Cornice in the bathroom: what to choose, what to consider

Eaves for a bathroom - a thing necessary regardless of the total area or interior of the home. A special curtain for protection against water splashes can be found even where showers are installed. And for options with a classic bathroom, such a curtain is simply necessary - otherwise, repairs, at home and at the neighbors on the lower floor, will have to be done regularly. After every serious flooding.

Standard version

So, for a comfortable and safe use of the bathroom you need a curtain. In turn, to hang it, requires a cornice.

Traditional curtain rods, of course, will not work. After all, you should choose a product that fits in a limited space and will be resistant to high humidity. Forged metal products are too bulky and vulnerable in this regard.

But what is offered in the vast majority of cases to a person looking for a curtain rod for a bathroom? A plastic telescopic tube, which is supposed to be fixed most often in two ways.

The first option is a spacer between two walls. In this case, the rod is held due to the fact that the two ends abuts against a monolithic surface.

The second version, less common - installation by means of suction cups. In fact, this is the same spacer mount, complemented by suction cups, essentially performing decorative functions.

Suction cups are too unreliable to hold significant weight to count on their long-term and reliable use.

Aluminum profile - reliable, presentable, creative

But plastic sliding bars are not the only option for installing moisture-proof curtains. An alternative may be a cornice based on an aluminum profile. Consider its differences from a sliding plastic rack:

• Appearance. The aluminum profile has a more aesthetic and representative appearance than a plastic product. Plastic is naturally perceived by most buyers as an attribute of a cheap, literally and figuratively, interior. Nobody has canceled the versatility of white. It is combined with any color shades of the walls, ceiling, plumbing and everything that can be imagined in the bathroom;
• Location options. A plastic pipe is attached only between two walls. And the metal structure can be installed both between opposite walls, and on the ceiling. Imagine a more complex case: the angular arrangement of the bath. In this case, the sliding stand is not suitable, and the profile model for the bathroom is also difficult to use. However, the OLEKSDECO assortment has a profile flexible cornice “Ai”. A ceiling installation is available for him and the ability to give the profile various bends. This will allow you to aesthetically and qualitatively draw a corner bathtub with curtains.
• Cost. On average, plastic pipes are cheaper than metal profile suspensions. However, the numbers are misleading. Firstly, the price difference is not critical: on average, the “benefit” from buying a PVC sliding structure does not exceed 50%. Secondly, let's not forget that plastic is still not as durable as it seems to some. Aggressive environmental conditions (temperature changes, humidity) adversely affect the plastic. You will have to change such products regularly - so that in the end a more durable aluminum construction will be a profitable acquisition;
• Reliability of fastening. In this matter, the consumer will have to choose what is more important for him.On one side of the scale - installation without drilling walls and ceilings. In this regard, the telescopic rod has the advantage that you will not have to drill anything, all surfaces will remain intact. On the other side is the reliability of the installation of the cornice. The spacer mount requires the systematic tightening of the moving parts of the pipe. Without this, the “clamp” of the bar will sooner or later weaken and it will fall. The profile system is much safer: it is stably installed on metal brackets with the help of hardware.

The OLEXDECO catalog will allow you to purchase the best curtain rod for the bathroom, as well as choose any window decoration options.