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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Curbless Shower inspiration from Spain - Broekman & Olivera




Curbless Shower by Broekman & Olivera


I found this picture online the other day and just love this shower!  Take a look at this.


No doors.  One large glass panel with custom hardware and rain head.  Wall hung toilet and super size slabs.  


Some more information about 


Broekman,Olivera,Spain,Curbless,ShowerBROEKMAN & OLIVERA

What happens when two innovative and resourceful minds join forces and work together?

An inspired partnership, such as John Broekman y Gabriel Olivera, the directors behind one of Ibiza’s most comprehensive full service property companies.

John Broekman fundó Property y Art hace 15 años, después de trasladarse a Ibiza desde Holanda. Desde entonces ha convertido la compañía en una empresa de muchísimo éxito con una lista de clientes que incluye una impresionante variedad de celebridades.

Most new business however, comes from word of mouth generated by satisfied customers, with previous projects including the gorgeously chic Restaurante Ocho, MediterrAsian hotspot Bambuddha Grove and the exquisite boutique hotel las Banderas in Formentera.

Uruguayan partner Gabriel is a highly respected and sublimely creative architect, with many a blue chip project around the world including the über cool London fashion stores of designer Daniel Poole y la discoteca El Divino in Ibiza town. Glamour y decadencia unidos a una estética impresionante y lo práctico es evidente en todo el trabajo de Gabriel.


Broekman & Olivera offers their clients an all-inclusive service including the buying and selling of properties along with expertise in design, building and renovation. Whether it’s turning your plot of land into a modern villa with a stunning infinity pool and fully landscaped gardens or transforming an old finca into a blissfully rural family bolthole, with John and Gabriel at your service, it seems the impossible can become possible.





Looking for a linear shower drain installer in North America? Look Here.


This shower could easily be built using a linear drain from ACO.  I would suggest a 1200mm linear drain.  


Pricing:

$554.00 1200mm (47.25") Electropolished Random Grill - Plain Edge design - Buy Now




ACO 1200mm Random Grill Linear Drain.
$554.00 - price includes shipping and taxes
(Canadian Order's Only)


The drain would be set below the finished slab height to allow the loose stones to be place over top of the grill.  For more drain options and pricing visit my ACO Linear Drain sales page.


JW

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Choosing the right linear shower drain. Product Selection and Consulting Services.

I have been getting asked a lot these days which is the "Best" linear shower drain to purchase and which drain is my "Favourite".  This is a tuff question.  I still have not installed them all and certainly not in every possible set up.



Each of the linear shower drains have there strong points and each with some weaknesses.  I'm learning with each new install that it is not so much the drain but the drain's installation which is key.  I'm a firm believer that the shower needs to be designed properly right from the framing up and then the clients wishes need to be folded into this arrangement.

I have successfully installed linear shower drains here in Vancouver from My Shower Grate Shop, Heelguard USA, Quartz by ACO and the Proline Drains from Quick Drain USA.  Half of these projects have been inspected by city plumbing inspectors and the others I self inspected.  Building your new shower and investing in tile, fixtures, glass, benches, niches and on and on it's key to understand the waterproofing approach and how to do this properly.

Then you need to understand how to inspect your work or how to get it inspected by the city.

When you are pricing out your new linear shower drain you also need to incorporate all these costs into a Matrix of sorts and included the other costs.  For example installing Drain "A" may be faster than Drain "B" - but did you know that with Drain "A" you need to come back and add another layer of concrete before tiling.

I have been consulting more and more these days and have been successfully helping with installations from North Carolina to Hawaii, Montreal to California and a few spots in between.  If you are in the planning stages and are a little overwhelmed with the choices - take an evening an find which drain "Grill" you love.   The one that you will enjoy looking at every morning or evening and start from there.

If you can send me a layout of your home's bathroom and as much extra detail I can help guide you into the proper selection. For my clients I provide tech support and online meetings.  My preference of late has been www.gotomeetings.com and with this meeting site we can review the job site and specifics quite clearly as we both talk over the internet and share the same computer screen.

If I can help you make a selection that would be great.  If I can help source the drain and waterproofing package that would be even better.

Please send me a note to sales@no-curb.com or call me on my cell (604) 506 6792.

Regards,

John Whipple
By Any Design Ltd.
North America Sales and Consulting
Linear Shower Drains

1 (604) 506 6792
sales@no-curb.com