By sunny 
Bathroom is not just a simple place to meet daily physiological needs, it is a key area to guard personal hygiene, maintain the order of life, and its existence is directly related to our health, convenience of life and overall quality of life. As a regular focus on the decoration of the blogger, I have seen too many cases of bathroom decoration overturned. These bathroom mistakes are not only difficult to use, but also disturbing to look at.
For example, there is a homeowner’s home, the toilet installation position is seriously wrong, directly and washstand crowded together, the scene, simply ugly people can not bear to look at. So, the bathroom in the end how to decorate it? This issue of content, to talk about bathroom decoration can not be committed in the eight major errors in design, they are quite high requirements for the construction process, the average homeowner is very easy to plant in these places.
First, do not install wall-mounted toilet – looks good, but more hidden dangers
Wall-mounted toilet face value is really high, not floor installation, cleaning is very convenient, the sense of space permeability is also good. However, its practicality is not satisfactory. It is difficult and expensive to install, even more troublesome to repair after installation, and has a general load-bearing capacity.
A homeowner’s home has suffered the loss of wall-mounted toilets. Installation height is not well designed, thought to reduce health dead ends, the results of the toilet bottom height is too low, broom can not get in, but became the bathroom’s largest health dead ends, cleaning up especially difficult.
Wall-mounted toilet tank hidden in the wall, once the problem, maintenance can be a big project. This homeowner’s home has encountered a water tank leakage, replace the water tank, had to smash the wall, removed three tiles. Not only is the cost high, re-laying tiles and colour difference, very affect the aesthetics.
In addition, wall-mounted toilets need to transform the pipeline, which will lead to an increase in the number of joints, the most worrying is the problem of water leakage. This homeowner’s home only three years, there is a leak, and smashed three more tiles, spent $ 800 to fix.
In contrast, regular toilets don’t have these drawbacks. Whether it’s replaced or repaired, it’s so easy that you hardly have to smash the floor, except for leaky pipes. Therefore, in the bathroom decoration, choose ordinary toilet can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble, don’t ignore these potential problems because of the appearance of wall-mounted toilet, which is one of the bathroom mistakes.
Second, don’t install gypsum board ceiling – not moisture resistant, bathroom prohibited
Gypsum board ceiling has a lot of advantages, but the only disadvantage is that it is not resistant to moisture. Except for the kitchen and bathroom, it is really excellent ceiling material in other places. But once encountered water, it will be mouldy, yellow and even collapse, so it can never be used in the bathroom.
There is a homeowner’s home, the bathroom used gypsum board ceiling, the result is only three years on the mould. Finally had to be removed and replaced with aluminium button board, a lot of money wasted.
When the mouldy situation is slight, there will be a large patch of light black mould. What is unexpected is that the homeowner’s home materials used are waterproof gypsum board, waterproof putty, but also coated with waterproof material. But even so, ultimately found to be the paint surface layer of mould spots, can only shovel the repainting.
For bathroom ceiling, aluminium buckle plate material is a better choice. It is cheap, easy to remove, easy to scrub, but also very durable. Although the honeycomb large board is also good, but the price is higher, and the integrity will deteriorate after reserving the access port. Therefore, in the bathroom decoration, to avoid choosing gypsum board ceiling this bathroom mistakes, give priority to aluminium button board.
Third, don’t install rock plate one basin – process defects, poor durability
In many people’s impression, rock slab is a symbol of senior, texture, once became a symbol of senior building materials products. However, the rock slab basin is the most inappropriate choice of decoration building materials, its process determines its durability is not high.
Conventional rock slab one-piece basin adopts the gluing and splicing process, and the bottom and four sides form a vertical right angle. In the process of use, it is easy to become a hygienic dead corner, and it will yellow over time.
Moreover, the one-piece basin of the gluing process has a high probability of peeling off the bottom of the basin with the passage of time and the aging of the glue, and eventually the bottom may fall off. This was the case with a washbasin in one homeowner’s house, where the bottom fell off after less than 3 years of use.
If you really prefer a washbasin made of rock slab, it is recommended that you purchase a product with the rock slab hot press bending process. It uses a one-piece moulding process for greater durability, no hygienic dead ends and no bottom falling out. Alternatively, opt for a ceramic one-piece basin, which is more cost-effective.
In addition to rock slab one-piece basins, countertop basins are not a recommended option. The gap between the basin and the countertop is easy to get mouldy and black, which is not only unhygienic, but also difficult to clean, and can only be eradicated and re-glued. In bathroom renovation, it is important to recognise these problems with rock slab one-piece basins and countertop basins to avoid falling into this bathroom mistake.
Fourth, do not choose a small specification single layout tiles – small space, patterned chaos
Bathroom space is usually small, if you choose to bring patterned tiles, not only can not play a decorative role, but will make the space look cluttered.
A netizen’s home in order to avoid monotony, chose a simple pattern of tiles, the results after paving regret. Always feel where not right, the more you look the uglier.
Tiles with patterns are more suitable for large spaces and large sizes. For the bathroom such as space is seriously limited, it is not recommended to choose tiles with patterns, solid colour products will be more effective. In the bathroom renovation, according to the size of the space reasonable choice of tiles, to avoid the wrong choice of tiles and the bathroom mistakes.
Fifth, don’t install black shower and faucet – show dirty difficult to take care of
Black gives a sense of seniority, but it has no resistance to white limescale, especially dirty. Especially black shower and faucet, stained with limescale is a white piece.
A homeowner’s home in pursuit of a sense of high class, chose a black shower. Not long after moving in, they regretted it, every time after the shower must be thoroughly cleaned once, otherwise the water stains dry will leave white dirt, look particularly dirty.
Black faucet is the same, and can not be violently cleaned, otherwise the paint will fall off. Unless the home has a whole-house water softening system, black bathrooms are really not recommended, it’s too sensitive to limescale. For showers and taps, white, silver and gunmetal grey are preferred – these colours are more resistant to dirt. In bathroom renovation, take into account the convenience of daily care, avoid choosing black shower and faucet this bathroom mistakes.
Sixth, do not install marble pull groove – hide dirt, difficult to clean
Shower room floor installation marble slot design is not uncommon, it has a good anti-slip effect, drainage is also very smooth. This seemingly reasonable design is commonly found in hotel decoration, but it is not recommended for home decoration.
Marble pullout grooves are particularly prone to harbouring rubbish inside them, requiring frequent cleaning and looking particularly dirty.
Because of the material, the surface of the marble will also return to the alkali, the same will appear white piece, it is difficult to clean clean.
For the bathroom floor, it is recommended to use ordinary non-slip floor tiles with a sunken design, which can achieve both water retention and anti-slip, and the overall sex is also good. If you are worried about tripping at the sink, the sink height can be designed to a maximum of 2cm. In the bathroom renovation, to avoid the choice of marble pull groove this bathroom error design, choose more suitable for home use of the ground decoration way.
Seventh, do not install smart mirror – functional rib, poor practicality
The installation of smart mirror at the sink is a common practice in many net red nest, it can achieve voice and touch screen control, but also comes with the function of defogging. But really use it, you will find that it is really very ribbed.
Especially the defogging function, the area that can be defogged is very small, and the efficiency of defogging is particularly low. Turn on the function does not immediately produce results, not as fast as a hair dryer.
If the washbasin is installed outside the bathroom, demisting function, lighting function can be directly omitted, in the washbasin above the installation of downlights can solve the lighting problem. If the washstand in the bathroom, demisting function must be selected power, large area of the product, otherwise it is chicken ribs. In the bathroom decoration, according to the actual needs of the appropriate choice of mirror, to avoid falling into the smart mirror this bathroom error design.
Eighth, do not install wooden doors – wet and fragile, not durable
Bathroom door is also the focus of decoration, in many types, the most can not choose is the wooden door. In a humid environment, wooden doors are prone to deformation and decay.
There is a homeowner’s home bathroom, decoration company package matching the wooden door. Open cleaning accidentally encountered water, the result of the wooden door cracked. Now the homeowner especially regret the choice of wooden doors, I believe that after moving in such things will often happen, the durability of wooden doors is too poor.
For the bathroom door, it is recommended to aluminium alloy, glass materials, must avoid wooden doors. Although wooden doors may be good in terms of texture and privacy, but the durability is too poor, replacement frequency is particularly high. When it comes to bathroom renovation, choose the right door for your bathroom environment and avoid choosing wooden doors as a bathroom mistake design.
These eight bathroom mistake designs are best not to try for the average home. They look beautiful, but in fact, they are not useful and will bring a lot of trouble to daily life.
In the process of bathroom decoration, we have to do more homework, understand the characteristics of various decoration materials and the advantages and disadvantages of the design scheme, to avoid falling into these bathroom mistakes, so that we can create a bathroom space that is both beautiful and practical. Hopefully, we can all learn from these experiences and make our bathroom renovation more perfect.