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Installing a hygienic shower in the toilet: choosing a mixer model, installation options

Today, such plumbing equipment as a hygienic shower in the toilet does not surprise anyone. More puzzling is how they got along without it before. But there is an explanation for this: plastic and propylene pipes, fittings, faucets without a spout have appeared on the market relatively recently. With cast iron pipes, it was much more difficult to make a hygienic shower in the toilet.

The purpose of a hygienic shower is clear to everyone. It is necessary for washing intimate places in order to maintain personal hygiene. Since it will be used often, the device of this equipment must be approached with all seriousness.

Hygienic shower consists of the following elements:

  • mixer without spout (single-lever or double-lever);
  • watering cans;
  • flexible hose;
  • watering can holder.

In some sources, a bidet or toilet with a bidet function is considered as a hygienic shower. However, this does not seem correct. A bidet and a toilet with a bidet function are independent sanitary equipment that allows you to perform personal hygiene procedures.

A shower, whether hygienic or otherwise, requires a watering can, a flexible hose and a mixer. Only such a complete set of equipment can be called a "shower". Therefore, it is precisely this that is considered further.

But there are also faucets that are installed directly into the toilet lid. These designs always provide one of two possible control methods: manual or electronic. Models of the second type are more modern and more expensive. The toilet sanitary shower with faucet can be purchased separately and installed by yourself.

Selecting an installation site

A shower for personal hygiene should be mounted where its use will be most convenient: in the immediate vicinity of the toilet. For a left-hander, this will be the left side, for a right-hander, it will be the right side. But not necessarily. It is rare to find families in which all household members are left-handed. Therefore, sanitary ware for personal hygiene is traditionally installed so that you can easily reach it with your right hand.

An important criterion for choosing a location is height. Here you need to take into account two factors at once: the position of the mixer and the watering can. When performing a personal hygiene procedure, both will be used. The optimal installation height of the hygienic shower in the toilet is as follows:

  • mixer - at the level of the upper forearm of the right hand (with the body position "sitting on the toilet");
  • watering can - to the right or left of it so that its holder is flush with the horizontal axis of the mixer.

This is the standard arrangement of shower elements on the toilet wall. Depending on the selected equipment configuration and the availability of free space, their location may be changed for reasons of ease of use.

Models of shower equipment for personal hygiene

Manufacturers of sanitary equipment offer a wide range of models of shower equipment. You can buy a ready-made kit or assemble it yourself, according to your preferences for design and functionality.

Installing a hygienic shower in a toilet is impossible without cups (reflectors), which hide the connection points to the water pipes. This must be taken into account when choosing a mixer. Each of them comes with cups. But the size (diameter) may not be suitable for specific connection points if, for some reason, there are defects next to them. The most common of them are chipped ceramic tiles.

Mixer selection

The mixer for a hygienic shower in the toilet can be single-lever or double-lever. There are no strict guidelines for this criterion. Everyone chooses the most convenient option for themselves. But to consider the advantages of different types of mixers will be useful.

What are good single-lever:

  • all manipulations are performed with one handle;
  • less time spent on personal hygiene procedures.

Double levers are good because you can choose a model with a wider cavity for mixing water. Thus, you can quickly "catch" a comfortable temperature. Those who regularly use single levers know that they have one drawback: it is not always possible to quickly find a handle position at which water of the desired temperature will flow.

Advantages of thermostatic mixers

Today there are the most modern types of mixers: with a thermostat (thermostat). They can be either with one control lever or with two. Faucets of this type allow you to set a comfortable water temperature once and will maintain it constantly.

Therefore, there is no need to spend time and effort on finding the optimal position of the levers. In addition, there is one more “plus”: by opening the tap, the child will not get burned by too hot water.

If a mixer with a thermostat is chosen for the shower device, it can be spaced with a watering can for a considerable distance. The fact is that equipment with a thermostat allows you to set a comfortable temperature and water pressure once. Which will be supported in the future.

Choice of watering can and flexible hose

The watering can and flexible hose can be purchased individually or as a set. It is better to choose the second option. Basic requirements for these elements of the soul:

  • tightness of connections among themselves;
  • anti-corrosion;
  • ease of use;
  • attractive appearance.

For a hygienic shower, it does not make sense to buy a long flexible hose. Quite short - 1.25 m. This is the standard length for shower sets of this type.

Installation options for a hygienic shower in the toilet

You need to think about how the hygienic shower in the toilet will be arranged at the stage of piping (if it is a new building) and choosing a place to install it (if it is an operated housing). There are three options for installing a hygienic shower:

  1. Open.
  2. Closed.
  3. Connection to the sink.

Second: a hygienic shower with a concealed thermostat is the most difficult, as it requires chasing the wall and laying pipes in the corresponding recesses. The first is simpler in connection technique, but less attractive from an aesthetic point of view.

However, it is he who is most often chosen when installing hygienic equipment in already inhabited premises. Not wanting to destroy the exterior finish of the tiles, the owners simply build up the pipes to the right place and connect the mixer to them. If desired, the installation site can be masked with a drywall box.

Therefore, how to connect a hygienic shower in the toilet is chosen based on various considerations:

  • practicality;
  • profitability;
  • installation speed;
  • ease of use.

Washbasin connection

Installation of a hygienic shower in a toilet by connecting to a sink is both simple and complex at the same time. It all depends on how open access to the pipes of the plumbing system is and whether the toilet already has a working sink.

If there is none, it is installed simultaneously with a hygienic shower as follows:

  • choose a place for the sink and watering can, mark on the wall;
  • determine how pipes will be laid and make strobes in these places;
  • lay pipes so that two connection points are obtained: hot and cold water;
  • determine the location of the sink and install it;
  • close the strobes with cement-sand mortar, plaster mix or tile adhesive;
  • connect the outlet of the sink to the sewerage system;
  • install a faucet on the sink, which should have a separate outlet for connecting a flexible hose;
  • connect a flexible hose to the mixer;
  • in a predetermined place, holes are drilled on the wall for installing a watering can holder;
  • install the holder;
  • connect the watering can to a flexible hose and install it in the holder.

But not every toilet in modern apartments has enough space to install a sink. For this reason, other variants of the hygienic shower device are used.

Connection to an existing plumbing system

In operated toilets, water and sewer pipes are hidden by building plasterboard boxes. To install a hygienic shower, this external protection will have to be dismantled. Then proceed as follows:

  • close the taps that regulate the supply of hot and cold water;
  • select the tie-in points of the tees and install them;
  • choose a method for laying pipes and install them, having previously connected them to tees;
  • wrap the threaded connections of the mixer with sanitary flax and / or fum fluoroplastic tape;
  • install mixer.
  • connect a flexible hose to it;
  • install the holder on the wall;
  • connect the flexible hose to the watering can.

In this installation method, the main difficulty will be the installation of pipes. They can be laid open or closed. But regardless of the gasket option, special attention is paid to the tightness of the joints.

Instead of two tees, only one can be installed: on a pipe with hot water. And connect to cold water from the outlet to the toilet. Sometimes this installation will be most convenient. The connection option is chosen based on the peculiarities of piping and connecting plumbing in a particular room.

If you take your time, carefully consider each step, installing a hygienic shower in the toilet will not cause any particular difficulties. Properly installed equipment will serve you well for many years.