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Build a Healthy and Convenient Bathroom

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Do you want or perhaps are building a bathroom? What first comes to mind when you want to build or renovate the bathroom? The first, and absolute, is the assurance of privacy and health. Construction of the bathroom had to be sturdy. Second, the convenience when you’re in it. Third, access to the bathroom it must be easily accessible by all residents.

These are the main criteria are common. Still there are some additional measures, such as what devices are used in the bathroom, the air traffic system, style floors and walls, bathroom colors, accessories, and so on. In order for your bathroom feel comfortable and safe, there are several things to note:

1. Make sure the air circulation in the bathroom well, so it is not trapped inside. In addition, the ventilation should be directed to the bathroom outside the room (avoid the room).

2. For accessories, selected a more captivating. For doors and glass in the bathroom, choose a higher quality. Options on quality in the end will make you happy because it leaves the door jamb and are not easily eaten by termites. Glass is also very varied and not broken.

3. Put the two flowers or perfume in the bathroom corner’ll appear fresh atmosphere.

4. For a small bathroom, the light used must be sufficiently bright to give a clean impression. As for the larger bathroom, lighting can be adjusted with the desire.

5. Use the tiles to the walls with a smooth surface, so easy to clean and does not capture the dirt. While ceramics for over rough floors. Avoid using harsh and gloomy colors to avoid the impression of a dirty and dark.

6. For the safety of elderly and young children, you should install railing or handle near the shower.

7. Note the slope of the bathroom floor, a minimum of 2 percent toward drainage (floor drain), so that no stagnant water in the bathroom.

8. Avoid using too frequent use of acid materials to clean the bathroom floor for the sake of environmental sustainability.

If some of these additional criteria can be met, it seems you can have a comfortable bathroom.

The Healthy Homes with Garden Inside the Houses

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Building a house in narrow land is often make some room in the house does not fully get the lighting and fresh air / natural. As a result some of the room was dark and stuffy, so that lights and air conditioners must be kept lit at all times. This method avoided whenever possible, because in addition to unhealthy consumption of electrical energy is also a wasteful . This contrasts with the go green issue these days we often hear.

Some types of building lighting and air circulation problems such as exposure above is the residential houses that arrangement designed Couple (town houses or row houses), or the houses densely populated area, there is usually a house built on plots of stretching land  (eg: 10 mx 30 m). In buildings like this, the center of the building was stuffy, hot and dark.

One way to overcome this problem is by designing and placing the open park in the building (inner courtyard), among the spaces that have no direct relationship with the area and the outside air. Esplanade that is placed in the middle of the building will provide air and natural lighting for the room during the day.

The size of the park need not be large, just provide space to taste, about 1 mx 1m, 1 mx 2 m or 2 mx 2 m. That must be considered is the park directly connected with the outside air, without a cover, not roofed. If you are worried occur when rain falls, use of fiber roof that passed the light, and give a large cavity for air circulation.

Park in the home does not have to be filled by the plant / vegetation is too dense, the composition of the park could have been dominated by rocks, Peebles, or can with a combination of water (swimming) and aquatic plants (lotus, etc.) Spaces adjacent to the park given the maximum aperture. Ventilation large, wide glass windows or sliding doors that create an opening towards the garden grew, so the intensity of light and circulation towards the room more smoothly.

If the design of your house are many rooms in the middle of buildings that have no source of natural lighting and fresh air, then you should add some parks open spaces around them. Middle of the room so that the building was still a supply of fresh air and natural lighting during the day perfect time.