How WCs affect your choice of porcelain and the various forms of toilets
Bathrooms are key components of the house, and they play a vital role in our daily lives. Bathrooms are where we get to clean and freshen ourselves up, and so therefore, bathrooms have to look very airy, light, clean and very refreshing. Bathrooms require many different kinds of furniture and equipment to be complete, and there is a wide variety of elements to consider when choosing each and every one of the products on the market. Furthermore, bathrooms must be as practical as possible, as they tend to hide away many different kinds of cleaning, skin, hair, and other products. They must be able to tuck all of these essentials out of sight without giving off a feeling of being a little too claustrophobic – they must still have loads of room for movement. Of course the space for movement, along with the walls, must all look glamorous, and this is very easily achievable with little thought, thanks to the wide variety and magnificent patterns, colours and textures found in porcelain tiles.
Essential versus preferred bathroom features
Within every bathroom, there are many essential equipment, and many other features that are optional and are preferred, but not absolutely game changing with regards to bathrooms. Therefore, when creating a new bathroom, customers must have a rough plan in their minds, and they must be able to categorise everything they want into these two separate categories, so that they do not pack their bathrooms full of products that are not significantly important or required. This process may seem overwhelming at first glance, however once you delve deep into it, you will realise that it becomes very enjoyable and simple, as long as everything is broken down into small easy steps.
Porcelain’s significance in a bathroom
One very essential part of any room including the bathroom is the flooring, and wall cladding for that matter. Porcelain has become an exponentially increasing option within the industry for customers to use throughout their house, but especially within the bathrooms. This is due to the many perfectly suitable attributes that porcelain carries, most effectively the very low absorbance rate of porcelain tiles. The fact that they absorb liquids at a rate of less than 0.5%, means that it is highly stain resistant compared to its competitors from ceramics and wood. In addition, porcelain comes in a much wider variety of designs and colours, and so therefore customers can always find something very similar to what they imagine their dream bathroom will be like. This is not to mention the various textures and finishes available with porcelain, such as gloss effect tiles, matt finished ones, and even three dimensional anti-slip porcelains, that are highly recommended for wet room styled bathrooms.
One of the most important aspects of a bathroom to consider – the WC Pan
Of the features in a bathroom that are most vital and play the most significant role in creating a beauty of a bathroom are the toilet pans chosen, and these make up the very essence of any bathroom, and even though they are called bathrooms, not every bathroom within the house requires a bath or shower, but all of them do of course require a toilet pan and a sink of some sort. Toilets do come in a huge variety of very different colours, sizes, styles and even functions. Therefore, it is always vital not only to match the toilet with the rest of the furniture in the room in terms of styling and colour, but also to make sure that it matches with the porcelain tiles that you may desire. Some customers may also want to go for a contrasting effect which also looks stunning, whereby the tiles chosen can be white for example, with the toilet and fixtures all being in a very elegant matt black finish, giving the room a slightly exciting touch of energy.
Different toilet seats
Toilets can come in a few different styles, in order to match the other pieces of furniture around the house, and to help achieve the kind of look that the customer is aiming for. For instance, bathrooms in traditional styled homes will need to fit in with the atmosphere, and so they will be round, and have a wooden flush tank cover with a wooden toilet seat, and an elegant flush handle with very detailed patterns and designs. However, moving onto more modern looking toilets, they will have a simple design on the pan, with a colour matching toilet seat and hidden bolts, and a very smooth button for the flush, embedded within the tank to continue that smooth elegant feel. These modern looking toilets can also come in different designs, so that there are pans that have a square design, and others with a round design, or an oval design, and there are many more options, just to perfectly achieve the required atmosphere within the bathroom. Toilet pans can also come in as back to wall, whereby they stand free on the floor, whilst they are attached in reverse into the wall. However, some other types may also come in wall-hung form, which is pretty self-explanatory, where the toilet pan is hanging on the wall, and not actually standing on the floor.
Different flush forms
Toilets obviously need a flush tank also, and this can come in a variety of forms. Most toilets have a flush system that is attached to the back, and that can be drilled into the wall behind upon installation. However, some toilets have a hidden cistern, which is installed behind the wall cladding, with a frame that holds up the toilet pan, in order to create a more modern and simple design. With regards to these kinds of toilet seats with hidden cisterns, they also require a flush plate to be attached onto the cladding, which is good as it gives the option for customers to choose their preferred kind of style, design and colour of flush plate, which matches with the rest of the fixtures in the room, and may even contrast with the magnificent looking porcelain tiles.
