The Linear Drain Makes Accessible Showers Beautiful And Functional

Barrier free showers are a hot new trend in interior design. They utilize a linear trench drain system to keep water inside the shower, rather than a traditional round drain in the shower pan. The great news is that these linear drains go into the creation of a wheelchair accessible shower and they add a lovely design element to your bathroom at the same time.

Beautiful Accessible Showers

Handicap showers can be built with elegance in mind. Quality linear drains come with strainers that fit over the top of the drainage mechanisms. The best ones are crafted from strong and luxurious stainless steel. Furthermore, they feature several different strainer patterns. These can include horizontal, vertical, diagonal, waves, dots patterns and even a hidden drain. Any of these patterns, or the hidden tie-in drain strainer, used in handicap showers can add tremendously to the good looks of your shower and bathroom.

The linear drain also adds a touch of sophistication to the ADA shower in the bathroom with another design element. If the drains are placed at the doors of the handicap showers, this keeps the water inside the shower and not on other parts of the bathroom floor. You can have long glass doors put in place so that you not only have an appealing look that helps to visually expand the space in a smaller bathroom, but the drain also makes the ADA shower a roll in shower, and therefore wheelchair accessible.

Another benefit to your interior design that comes from using linear drains is the type of tiles you can use in the shower. While round drains limit you to using tiles under four inches square, linear drains remove that obstacle to interesting interior design. You can use larger tiles or even slabs of marble, stone or other flooring materials when you are using a linear drain, because only a single slope is used to get the water to run into the drain.

Functional Barrier Free Showers

Your roll in shower will use a linear drain to get rid of water on the floor of the shower pan. A channel is created in the area beneath the wheelchair accessible shower pan, and into this trench goes the waste outlet drain. Around the waste outlet drain goes a waterproof membrane flexible flange, which helps the water to go into the drain for accessible showers and helps keep moisture away from the subfloor area. On top of the entire drain mechanism goes spacers and the decorative strainer drain cover.

You can find out more about functional and beautiful accessible showers by speaking to a shower drain dealer online.

By: Jonathon Blocker

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In this article Jonathon Blocker writes about accessible showers and roll in shower