Home Improvement – DIY – Bathrooms

Do you struggle with cheap toilet seats that are always breaking? When I had three small children it seemed that I, forever had to fix my toilet seats, I found that whether I used wooden or plastic toilet seats they would all end up breaking and the main cause for failure was due to the hinges. It is possible to replace just the hinges on your toilet seats however a better idea is to get yourself a really hardwearing toilet seat that will last all through your children’s childhood.

It was a mistake I continually made buying cheap toilets seats to replace old broken ones. I don’t know what my children were doing to break all those toilet seats but what I do know now is that I would invest in a hardwearing toilet seat. At about twice the price of an average toilet seat you can invest in a hardwearing toilet seat which will guarantee you toilet seat free nightmares.

If you having trouble finding good hardwearing toilet seats then here are 2 recommendations from us toiletseats4you.com and also heatandplumb.com both of these website specialise in hardwearing toilet seats that come with 10yr guarantees, that should see you through the early years.

With so many new and stylish designs radiators and towel rails have become somewhat of a designer product people no longer just buy radiators to heat their homes but also to improve the look of their homes. The traditional heated towel rail started life as just the hot water pipes that run through the bathroom. As a practical way to warm up your towels before getting out of the bath people would place them over the hot water pipes as often as not there would not be any heating in the bathroom. As central heating systems have taking storm and radiators are found in nearly every home across the UK so towel rails has increased in popularity.

Now you are able to choose from many different designs however the same basic principle is true for all towel rails and that is they are designed to be fitted in bathrooms to heat up not only the bathroom but your towels too.

The advantage nowadays is that you can have your towel rails run both through the central heating system and through an electric by pass, meaning that you do not have to have your central heating system on to enjoy a nice warm bath with your warm towel rails blazing. This is a good way of reducing your fuel bills too as towel rails maybe required more often that your whole central heating system. When choosing your towel rails another distinct advantage is to have a thermostatic control so as you can control what temperature your towel rails are.

When using the term walk in showers it is normally used to describe the shower enclosure or screen and tray that are used in the construction of a walk in shower. You can choose from very large shower enclosures for your walk in shower, similar to the one pictured here.

As you can see from the picture walk in showers can come with a very stylish and elegant finish these however are by no means cheap. If you already have a wet room installing a walk in shower screen is quite a simple exercise and will stop water from spraying around the room. Walk in showers are very practical particularly for those less able as they is no need to climb into a shower cubicle or bath as the name suggests you simple walk in.

When considering walk in showers for your home the first thing you need to consider is the space required as most walk in showers will take up nearly as much room as a bath tub. So unless you have 2 bathrooms your walk in shower is going to an alternative to your bath tub. In the UK we seem to be far more concerned about having a bath tub than elsewhere in the world, maybe it’s because of those long rainy days where we all enjoy the thought of coming home to a nice hot bath. So it is much more common to find walk in showers in other parts of Europe and Asia, where they are more likely to not have a bath tub installed.