A Quick, Brief Guide To Square Shower Trays

It is classic but contemporary, can be large or small, flexibly placed or a feature in bathrooms - it's the much-loved square shower tray. As its name suggests, the square shower tray is symmetrical and measures the same length by width. It's a standard tray and has consistently been one of the most popular shower trays for many years.

This is a short guide to the square shower tray, its benefits, sizes and styles available. Designed to suit your bathroom, the square shower tray will suit the largest of bathrooms through to the smaller, more space limited cloak room.

What are some of the benefits of a square shower tray?

There are several reasons that the square shower tray's popularity has continued to grow. Firstly, the square shower tray can be easily adapted to any sized bathroom, both in sizes available, and where it can be positioned within the bathroom. The square shower tray's placement is also notably flexible - it can either be positioned in a recess/alcove, corner or in the centre of a wall (although this is far less common!). Square shower trays are also aesthetically pleasing; they're symmetrical, easy to place within the bathroom and most manufacturers stock them in a number of materials, styles and even different colours.

Which sizes do square square shower trays come in?

Square shower trays start from as small as 700mm, 760mm, and 800mm to a medium sized 900mm, 1000mm to as large as 1200mm x 1200mm. The square shower trays extensive range of sizes means that you can find one which will seamlessly integrate into your new bathroom.

Small square shower trays are usually popular in en-suites and small bathrooms as they generally require less floor space than other types of shower tray. Amongst the range of square shower trays, bathroom suppliers note that the 700mm shower tray is usually a best seller because of its adaptability to smaller spaces.

What are square shower trays commonly made from?

There are three predominant materials from which the square shower tray is made:

Firstly, stone resin shower trays are a rock-solid, durable shower tray, which is made from a stone resin mixture. This type of tray is generally easy to clean and feels like ceramic to-the-touch. In an option of slimline or standard, they are designed to last with exceptional quality, style and have a contemporary look which fits with most bathroom design schemes.

The next is acrylic shower trays, which are moulded from pure acrylic sheet, predominately with a reinforced coating or core. People sometimes opt for acrylic shower trays due to their low prices, but both the acrylic and stone resin shower trays are similarly priced, with the stone resin shower trays often being cheaper. The acrylic shower tray has benefits such as being lightweight, easy to install and many come with non-slip coatings. Depending on the manufacturer, the acrylic square shower tray sometimes comes with a life time warranty against bowing, cracking and any other manufacturing defects or faults.

Acrylic-capped shower trays are a moulded sheet of acrylic, filled with a stone resin mixture. The high quality finish of the acrylic shower tray is perfectly combined in this product with the strength and durability of the stone resin shower tray. This shower tray is, understandably, gaining a great deal of popularity.

What are some good square shower tray brands?

MX group and London Water Closet Company (LWCC) are major UK manufacturers that make square shower trays. MX Group, one of the UK's leading shower tray manufacturers, has an assortment of square shower trays in its Dorchester range, ranging from 700mm through to 1200mm.

The MX square shower trays are available in white, and by special order, pergamon and soft cream. LWCC also supplies slimline square platform shower trays, ranging from 760mm through to 1000mm. All LWCC's trays are made of ABS capped stone resin, are riser compatible and some have an optional riser leg and panel pack. LWCC's square shower trays are also guaranteed for 10 years.

Square shower trays are designed to suit most bathroom sizes and to flexibly suit all tastes and bathroom layouts.

By: Lindy Holman

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