Rain shower heads are all the rage right now, and you don’t have to be doing a complete bathroom makeover to change the shower head in your bathroom, nor do you have to spend a fortune. However, if you’re renovating your bathroom, or at least upgrading the hardware and fixtures, there are quite a few different rain shower units to choose from, ranging in price from a simple chrome unit for around $30 to a steel piece. Very sophisticated stainless steel for around $1500. The price of the head is therefore something to consider. You don’t want to buy the most expensive accessory available and then have to sacrifice other accessories, unless you are very careful mixing expensive with cheap can be a disaster in the final product.
Things to consider include:
- Finish. Most available rain shower fixtures are in chrome or stainless steel, but you can also choose from white, brushed nickel, or even oil rubbed bronze, depending on the look you’re after for your bathroom.
- Way. Do you want something that is round or square, and if it is round, what kind of diameter? Round rain shower heads range in diameter from 6 inches to about 16 inches, and square ones range from about 8 inches to 20 inches.
- Ceiling, wall or hand. Shower heads can be wall or ceiling mounted or handheld. If your existing shower fixture is fixed to the wall, you may want to stick with that arrangement instead of having to move and reroute the plumbing in the wall, but if you’re doing a complete makeover, you may change the route of the pipes. not be a problem at all, in which case it comes down to personal taste and what sloppy look you want to achieve in the renovation. Handheld shower heads are usually mounted on the wall or in the bathtub.
- water pressure Something to keep in mind is that the larger the rain shower head, the higher the water pressure required to provide an efficient shower, so if the water pressure is low you may want to think about a smaller head size, which doesn’t mean you can’t have the desired “rain” effect.
There you have it, and it’s actually not that hard. Take a look around what’s available both online and in store (seeing and touching physical products can give you a good idea of the item), then make your purchase.
