal latch and hinges.
4. After making the necessary measurements, cut out the necessary details from the gypsum board, leaving a width of 0.56 cm. Then it will be necessary to provide a door that will provide access to the "interior" of the bath. The door can be in the short or the long part of the screen, depending on the location of the bathtub. After defining the place, cut the hole in the desired part and install the door using the hinges and the latch.
5. After this, fix the planks from the gypsum board to the frame using screws. Do not forget to check the stability of the entire structure.

The gypsum board is ready!

If you are a happy owner of a round bath, then you will have to install a special curved screen.

Curved screen also requires a frame. He is going from a special profile for drywall. Such a profile can take any form, you only need to make the necessary cuts on it.

1. Prepare two such profiles, repeating the contours of the bath - for the top and bottom of the frame - and fix them with self-tapping screws, leaving a distance equal to the thickness of the drywall sheet( if the skeleton is supposed to be tiled, add the thickness of the tile and glue here).
2. Next, attach the vertical bars to the corners of the bathtub.
3. After the frame is ready, moisten the sheets of plasterboard with water and, gradually giving it the desired shape, fix it on the frame.

pile-and-concrete slabs Pile-gouging slabs are the building blocks that interlock according to the principle of a groove connection.

Before proceeding with the construction of the screen, treat the installation site with a primer.

Using a plumb bob, apply a marking to the floor, retreating 0.5 cm towards the bathtub. After that, you can start laying out the screen from the plates. Plates are connected with each other by means of grooves and ridges, and between them is put a binding solution( it can be tile glue or plaster plaster).

Screens lined with ceramic tiles?can be seen in the bathrooms quite often. This is the most affordable way to improve the space under the bathroom, to give it a neat and beautiful appearance.

Ceramic tiles are usually trimmed screens under the bath, made of gypsum board or mortar plates. The installation of ceramic tiles is very simple.

Start the tile from the upper left corner. Lubricate each tile with a tile adhesive or apply a few drops of liquid nails. Using special crosses, align the gaps between the tiles. If a door is provided, you can put the tile on it. After finishing the work, treat the seams with a grout.

Sliding screen under the bath allows you to solve the problems associated with storing various necessary and not so much things left over from repair, household chemicals, buckets, basins and much more. In addition, it allows you at any time and without too much effort to do repairs to the bath, because, in order to gain access to the pipes, you will not need to dismantle anything. For a particularly clean hostess, the sliding screen will also become a real find, as washing the floor under the bathroom and sweeping the accumulated garbage with it is easy and simple.

You can install this screen yourself and very quickly. The stores offer a large selection of models for baths of standard sizes, and the height of the sliding screen can be adjusted independently.

Sliding screen for a bath of organic glass, or plexiglass - this is a beautiful and modern solution. This material is great for a bathroom. Its only drawback - insufficient strength, but this minus more than redeem the benefits of the material.

Plexiglas screen is easy to clean, resistant to moisture and durable. In addition, this material has a huge variety of colors and textures. You can choose a screen based on the color scheme of your bathroom. It can be opaque, transparent and even mirror.

Mirror is an indispensable element of the interior of any bathroom. In addition to its direct function, it can visually increase the space, and also provide an additional play of light .Mirror elements in the bathroom can be placed in the most unexpected places, for example, under the bathroom.

The bath screen made from a real mirror is a fragile and impractical thing, so manufacturers offer plexiglass screens with mirror coating.

The mirror screen is sure to become a highlight of your bathtub interior and will not cause any trouble, since it is made of a durable moisture resistant material that is also very easy to clean.

Acrylic bathtubs are often sold together with a screen. The screens that come with the bathtub are usually made of plastic panels with acrylic coating. Such screens are made for a certain model of the bath, so a universal acrylic screen, which can be installed under any bathtub, is difficult to find.

PVC panels as a screen for a bath will help to become an independent element of the interior of your bathroom. You can choose the color and pattern from the available in the store or come up with your own design.

Color screens from PVC panels look unusual, and open-close them is very simple. In addition, if you do not expose it to strong mechanical effects, such a screen can last for several decades.

Imitating the natural woody pattern, the MDF screens for the will fit squarely into the interior of the classic bathroom, or in the bathroom in the country style or eco .A wide variety of colors allows you to easily choose a screen for the color of furniture in the bathroom. In stores there is a large selection of MDF screens of various designs - solid and sliding. Despite the low cost, the screen from MDF looks expensive and noble.

You can make a screen for a bath yourself, buy in a store or entrust it to a professional master. All these options have their pros and cons and in any case, first you will have to decide on the form of the future screen.

Bath screens can be of three types:

1. In the form of a blind wall - does not imply any open niches, it completely covers the space below the bathroom.
2. With a recess for the feet at the floor level - the notch will give you the opportunity to stand close to the bath. So it will be much more convenient to wash the tub and bathe the children in it.
3. Inclined at an angle - also allows you to approach the bath and, moreover, protects the floor in the bathroom from splashing water.

So, you already know exactly what screen you want to install under the bath. You have defined with a design, a material, the form and even with coloring. The thing is left for small - the acquisition of the screen itself.

You can buy a screen in the store. In the building hypermarkets there is a huge number of models of screens for a bath. There you can talk with professional consultants, compare prices, and also directly on the spot to determine the quality and strength of the chosen model( no one bothers to touch the goods in the building stores).The disadvantage of this method is that you risk overpaying, so sellers often very much "wind" prices.

You can also make a screen for a bath yourself. So you will incur less money costs and be able to make a design that most corresponds to your ideas about convenience and beauty. True purchase of necessary materials, and the process of making the screen will make you spend a lot of time and energy.

And, finally, you can order a screen for a bath in the online store. The advantage of this method is that you can make a purchase without leaving your home and order delivery at a convenient time for you. In addition, you can save some amount of money, because it is usually more profitable to make purchases on the Internet than in stores. The downside is, when choosing a screen, you can focus only on the description and photographs of the goods, not being able to touch the goods themselves and evaluate its quality.

Ceramic tiles are usually trimmed under the bath, made of gypsum board or mortar plates. The installation of ceramic tiles is very simple.

Start the tile from the upper left corner. Lubricate each tile with a tile adhesive or apply a few drops of liquid nails on it. Using special crosses, align the gaps between the tiles. If a door is provided, you can put the tile on it. After finishing the work, treat the seams with a grout.

Organize the order under the bathroom will help special containers with many offices for storing small things. In such boxes it is convenient to store various household items. In hardware stores you can find even containers on wheels that you can move under the bathroom without the slightest effort.

Household chemicals, brushes and sponges can be stored in closed shelves attached to one of the sections of the sliding screen from the inside. So everything you need for cleaning in the bathroom will always be at hand.

We recommend that you read our article on how to make a bath screen yourself.