Chrome shower system with 33 x 40 cm rain shower head and thermostat

What sets this column apart is the size of its rain shower: 33 cm by 40 cm according to the drawing, a plate wider than your shoulders. The water falls like a curtain over the whole upper body, without having to move to rinse.

A large plate spreads the water over many nozzles: with low pressure, the rain will be gentle rather than invigorating. That is normal, and often what you want under a rain shower. For a livelier rinse, the handset takes over. The arm carrying the plate is square, like the rail.

At the bottom of the column, the horizontal body is a thermostatic mixer. Unlike a standard mixer, where you look for the right temperature by hand at every shower, the thermostat keeps the chosen temperature, even if someone opens a tap elsewhere in the house.

The top of the body is flat: in several photos it serves as a small rest. The rectangular handset hangs on a holder that slides along the square rail, and its hose leaves from under the thermostat. For children or elderly people, a thermostat avoids sudden changes in hot water.

The rail adjusts between 82 and 110 cm according to the drawing. Add the arm and the plate above: measure the distance between your water supplies and the ceiling, then choose the setting that leaves the plate above the head of the tallest person in the house.

The thermostat screws onto the two wall supplies, hot water on one side and cold on the other, then the rail is fixed to the wall by a bracket that needs drilling. To replace an existing wall mixer, an equipped DIYer can manage; for a new installation, call a plumber.