The history of the shower

a morning or evening shower or enjoying a bracingbasic showering system of keep their bodies
wash after playing sports or other physical activitiescleansed - it was really in the late twentieth century
is very much taken for granted in this day and age.when the shower as it is known today became
Many bathrooms now contain a shower and often dopopular in the modern bathroom.
not require the ubiquitous bath tub as the shower isSome of the earliest recognisable showers were
becoming the preferred method of washing for manyinstalled in bathrooms during the Victorian period
people. With showers ranging from power showers,when the knowledge and equipment regarding
massage showers and the increasing popularity ofplumbing was becoming more developed. Although
wetrooms, the choices nowadays are endless.these were usually perfectly functional pieces of
At we have a range of shower accessories fromcleaning equipment, they were generally rather clunky
shower doors to shower valves. We can ensure thatwith all pipe-work and other operational mechanisms
the installation of any shower unit can enhanceon display. There was little thought in the design
bathrooms or wetrooms and we can bring the latestprocess and it was not considered necessary to think
in modern design aesthetics and technology to theabout hiding these pipes and shower valves.
home.By the 1970s and 1980s, shower technology had
However, as bathroom features, the shower is abecome increasingly sophisticated and the demand
relatively new addition to the bathroom as it isfor these became enormous. They had become
known today.more compact, easier to install and were ideal for
Although the concept of the shower has beenmore modern homes where bathrooms were
developed for centuries, for instance, it is believedbecoming increasingly smaller.
the ancient civilisations are thought to have used a