In specialized stores of plumbing, you can see all sorts of bathrooms that differ in design and form. Almost every person acquiring a new bathroom came across the choice of a bathroom rod. We study more, what types of rods are and how to independently install the barbell in the bathroom.

The bar is the same eaves designed to attach protective curtains in the bathroom. The curtains prevent moisture from entering the floor, walls and other components of the bathroom.

Varieties

You came to the store and saw a lot of all kinds of curtains in the bathroom. First of all, you need to understand that in addition to your direct destination, the cornice must be a decoration of the bathroom and fit into the overall style of the room.

Types of rods:

1. Standard. They are familiar with them since Soviet times. They look like ordinary crossbar (mainly plastic), differ in thickness (diameter).
2. For an angular bath. If your bathroom has an angle shape, or the standard bathroom you placed in the corner of the room, then the bar for the protective curtain should be, respectively, the angular one. Maybe in the form of a semicircle, arcs, or letters G.
3. Special. They are designed for baths that have a non-standard form. Assymmetric bathrooms are made to order, respectively, the barbell rods must be beautiful and maintain a designer idea.

What barbeard is better to purchase

Another 20-30 years ago in our bathrooms there were standard plastic straight rods that were attached to the string. Now the choice rod is huge. Consider the basic rules of choice:

• Stop your choice on a tight bar.
• Pay attention to the mounts.
• Do not look for eaves under your designer bathroom, they are also like a bathroom, you need to specifically order.
• Pay attention to the strength of the bar. Buyers prefer metal and plastic rods for curtains in the bathroom.

Metal rods are considered the most practical. Metal - durable, such rods are easy to install and remove if desired. Metal rod will withstand any load. Unlike plastic, they do not break, do not change the form, under constant impact of moisture are not crumbling.

The shower rods in the bathroom are made of stainless steel or aluminum. These two material are not afraid of rust, they will not fall on them and corrosion. It is not necessary to fear the unsightly metal rods, the facial surface can be processed differently, to be covered with paints resistant to moisture and you can always choose the shade you need, which will harmoniously fit into the interior of your bathroom.

The interior of the classic bathroom in the "metallic" style assumes a barbell for a curtain in the same style. For this purpose, designers are specially "aged" the surface of the rod.

The metal rod has a small weight, because inside it is a hollow. In the form, the rods can have a different design. The most common and practical shapes bar is:

• Ordinary straight.
• Curved in the form of an arc.
• Telescopic.
• Semicircular and round.

The most comfortable and easy-to-install telescopic rods are considered. They are easily unfolded (the principle of the telescope) and are fixed using special fixtures - suckers (rubber nozzles). The telescopic rod can be purchased even without preliminary measurements, if your bathroom has standard sizes. Telescopic rods can be both metal and plastic.

Install the telescopic jacket

Even a schoolboy will be held with this work. We will not need the tools, and all that we need is needed is a stool or a stepladder, as well as a pencil and roulette.

We will install the rod without drilling holes in the walls of the bathroom.

1. We measure the distance between the walls of the bathroom, in the place where you decide to install the bar. No need to install eaves under the most ceiling, it is better to retreat about 15 centimeters. If you already have a curtain in stock, at its length you are oriented, but consider that the curtain should be immersed in water for 20 centimeters.
2. With the help of a pencil, detect the place where you need to install a bar. Expand the packaging of the telescopic rod and carefully read the instructions. Open the bar for the desired length, adding a centimeter.
3. Stand up on the stool or stepladder and install the rod so that it tightly restrained in the walls.
4. Check the strength of the installation of the rod, pressing it in the center.
5. After installing the cornice, you can drive rings with a curtain.

It is undesirable to install such rods in the bathroom, which will be used by small children. While in the water, they can inadvertently pull over the curtain and there is a chance that the rod will fall along with the curtain.

Installcabinet bar for bathroom with fasteners

Wall mount - this option to install the rod is more laborious. Bathroom rods are different forms, not only rectangular, as well as barbells for bathroom corner and semicircular. All mounting rods are sold complete with the holder itself.

These tips will help you install the rod independently:

1. Scroll through the barbell and tick the point of the mount.
2. Take the level and mark the point in the level (you can focus on the tile seams located vertically).
3. Standard height in centimeters - 160-170.
4. It is undesirable to drill a hole in the place where there is a bog of ceramic tiles, it is possible.
5. Remove fasteners from the bag and sign it on the wall, mark the place of the holes that you need to drill.
6. Using an electric drill, make holes, the diameter must coincide with the bolts diameter.
7. Insert the dowel into the hole. If the walls of your bathroom are covered with plasterboard, take a special dowel "Butterflies".
8. Apply fasteners and secure it on the wall of screws.
9. The bar must be inserted into fasteners.

For semicircular bathroom rods, as well as angular, experts recommend installing additional mounting to the ceiling and support for the reliability of the design. If in your bathroom stretch ceilings - then the fastening is performed on the wall.

In country houses, where the bathrooms are designed by the larger area, the bathroom can be installed in the middle, respectively, the rod is better to install round.

By paying enough attention to the barrels for the shutters in the bathroom, do not forget about the choice of rings for fastening the curtains itself. They are plastic, metal and metal coated with plastic. Metal rings badly slide, which leads to the speedy wear of the bar. Plastic will not last long, they quickly break. An ideal practical option is metal rings with plastic coated.