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Gérard MATHIEU: Faucet Operations Manager, Kohler – Jacob Delafon
INTRODUCTION
The bathroom is a space for healthy living, where people seek pleasure and relaxation. It's more than just a room for washing, it's a room for living, combining aesthetics with practicality.
Hygiene remains a top priority for the user, who will prefer, for example, a "suspended" installation mode for easier cleaning. But they are also increasingly interested in :
to the environment, and takes into account water and energy savings;
the time-saving solutions offered by the spectacular evolution of the shower: from the simple "shower corner" to the electronically-controlled multi-function enclosure, which can even incorporate... a radio;
space optimization: the vanity-mounted washbasin will replace the pedestal washbasin, and the shower is preferred to the classic bathtub, which will nevertheless continue to exist in the form of a bathtub-shower with bath screen. The bidet is tending to disappear.
The bathtub is still a popular choice for relaxing at the end of the day and relieving stress under a thick layer of bubble bath. If you also opt for balneotherapy, combined with aromatherapy and chromotherapy, you can enjoy all the invigorating benefits of water, combined with the relaxing effects of essential oils, or the energizing effects of light. Electronically controlled, you can choose the intensity and duration of the massage, adjust the ozone supply from the infrared remote control, and dream away in a luminous ambience that can be modified by... the touch of a foot!
Over the past few years, new housing starts have been declining, mainly due to the economic crisis. The sanitaryware market has therefore become a replacement market, in which the user is involved: organization of space, decoration, atmosphere, style, design, reflecting his or her personality and need for well-being.
The following article will give you a better understanding of the different components of the bathroom, the properties of the appliances, the materials used, and the basic rules to be observed in terms of safety and installation, so that you can make your choice based on objective criteria.
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Regulations
Arrêté du 29 mai 1997 relatif aux matériaux et objets utilisés dans les installations fixes de production, de traitement et de distribution d'eau destinée à la consommation humaine.
Decree of September 16, 2004 amending the decree of May 29, 1997 modified relating to materials and objects used in fixed installations for the production, treatment and distribution of water intended for human consumption....
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The catalog of the Association française de normalisation (Afnor) can be consulted online: http://www.afnor.fr .
- Lavabos suspendus. Cotes de raccordement. Indice de classement : D11-103. - NF EN 32 - 10-99
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Single baths
In 2009, this market continued to decline in favor of the shower, which is more accessible to the elderly and consumes less water. It represents 720,000 units, broken down as follows, according to material:
28% of bathtubs are made of enamelled steel. They are mainly installed in new homes;...
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