A floor-level shower area offers a range of advantages. With no unnecessary edges to trip over, they are much easier to get into than conventional “shower trays”.
The fact that they are tiled makes small bathrooms in particular look bigger and creates more space. It also means that the surfaces and drain can easily be cleaned using standard cleaning products.
As far as the surface finish is concerned, you can choose from a wide range of colours, materials and sizes. As a result, you can create exactly the shower area you want. To help prevent slipping when showering, anti-slip surfaces are also available.
Nowadays, more and more floor-level shower areas are created using pre-fabricated floor-level shower systems rather than sloping concrete floors built on-site.
One of the leading manufacturers of floor-level shower systems is poresta systems GmbH. Poresta has been developing and manufacturing floor-level shower area solutions at its site in Bad Wildungen, Hesse for more than 10 years. More than 400,000 systems have been installed to date.
The company’s product range includes various solutions to meet different technical and design requirements.
For example, customers can choose between a conventional point drain, a modern drain channel and a unique “shadow gap drain”.
It is worth emphasising the accessibility of Poresta floor-level shower systems for wheelchair users. Given that physical mobility can be significantly reduced as a result of an accident or through aging, when you opt for a floor-level shower area you are often investing in the future too.
In addition to the design options, the fact that the shower systems are technically so sophisticated and manufactured in accordance with strict quality standards is particularly important. After all, a floor-level shower area is exposed to water over many years and must not leak at any time.
In the case of tiled shower area solutions, it is important that they come supplied with a secure sealing system and can additionally be sealed on-site against adjacent features using tested system accessories. The Poresta floor-level shower systems are coated in the factory with a 1K sealing compound and have a general test certificate issued by the building authorities in Germany.
Sound-proofing accessories are also available for the Poresta floor-level shower systems. This prevents excessive noise being transmitted to adjacent rooms when showering. For detached homes, the minimum requirements of the SIA 181 standard must be satisfied. However, you should check carefully whether your sound-proofing requirements within your own four walls are met before any installation work begins. There are stricter requirements for flats as well as terraced and semi-detached houses. These can easily be met using Poresta floor-level shower systems and the sound-proofing accessories to accompany them.