When repairing a bathroom, try not to let the measuring ruler out of your hands. Accurate measurements make it possible to arrange plumbing in the most rational way, to outline the future location of the necessary lockers and shelves. In addition, you will know what indicators to look for when choosing furniture and equipment, so as not to waste money.
For example, even though the standard height of the bathtub from the floor is 60 centimeters, on sale you can find models of 150 centimeters by 70 or 180 centimeters by 80. Therefore, before buying, you need to measure everything well again.
So what causes such a confusion in size? The reason lies in small deviations, which are quite acceptable. Manufacturers, releasing these or those designs, can slightly deviate from strict requirements. In addition, there are special models that are aimed at elderly people with disabilities. Children's options can be generally lower than the usual 60 centimeters.
How to determine what height of a bathtub from a floor will be convenient for you? First of all, ask yourself whether you have elderly people or small children in your family. Maybe you yourself (or someone from your loved ones) are not tall? Now imagine what it will be like every day to climb into an unsuitable design for them. Based on considerations of general comfort, the optimal height of the bathtub from the floor is selected. Other factors, for example, the size of the bathroom, do not play a big role.
So, we take measurements with a tape measure, carefully read the dimensions of a particular product indicated on the packaging (in the instructions). What else do we pay attention to? When buying fashionable rounded models on decorative legs, check with the consultant if the dimensions of the legs are taken into account in the overall performance of the product. In imported samples, sometimes in the accompanying documents the height of the bath from the floor without legs is displayed. In such cases, you need to make some adjustments to your calculations.
In some ways, the material of the sanitary ware is also important. So, lightweight
steel structures are usually equipped with legs with adjustable height. But heavy cast-iron models are placed on supports rigidly fixed to the body. Just the weight of such products does not allow the use of helical transformation mechanisms. The design of acrylic samples is similar to their steel "brothers".
What to do if you are not satisfied with the products presented? The height of the bath from the floor can be adjusted. In these cases, you either purchase a model with special screw legs-supports, they are tightened in the process to the level you need. Or you have the second option. He is harder. We'll have to raise the floor, and this is a more expensive event. In any case, all these manipulations are thought out in advance, before you finish the room.
And do not allow the common mistake of beginners, do not confuse two different indicators: the height of the bath from the floor is not the same as its depth. The first is measured by measuring the plane of the product from the outside. The starting point is at floor level, and the ending point is the edge of the rim. Depth is measured on the inside, from the edge of the side of the bath to its bottom.