A bath screen adds an extra layer of protection when keeping the water in the bath rather than outside of it. Creating a splash-proof area inside the bath, a bath screen is easier to clean and maintain when compared to a shower curtain and is also a healthier choice long term. Allowing the light to flow uninterrupted through the bathroom, there are several types of bath screen designs available, ensuring a fit for every bathroom.
The Bathroom Showroom offers a helpful guide to help you select the best bath screen for your customer's bathroom.
What Customers Need to Know Before Installing a Bath Screen
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When buying a new bath screen, a crucial factor to consider first is the space available in the bathroom and the size of the bath. Bath screens are usually fitted to the wall or both the wall and the bath. With varied sizes available, smaller baths will need a small-sized bath screen to accommodate them. Yet, those with bigger baths, whether larger-sized or larger types, will do well with wider bath screens to ensure full protection.
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Is there enough room around the bath for comfortable maneuverability? It’s important to consider, especially when the bath screen opens outward into the room, whether people can get in and out of the bath with ease when opening the bath screen.
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Who will be using the bath screen? Those bath screens that promote easy cleaning help maintain a clean and healthy bathroom. These will work well in heavy traffic and busy bathrooms. For those families with small children, bath screens promoting toughened safety glass are good choices to ensure increased safety when in use.
What Are the Styles of Bath Screens?
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Fixed Bath Screen
A fixed bath screen is an easy-to-install choice as it’s attached permanently to the wall and the bath. Unfussy in its design, it’s also the easiest of screens to maintain. Simplistic, sleek, and modern-looking, fixed screens are preferred by those with minimalistic bathroom décor.
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Folding Bath Screen
A folding bath screen allows the screen to be folded away after each use, making it the more innovative of designs. This allows for creating more space in the bathroom when the screen isn't being used, working well in those smaller bathrooms. Folding bath screens offer a choice of doors ranging from two to four for increased practicality. There are also frameless designs available for improved visibility.
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Sliding Bath Screen
A sliding bath screen is fitted via a rail that is attached to the rim of the bath. Some sliding bath screens will reach the bathroom ceiling. Sliding bath screens work to completely close off the bath area, thus ensuring water is prevented from spilling out of the bath. These screens also help reduce the noise from the shower. With a choice of one or two doors, many people like the added layer of privacy that a sliding bath screen can offer.
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Swing Bath Screen
A swing bath screen is a pivot design that allows the user to get in and out of the bath like they would in a shower cubicle. By opening and closing to divide the bath, a swing bath screen works hard to keep water off the bathroom floor. Because of the need to ensure adequate space for the door to swing out, a swing bath screen tends to be more suitable for large bathrooms.
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Single Panel Bath Screen
A single-panel bath screen is a popular choice for many homeowners as it’s inexpensive. A simple and basic one-panel screen, this is the most unfussy and uncomplicated design, yet it works well in preventing water leakage. An easy bath screen choice to replace, a single-panel bath screen is good for small bathrooms or those looking for minimalistic fittings. These screens also offer inward and outward openings as well as hinged curved and fixed screen choices.
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Double Panel Bath Screen
A double-panel bath screen extends on a single panel to offer added convenience around the bath area. With the first panel usually fixed for increased rigidity, the second panel here offers the option of in or outward opening. Convenient and practical, double-panel bath screens are also elegant-looking designs.
Bath Screens From The Bathroom Showroom
The Bathroom Showroom sells several stunning bath screens that work hard to ensure water stays in the bath. From iflo Apsley, iflo Metz, and iflo Kalhatti to Novellini Aurora, Novellini Young, and Melryn Forte, these include single, double, folding, L-shaped, and swing bath screens.
If you're looking to shop bath screens for your customer, speak to us at the bathroom showroom. With over 280 showrooms and a renowned history of working with the trade, we're the experts in all things bathrooms.