Showers

Steam Showers View our entire range of steam shower units, we stock a large range of high quality units, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	Shower Enclosures View our entire range of steam enclosures, we stock a large range of high quality units, normally avaliable for next day delivery.
Body Jet Showers View our entire range of jet showers, we stock a large range of high quality panels, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	Shower Mixers View our entire range of shower mixers, we stock a large range of high quality shower mixers, normally avaliable for next day delivery.
Shower Combinations View our entire range of shower Combinations, we stock a large range of high quality combination units, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	Shower Screens View our entire range of shower screens, we stock a large range of high quality shower screens, normally avaliable for next day delivery.
Sunken Shower Trays View our entire range of sunken shower trays, we stock a large range of high quality trays, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	WetRooms View our entire range of wet rooms.
Easy Access Showers View our entire range of easy access showers, we stock a large range of high quality showers, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	Underfloor Heating View our entire range of underfloor heating.
Shower Panel View our entire range of shower panels, we stock a large range of high quality panels, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	Shower Trays View our entire range of shower trays, we stock a large range of high quality panels, normally avaliable for next day delivery.
Bamboo Showers View our entire range of bamboo showers, normally avaliable for next day delivery.	Glass Shower Enclosures View our entire range of glass shower enclosures, normally avaliable for next day delivery.

Over the last 50 years, showers have become more popular than having a bath. Showers are more time effective, consume less water and are more hygienic as we are not sitting in our dirty water for 30 odd minutes!

So where did the concept of a shower really come from? People had been bathing in seas, lakes and rivers since the dawn of time and it is speculated that the first showers were indeed taken under waterfalls. People realised the downward pressure of the water would help them clean, and it was far easier than washing in say a basin where fresh/waste water had to be transported manually.

The first group of people to have showers that would be recognizable to a modern person were the ancient Greeks. Their aqueducts and sewage systems made of lead pipes allowed water to be pumped both into and out of large communal shower rooms. These rooms have been discovered at the site of the city Pergamum and can also be found represented in pottery of the era. The depictions are very similar to modern locker room shower, and even included bars to hang up clothing.

There is also evidence of the Greeks having servants pour buckets of cold water on the bather as they scrubbed themselves clean.

The Romans later followed suit. Their famous bathhouses can be found all around the Mediterranean and spread across the empire as far as England. The Romans believed in bathing multiple times a week for hygiene and health benefits, if not every day.

Archaeology shows the Ancient Egyptians had a shower room that was very similar to the Ancient Greeks', where slaves poured vases of cold water over the bather's body.

Over the coming posts we will look into how these old methods and techniques that have lead to the development of the showers we know and use today.