Related to Building services Topic Showers

1. PART OF BUILDING SERVICES
SHOWER

2. INTRO
• You’ve probably put a lot of thought into the externals: the
handles, the heads, the tile. But the most important parts of the
shower are the ones that you can’t see!
• The plumbing may seem like the plumber’s job, but you need to
be familiar with the different parts of the shower when choosing
your fixtures. This knowledge will help you make the right
choices and avoid potential problems (like the extra headache
that bloggers Chris and Julia had to endure!).
• So, just how does a shower work? Here’s a simplified guide that
will help you make sense of those technicalities and make the
right choice the first time.

3. SYMBOLS

4. SYMBOLS

5. SHOWER AREA DIMENSIONS

9. TYPES IN PURPOSES OF
SHOWERS..

10. DOMESTIC
• Domestic showers are most commonly stall showers or showers over a bathtub. A stall shower is
a dedicated shower area which uses a door or curtain to contain water spray. The shower over a
bathtub saves bathroom space and enables the area to be used for either a bath or a shower
and commonly uses a sliding shower curtain to contain the water spray. Showers may also be in
a wet room, in which there is no contained shower area, or in a dedicated shower room, which
does not require containment of water spray. Most domestic showers have a single overhead
shower head, which may be adjustable.

11. PUBLIC
• Many modern athletic and aquatic facilities provide showers for use by patrons, commonly
in gender segregated changing rooms. These can be in the form of individual stalls shielded by
curtains or a door or communal shower rooms. The latter are generally large open rooms with
any number of shower heads installed either directly into the walls or on posts throughout the
shower area. Open showers are often provided at public swimming pools and at popular
beaches. Military forces around the world set up field showers to enable the washing away of
dangerous residue from modern weapons such as caustic chemicals, deadly biological agents,
and radioactive materials, which can harm forces on both sides of a conflict.

12. WET ROOM
• A wet room is a bathroom without internal dedicated or raised areas which has an open shower.
Structurally, a wet room requires the bathroom to have a gradient or slope towards a drain hole,
and a foul air trap connecting the floor to the waste pipes.

13. TYPES OF SHOWER HEADS

14. TYPES OF SHOWER HEADS
Fixed shower heads
• Traditional fixed shower-heads are mostly
common shower-faucets because as they can
easily connect to the plumbing fixtures with-out
any additional hardware.
Shower handsets
• Hand-set shower-faucets are connected by a
flexible hose, and can also mounted and used
like a fixed shower-head.

15. TYPES OF SHOWER HEADS
Ceiling-mounted faucets
• Ceiling-mounted shower-faucets are typically
rain-drop shower-heads mounted in one shower
ceiling. Water-rains down, at low or medium
pressure, using the gravity to shower on one
from directly above.
Adjustable shower heads
• Adjustable shower faucets often have numerous
settings, including the pulsating massage
settings and high-pressure.

16. TYPES OF SHOWER HEADS
Shower panels
• Unlike a single showerhead, these are wall-
mounted with sprayers aimed horizontally at
various parts of the body.

17. STRUCTURE AND DESIGN
• Designs for shower facilities vary by location and purpose. There are
free-standing showers, but also showers which are integrated into a
bathtub. Showers are separated from the surrounding area through
watertight curtains (shower curtain), sliding doors, or folding doors,
or shower blinds, in order to protect the space from spraying water.
Showers with a level entry wet room are becoming very popular,
especially due to improvements in waterproofing systems and
prefabricated components. Places such as a swimming pool, a locker
room, or a military facility have multiple showers. There may be
communal shower rooms without divisions, or shower stalls (typically
open at the top). Many types of showers are available, including
complete shower units which are all encompassing showers that
include the pan, walls, and often the shower head, as well as pieced
together units in which the pan, shower head, and doors are
purchased separately. Each type of shower poses different installation
issues.

18. INSTALLATION
• Though the installation requirements of each of shower will differ, the installation of a shower in general
requires the laying of several water transportation pipes, including a pipe for hot water and for cold water, and
a drainage pipe. It is important that the wet areas of a bathroom be waterproof, and multiple layers of
waterproofing can be employed. Grout is used to fill gaps between tiles, but grout and tile setting materials are
generally porous. Tiles are generally waterproof, though a shower pan must be installed beneath them as a
safety to prevent water leakage.[23] Thus small mosaic tiles offer less of a defense than large format tiles. Sub-
tile waterproofing is important when tiles are being used. Best practice requires a waterproofing material to
cover the walls and floor of the shower area that are then covered with tile, or in some countries with a sheet
material like vinyl.

19. DRAINAGE
• Some shower areas utilize a second emergency drain outside of
the shower in case of overflow. In Australia and some European
countries, plumbing codes require this second emergency drain
(but not in the United Kingdom nor North America)

21. EQUIPMENT
• Pressure balanced valve, a device to provide constant shower water pressure and
prevent temperature fluctuations
• Shower cap, a cap worn while showering or bathing, to protect hair from becoming
wet
• Shower radio, a radio that is waterproofed to allow it to be used in a bathroom or
other wet environment
• Sunshower, a device to locally heat shower water with solar power
• Soap
• Shampoo
• Washing mitt, a tool for applying soap to the body
• Water heat recycling units to reclaim much of the waste water's heat and recycle it
to the shower head and minimize heat lost to the drain
• Shower Caddy, a storage system inside the shower, typically for shampoo and
conditioner
• Shower speaker, a little Bluetooth speaker designed to listen to music whle
showering

22. TERMINOLOGY THE TERMS TO KNOW

23. TERMS TO KNOW...!
Valve: where the hot and cold pipes meet; controls the temperature and flow
Rough-in: this phrase refers to the “rough,” unfinished stage of plumbing when the system has been installed but not yet
connected
Rough: the general term referring to the components found inside the walls (valves, pipes, diverters etc.)
Diverter valve: the valve used in a tub/shower combination or multi-head shower; may divert the water flow from the shower
head to the tub spout, handshower, or body spray. The diverter may be found on the tub spout itself or integrated into the trim

24. TERMS TO KNOW...!
Pressure balance valve: a valve that senses the ratio of hot to cold water; controls both temperature
and flow volume
Thermostatic valve: a valve that senses the temperature of the water; temperature and volume are
controlled separately
Trim: the external handle(s) that you use to turn the shower on and off; some states allow single-
handle trims only, so check your state’s plumbing code or consult with your plumber before buying
Mixing valve: the valve that mixes hot and cold water; a thermostatic mixer will sense the water
temperature before sending it to the shower head

25. MECHANISM
IN ENGINEERING, A MECHANISM IS A DEVICE THAT TRANSFORMS INPUT
FORCES AND MOVEMENT INTO A DESIRED SET OF OUTPUT FORCES AND
MOVEMENT.

26. WORKING OF THE SHOWER VALUE
• ou turn the trim, which pulls water from your water source. Cold water goes straight
to the cold pipe, while hot water makes a stop in the water heater first. Water from
both pipes meets at the shower valve, which mixes it together and sends it to the
shower head or tub spout.
• Depending on your shower configuration, you will need different types of valves and
hardware. The trim must be compatible with the rough, so check brands for
compatibility.
• For simplicity’s sake, we’ll use the comprehensive illustrations from Hansgrohe
(featuring the Hansgrohe iBox, their all-in-one expandable rough for all Hansgrohe
showers) to demonstrate the inner workings of the shower.

27. MECHANISM OF
DIFFERENT TYPES
OF SHOWERS

29. SINGLE-FUNCTION
SHOWER
• This classic, simple configuration features one
wall-mounted shower head and a pressure
balance valve. Water flows from the hot and cold
pipes into the valve, where temperature is
regulated before the water travels through a
single pipe to the shower head.

30. TWO-FUNCTION SHOWER
• As showers become more luxurious, two-function showers are
becoming increasingly popular. There’s the typical bath and
shower combo, but also showers with multiple heads such as a
rain head and handheld or overhead and body sprays.
• In many two-function showers, the water can only be diverted
to one faucet or function at a time, though it is possible to install
plumbing that allows two or more heads to run simultaneously.
These showers require a diverter to operate the different
functions.
• That brings up another frequently asked question: how does a
shower diverter work? The diverter, as its name suggests, diverts
the water to two (or more) bath or shower heads; when the
diverter is turned, it stops the water from flowing through the
tub faucet and sends it to the shower head instead.

31. MULTI-FUNCTION
SHOWER
• If you’d like, you can have more than two
functions for a truly indulgent shower experience.
These require an additional three-way diverter
rough to allow the water to flow to all heads and
sprays. Some systems will need more roughs to
allow multiple functions to be used
simultaneously.

32. EXPOSED SHOWER
• Many showers proudly wear (most
of) their plumbing on the outside,
going along with the popular
exposed shower trend and
allowing users to see how the
water comes through the system.
• So the next time your plumber
hands you what you think is an
exorbitant bill, remember the
journey that your water makes
before it comes through your
shower head.

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