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Planning your Bathroom

Springwave Love Bathrooms and Ensuites

Upgrading your existing bathroom or en-suit has never been so exciting due to all the new bathroom technology. With so many new appliances and styles on the market, it can be hard to know where to start.

"Upgrading your existing bathroom or en-suit has never been so exciting."

Springwave offers very high quality bathroom additions that are sold very knowledgably by expert bathroom industry staff, assisting you in your decision making and helping you to get up to speed with the latest technologies, materials and bathroom systems

Every year advances are made in bathroom furniture and appliance technology. The noiseless, drab 'just for function' bathroom is a thing of the past as demand grows for features to aid revitalisation and relaxation, and appliances that work in harmony with our chosen décor and life style .

"The noiseless, drab 'just for function' bathroom is a thing of the past."

Technology is a new, major player in the bathroom market; from shower integrated MP3 player to chromatherapy lighting and digital control panels, the bathroom has become a focus for change.

The bathroom comes in all shapes and sizes and designing a personal idea of perfection should start with a list of expectations and dimensions. Springwave have in house experienced, professional, bathroom designers and bathroom planners that offer a free service to assist you in your decision making, our experience can sometimes offer a solution that you never previously thought possible.

Who will use the bathroom?

If children come into the equation, safety and functionality are imperative; a bath is a high priority. The bath is the biggest user of space in bathrooms; because of this we expect the maximum in flexibility and functionality. Springwave offer a wide range of whirlpool baths to suit any bathroom style and customer expectation. Our customer's children delight in bath time in their exciting whirlpool bath, listening to their favourite music as the chromatherapy lighting scrolls through the spectrum. After the children are in bed, the ultimate whirlpool bath will offer steam shower facilities to relax and invigorate you. Candles and the chromatherapy lighting will transform the children's perfect water playground into a luxury bathroom home spa, complete with hydrotherapy to ease tired muscles.

"Listening to their favourite music as the chromatherapy lighting scrolls through the spectrum."

When a bath is not a necessity in a bathroom or your property has bathrooms, there is an ever increasing array of steam showers or showers to choose from. Springwave offer a wide range of stylish, industry leading technology and quality steam showers and showers which include a wealth of options including solid glass panels, hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, vitamin and many more leading technology features to complete your bathroom or ensuite.

Style and Design

Personal taste and imagination all influence our idea of the perfect bathroom. Colour palettes and contemporary shapes and design will all be a factor in creating personal bathroom and ensuite perfection. There is an almost infinite amount of information dedicated to bathroom design to inspire even the most cautious. From floor to wall wet room style tiling to contemporary siphonic flush toilet systems that save water, benefitting the environment as well as your pocket, creating the perfect bathroom environment is more readily achievable.

"Creating the perfect bathroom environment is more readily achievable."

How will it all fit together?

In yesteryear, each bathroom appliance was attached to the floor and wall, maintenance was a laborious process and leaks could go undetected. Springwave modular baths and showers are freestanding allowing easy access for maintenance and bathroom remodelling. With the dawn of computer aided design we can build up a detailed graphic plan, slotting in each piece of bathroom furniture using precise measurements before actual installation. This allows us a real idea on how our choices will influence the look and feel of our bathroom, before spending time and money on the installation procedure. All of our customers are offered a complimentary bathroom design service to ensure that their choice of bathroom design works for them.

"Modular baths and showers are freestanding allowing easy access for maintenance and bathroom remodelling."

Additional Extras

Today's bathroom market offers so much more than the bath, toilet, sink and mirror. Bathroom furniture is designed to integrate storage with beautiful design to bring style and sophistication to your bathrooms. Sink integrated cabinets designed to stow bathroom products discretely and shelving to display soft fluffy towels are available in an array of designs and colours to suit any taste. Modern manufacturing techniques allow the inclusion of waterproofed natural woods and natural stone to bring out the best in our bathrooms and ensuites, and best of all style and sophistication has now been introduced to the once dreary bathroom mirror. Where once a stark reflective glass was screwed to the wall, complementary frames and hidden storage features are now readily available.

"We don't just love selling quality bathrooms we also love fitting quality bathrooms."

The Thoroughly Modern Bathroom

If you're of a certain age, it's not impossible to remember the bathroom of the 80's, 70's or 60's even beyond! A room difficult to design by class or status, containing very much of the same furniture, the only way to define the social status of the owner was by room dimension. Sitting in a starkly lit bath, in the quiet, where the only entertainment was a book, staring at the bathroom product clutter or watching a spider trying to clamber out of the sink.

Back to today and the bathroom is a very different place. As the demand for technology and comfort have risen, bathrooms have become as tailored a room as any other room in the house, reflecting the personality and style of its owner.

Dedicated bathrooms first came about during the 19th century; however, they were the reserve of the rich. The room was furnished with standalone furniture including a freestanding bath and commode.

It wasn't until the latter half of the 20th century that the claw foot or tin bath was updated to the built in units we have in our homes today. The rise in 'in home' plumbing, a result of housing construction after the 1st World War, integrated the design of water carrying pipe work which led to designated bathrooms with built in fixtures including sink, toilet and bath units. In 1921 1% of homes had a dedicated bathroom in comparison to 100% of homes at the end of the last century.

As we move into the 21st century our focus has shifted again to the use of modular bathroom furniture that allow us to mix and match fixtures according to our needs and personal taste. There has been a steady rise in demand for bath or shower pods that can be re-sited for easy maintenance or room re-design. Our expectations for our bathing experience has evolved with this; bathroom music was once a past time of the brave or fool hardy, depending on the length of your electrical cable. Now we have shower and bath units complete with music players, chromatherapy lighting, hydro jets, steam generators and aromatherapy all being controlled by a central integral, modular computer, which can be safely installed to fulfil our desire for invigoration or relaxation, depending on the mood.

As the bathroom revolution takes off, house builders are trying to keep up with the desire of multiple house dwellers finding more and more reasons to linger longer in the bathroom. The bathroom has evolved from a place to attend to personal hygiene to a room to actively pursue emotional wellbeing, health and fitness through the use of hydro-massage jets, steam and colour.

The number of bathrooms in our homes is increasing; the average 4 bedroom house will now usually include an en-suite bathroom, a second bathroom and a cloakroom. As technology progresses and becomes more affordable, home owners are looking to incorporate spa quality facilities in to their bathrooms as well as driving down costs and environmental impact. These expectations are fuelling a bathroom revolution that will fundamentally change the function of our 'smallest room' more over the next 15 years than ever before.