Shower cabins "Niagara": reviews, sizes, assembly, installation

Shower cabins are increasingly replacing occupying a lot of bath space. This saves space in the bathroom. The "Niagara" shower cubicle proved to be quite good. What are the feedback on the models of this brand from users?

Types of shower cabins

All shower cabins are divided into three types.

Open, without a roof, consist of two walls that serve as doors, and the other two serve as the walls of the bathroom. The composition includes a pallet, a shower enclosure, a mixer and a watering can. Often the cabins are equipped with a hydromassage panel and nozzles for it. This is a fairly simple design.

Closed shower cubicles differ from open ones in that their construction is complemented by a roof. Another name is a candy-box.

Built-in showers consist of internal panels. They are built in a niche in a suitable size. Often the kit includes a steam generator.

Size of the shower cubicle

Standard is the size of a shower cubicle 80x80 cm. It allows you to fit in it to a person of almost any complexion and feel more or less comfortable there. If the size of the bathroom allows you to install a bigger booth, you need to take advantage of this. The 90x90 shower cubicle will be a bit more spacious. Some users believe that you need to install both plumbing products. For example, the ideal option - corner bath and shower cabin 90x90.

But many are just dismantling the bath, installing a booth to save space. Often this is due to finding a place for a washing machine. After all, the apartments of the old layout did not provide for the installation of such devices. In large rooms, where there is a choice of options for placing the structure, it will look good shower cubicle 120x80. If the model has a high pallet, it can be used as a kind of bathtub.

How to choose a booth

Choosing a booth, you need to consider all the possible options for setting it in the room. See if there is an empty corner or a place near the wall. Perhaps it will be a candy bar, and it will stand at some distance from them. Determine the maximum size and shape of the product. Products "Niagara" can be rectangular (shower 120x80), square, have a sector shape or generally be trapezoid.

They proceed to select a model. Even if the buyer is limited in means, the reviews are not advised to take the cheapest.

Choose the country of origin. Far not everyone will take the chance to take cheap models, which belong to the South Korean showers of Niagara. User reviews, however, argue that among low-cost models, you can choose a quality one. True, many are not advised to take with a lot of "bloat." Some models give the opportunity to listen to music in the shower or even talk on the phone. They will not be disturbed by the sound of running water. But these are additional accessories that affect not the quality of the booth, but its cost.

Inspect the pallet, checking it for integrity and reliability. See what kind of mount will be used.

If the shower cubicle "Niagara" will have the function of a steam bath, look at whether it comes with a comfortable steam seat.

Shower cabins "Niagara"

Niagara trademark belongs to Niagara Group, whose enterprises have been producing various models of shower cabins and hydromassage baths for fifteen years. They are realized not only within the country, a significant part of the production is exported to the highly developed countries of Europe, the USA, Canada.

The manufacturer claims that the shower cubicles of Niagara are made of certified materials.

Equipment

Part of the shower cubicles "Niagara" is sold in assembled form. But some models are delivered disassembled in a certain way. This allows the buyer to install the booth himself, without first analyzing it. And in this case it is easier to transport it.

Different models of showers "Niagara" differ in many ways. Thus, the walls can be made of impact-resistant glass 4 cm thick or plastic, a little less than 3 cm thick. Inside the cubicle there can be built-in soap dispensers, shampoo, shower gel. There are also towel holders, mirrors, shelves for placing various small accessories.

Some models can be combined with a bathroom, cast iron or acrylic. This will increase the functionality of both devices.

The models can be installed with different modes of water supply, including tropical rain and needle streams. The contrast shower allows you to work on the body by changing the temperature of the water. Even the simplest Niagara models have hydromassage and aeromassage functions.

Cabs of high price class can be equipped with massagers for various parts of the body, including back, shoulders, feet. There are appliances that massage the entire body.

These procedures can be supplemented and combined with the use of aromatherapy (treatment with aromas of medicinal herbs), chromotherapy (exposure to light), "coloring" a stream of water with a certain color. Original "moonlight" looks in the shower cubicle "Niagara".

Shower cabins "Niagara" with a steam generator

Having bought a shower cubicle "Niagara" with a steam generator, you can arrange a steam room right in your apartment. He warms up the air inside the booth for up to 50 degrees in a few minutes. The humidity inside is regulated to create conditions close to the usual steam room.

A special comfortable seat allows you to relax and take the procedure in a comfortable environment.

Security measures

Naturally, such a complex device (with a steam generator) requires increased security measures. In order to ensure that the user does not receive burns, special sensors are installed in the booth, which instantly cut off the supply of electricity in case of slightest deviations from the norm.

But will not harmful substances be released from the materials under the influence of the temperature? Producers argue that this is out of the question. After all, when manufacturing such booths with steam generators only high-quality materials are used.

Communication and entertainment systems

Being in the shower cubicle "Niagara", you can listen to your favorite music on the radio with a CD-player. There is an opportunity to talk on the phone in hands-free mode. All this allows you to control the touch panel.

Price of "Niagara" shower cabins

How much are the shower cubicles of Niagara? User reviews indicate that these are relatively inexpensive products. This applies to the most simple and technically complex products. They explain the low price by the fact that in Korea the cost of labor is much lower than in Europe or Canada. And the cost of raw materials there is relatively low.

The cheapest models of the "Relax" range cost from 11 to 19 thousand rubles. Without installation.

The price of models of the series "Classic" - 22-35 thousand rubles.

The models of the series "Black Star" have a price of 30 thousand rubles.

Guarantees

The manufacturer gives a guarantee for its products for 1 year. If during this time the units are out of order, the breakdown can be eliminated by contacting the service centers.

Particular attention should be given to the availability and integrity of components when purchasing. There must be an instruction on how to use the shower cubicles of Niagara. User reviews say that it is especially important to check everything if you buy a product through the Internet. If the shortcomings are revealed after the documents were signed by the buyer, it is almost impossible to achieve replacement.

Assembly of the shower cubicle "Niagara"

Many models are sold in disassembled form. How to assemble a Niagara shower cabin with a high pallet?

• Remove the packaging from the pallet, turn it over, laying it on the cardboard. Establish from above a frame, getting in fixing hairpins of the pallet. Tighten the nuts, after installing the washers. As a result, the pallet and frame must be in contact.
• Install an apron (shower screen) around the perimeter of the pallet facade. Mounted brackets, on both sides of which are put nuts and washers.
• Constant care is taken that the surfaces are perpendicular to each other. Do not exert excessive effort.
• Install the siphon using two gaskets to which the silicone is applied. From above there will be a convex gasket, from below it is flat. Silicone treated thread remains, the internal thread of the bottom of the siphon.
• Install the pallet and adjust it to the level, without waiting for the completion of the installation of the entire structure.
• Siphon is connected to the sewer at the end of the process.
• Collect all the elements of the roof (lamps, shower, grilles, fan, speaker)
• Assemble the frame for doors of 2 straight and 2 semi-circular profiles. Use screws for their connection. At the bottom of the straight profiles is a square cutout.
• Collect the walls of the cabin, installing various accessories, the central panel. Mount the hydromassage, connecting the nozzles, not allowing inflections.
• Mount the control unit clamping brackets. See that it is located in parallel.
• Install all previously assembled parts in their places, place the structure on the shower tray. Seal all joints, which has a shower cubicle "Niagara".
• The installation of the electrical equipment completes the assembly process.

Then connect the cabin to the water and the sewer, check and set to a permanent place.

The shower cubicle "Niagara" with a low pallet is installed in the same order.

disadvantages

With all the positive characteristics, there are some drawbacks in the shower cubicles of Niagara:

• Reviews say that you can use all the possibilities of the shower cubicle "Niagara" only with a good head of water. If it is weak, then the additional water supply modes do not work.
• It is difficult to wash showers of Niagara. Reviews say that on their walls and mirrors there are drops and streaks of water. Inside the cab there are many built-in appliances, which makes it difficult to clean.
• The plastic used to make the walls of the booth quickly loses its market appearance.
• As can be seen from the user reviews, the shower cubicles of Niagara have more advantages than disadvantages.