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Few things in life feel as good as a soothing hot shower after a long and tiring day. You only have to step into the shower for a few seconds before the weight of the day is washed away. It feels so good because it not only relaxes your skin, muscles, and joints, but hot water also relieves stress from your mind. That is why so many homes across the country are now investing in quality thermostat showers.
These allow you to preset an ideal water temperature, so you can just step into the shower without having to first juggle the hot and cold water knobs that takes time. Instead, a thermostatic mixer with pre-set water temperature eliminates the need to wait to take a shower.
It can feel like ages when you are tired, standing and waiting, while you adjust the hot and cold water, before being able to take a shower? But you don’t have to do that anymore, not if you have a Mixermate thermostatic shower, all you have to do is use one simple lever to turn on the water and directly step into the shower.
This is possible because you can pre-set thermostatic showers to your ideal water temperature. This eliminates having to fiddle with the hot and cold water knobs, and removes the risk of scalding your family’s skin with unexpected hot water. In this regard, thermostatic shower taps protect the members of your family, especially elderly and children, from unexpected piping hot water spewing out of the shower-head.
Next to safety, the biggest advantage of a thermostatic shower is the amount of water your family will save using it. Most homes have separate knobs for the hot and cold water, the time it takes each person in your family to regulate the water temperature, water is being wasted. With a pre-set maximum water temperature setting, and one easy to use handle, much less water is consumed.
Reducing water consumption is important, and thermostatic mixer taps ensure that you don’t consume more water than required. If are concerned about saving water consumption, eliminating the risk of scalding, and having to wait to take a shower, then Mixermate can help install your own thermostatic shower, in just a few hours.
A hot shower feels good, especially when you are feeling tired after a long day. There is a simple reason why, that’s because water temperature between 96 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit stimulates skin, muscles, and joints. Taking a hot shower is medicinal because it relieves muscle aches and promotes blood circulation, basically, it helps people to relax, and it also helps to relieve arthritis pain.
There are many people who like taking cold showers, but the benefits to the body are not the same as taking a hot shower. Taking a cold showers actually has the opposite effect of taking a hot shower. Cold water causes the skin to tighten and restricts blood circulation, this doesn’t allow muscles to relax. Taking cold showers is not harmful, it is just not beneficial if one’s goal is to relax muscles and improve circulation, which are both helpful in alleviating arthritis pain.
Long hot showers are the best, but not too long. Health studies have shown that 5 to 10 minute hot showers are long enough for the body to benefit from hot water, however, regularly showering longer than that will dry out the skin. Improved circulation is really the magic behind hot showering because increased blood flow accelerates healing and helps to relieve muscle and joint pain.
Warmth from water stimulates blood circulation, and that helps loosen muscles, joints, tendons, and tissues, effectively relieving arthritis discomfort and pain. For those living with arthritis, taking hot showers is a healthy, all-natural way to alleviate stiffness, pain, and muscle fatigue, without having to rely solely on painkillers.
When combined with regular massage, hot showers play a vital role in pain management as patient’s age that is why having an effective means to control water temperature while showering is so important.
It’s true, hot showers really help relieve muscle and arthritis pain, if water temperature is maintained between 96 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Many homes still have separate hot and cold water knobs to turn on and off water, and to regulate its temperature. Because of this, water that comes out of shower heads is not consistent, it’s either too hot or too cold.
Thermostatic showers is the solution to this problems because water temperature can be set precisely, so you get the same temperature every time you shower, which is important for those who live with muscle and arthritis pain. Most people don’t consider showering as a means for better health in treating muscle and arthritis pain, but it is, especially when using a thermostatic shower that accurately controls water temperature.
It often comes as a surprise to people when they discover that hot and cold temperature matters for skin renewal and beautification, as a matter of fact, bathing is a healing habit that can also help the body to detox. Not only can the use of hot and cold water during bathing help detox the body, which helps in skin renewal and overall beautification, but hot and cold temperature can also relieve physical discomfort and mental stress.
Most people do not consider that their shower is an effective tool for better health and skin care, but it is, if water temperature is regulated efficiently. The first thing that comes to mind when mentioning skin renewal is the face area, but skin renewal involves the whole body, including the underarms and private areas. Basically, skin renewal and beautification starts with hygiene, bathing regularly, and utilising hot and cold water efficiently.
The use of hot and cold water has many benefits, and knowing what these are, especially in regards to skin renewal, one can achieve the best results. Here are some of the benefits from the use of hot and cold temperatures to promote skin renewal.
Submerging in warm bath water or standing under a hot shower for a few minutes benefits the liver, lungs, kidneys and skin – the largest organ of the body, by inducing lymphatic flow. Basically, it opens the pores of the skin which improves circulation, encourages sweating, and brings relief to inflammation, and that in-turn improves skin renewal. This is especially true when using a scrubber while bathing to remove dead layers of skin.
The removal of dead skin with hot and warm water, when the pores are opened, aids in the removal of pollutants and metabolic waste that have been collected on the skin. And, by removing these, it helps the natural process of skin renewal.
Regular use of cold water while bathing or washing the face invigorates and tighten skin, which helps to stave off skin sagging as people age. Cold water also relieves inflammation, especially when used with a hot and cold treatment, right after an injury.
Hot and cold temperature matters for skin renewal and beautification, especially when using water temperature with these health benefits in mind. That is why having consistent and accurate control of water temperature, such as is accomplished with a thermostatic shower, is important, so as also to prevent scalding, which can damage the skin.
Gone are the days when fixed showers were the only choice for homeowners who wish to cleanse their bodies in a quick manner rather than a long soak in a bathtub. Today, they have a choice between this type of showers and handheld showers. While both have their attributes and drawbacks, we will point out the differences in the information below to illustrate the pros and cons of handheld showers versus fixed showers.
The pros of fixed showers are as follows:
The downside issues with fixed shower heads are:
People are realising a number of benefits for handheld showers, such as:
Even with all their positive features, handheld showers still have the following drawbacks:
For further details on the pros and cons of handheld showers versus fixed showers, consult with Mixer Mate. We provide high-quality tapware, including handheld shower units.
When using traditional shower taps, taking a shower can produce unpredictable water temperature. When water temperature fluctuates, taking a shower can quickly become uncomfortable and even dangerous. That is why having Mattsson thermostatic showers in the home is not only a smart idea, but it increase the safety of the whole family, young and old.
Safety, that is the number one benefit of having thermostatic showers in your home because these not only regulate the water flow, they also precisely regulate water temperature. Scalding still happens unexpectedly in homes when people are showering, that’s because of using standardised taps that require twisting both the hot and cold knobs to control water temperature. Unfortunately, it is the very young and old who are often affected.
Twisting and turning knobs takes time, in fact, it only takes 3 seconds of exposure to hot water to scald the skin. When children or elderly folks take a shower, and very hot water spews out unexpectedly, panic usually ensues to turn off the water as soon as possible, and during that time people get scalded, slip, and may even fall down.
Thankfully, Mattsson thermostatic showers prevent that situation from ever happening in your home, by using technology that precisely regulates water temperature.
Thermostatic showers are designed to adjust quickly to unexpected fluctuations in water pressure to provide a continuous steady flow of water from the shower head.
Whenever, or if ever, the supply of water changes rapidly from hot to cold, Mattsson mixers automatically adjusts to the preset temperature you set, ensuring a uniform outflow of water that will never cause scalding.
If either the cold or hot water pressure cuts off unexpectedly or the temperature you’ve set cannot be maintained, the water will shut off completely. For example, if the cold water is interrupted, no hot water will flow out if it exceeds the set temperature. This is just another added safety benefit of owning a Mattsson thermostatic shower.
With only a single lever to turn on and off the water, a thermostatic shower is very easy to use, and is ideal in that it frees up a hand that can be used to balance one’s self while showering.
The last benefit of owning a Mattsson thermostatic shower is that it saves money by regulating not only water temperature, but limits the amount of water that is used daily. In this way, people save money because of reduced water usage.
It is an exciting time to redesign a bathroom, as there are so many decorating options available today to choose from. Things like ceiling lighting, wall colour, style of sink basin, cabinet design, toilet type, and flooring options, and when combined together during a redesign, can transform your bathroom into a beautiful, comfortable, and functional room for everyone in the house.
Aesthetics aside, functionality should always be the main focus of any bathroom design, or redesign, especially in retirement homes, or for families that have small children in the house. When it comes to showers and sink basins, it is recommended to install thermostatic showers and taps for bathrooms where elderly folks and small children live, as these are not only functional, but also make the bathroom a safer place.
How do thermostatic showers and taps make your bathroom safer? These control the flow and temperature of the water in the shower and sinks, thus ensuring that water never gets too hot to harm the sensitive skin of young children, as well as older adults. As people age, skin sensitivity becomes more noticeable, and taking a bath or shower can be very uncomfortable, to say the least, especially when water temperature is too hot.
In fact, it can be very painful if water gets too hot and unexpectedly spews out from a shower head, especially if it is scalding hot water! Skin burns caused by scalding water is very painful, but these do happen to both elderly folks and children because standard showers and taps take too long to turn off the flow of water, and people can’t get out of the way fast enough to avoid being scalded.
Most taps require a person to turn and twist two separate faucet knobs to turn on and off the water, as well as to adjust water temperature – a process that takes too long, especially when scalding water is flowing out of a shower head. This is exactly why people experience burns from scalding hot water because they couldn’t turn off the water in time, or accurately control the water temperature.
Thermostatic showers and taps for bathrooms solves this problem. With only one handle to turn on and off water flow, and settings that control temperature of water, these are functional, easy to use, and prevent scalding from occurring. Basically, making your home safer.
Hot water safety and temperature efficiency is a ‘hot’ topic in Europe, England, and here as well, in Australia. The goal of hot water safety is to prevent terrible bath and shower water scalds in homes and residential buildings, where children and elderly live. The best way to do this – protect people from scalds, is by using thermostatic showers and taps in homes, such as Mixermate thermostatic showers and sink taps.
Thermostatic showers and sink taps have a big impact on preventing and reducing home injuries related to scalding hot water. That is why these are recommended in every home with children and elderly, as well as in hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, resorts, and public restrooms. Basically, thermostatic taps effectively reduces the risk of scalding, if these are calibrated accordingly.
It’s true, thermostatic showers and taps work perfectly, if these are calibrated correctly. Mixermate provides easy to follow instructions that lets you adjust the temperature settings of your thermostatic taps, however, when it comes to testing water temperature, most people just let the water run on their wrist to ‘feel’ the desired temperature. But, this is not an accurate method to determine safe water temperature.
Instead, using a kitchen thermometer to accurately test water temperature, so that an accurate safe maximum water temperature can be determined that will not harm anyone, is the best safety tip for calibrating thermostatic showers and taps.
Taking a warm or hot shower at the right temperature is refreshing, especially when standing under the running water in a meditative state of comfort, it feels so good. In this way, showering becomes medicinal, in that it helps people to relax physically, and that relieves stress. Also, the fact that you can expect the same ideal water temperature every time you turn on the tap is another benefit of owning thermostatic showers.
Installing thermostatic shower taps is easy because there is no drilling of holes, or any construction work required. A plumber can simply fit them onto existing plumbing, making it easy to upgrade standard showers and taps to thermostatic ones. With only one lever needed to operate these taps, you can easily adjust the hot and cold water, without worrying about unexpected hot water spewing out from the shower head.
Living with arthritis is difficult, to say the least. And, those who wrestle with it struggle to understand the pain, fatigue and stiffness that they have to go through every day. As patients age, the condition worsens with increasing, constant joint aches that are difficult at best to find a treatment for relief, even from painkillers. However, it is possible to find relief from temperature treatment using water.
Can just washing hands or bathing in controlled water temperature really contribute to the treatment and relief from arthritis? Doctors say, yes, water treatment is one of the most natural pain alleviating methods suggested to treat arthritis. In fact, certain types of arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, can be treated to alleviate discomfort and pain with controlled water temperature.
That is exactly why thermostatic showers for arthritis come in handy, to treat discomfort and pain caused by aching joints. Water temperature should be warm and not hot, says doctors. In fact, there should be no sudden increase or decrease in water temperature when joints are soaked and massaged under the shower. Because of this, effective water temperature control devices like Mixermate thermostatic showers are suggested.
Traditional ways of heating shower water leads to unpredictable temperature changes that can actually scald the skin. Basically, sudden and unexpected water temperature can cause more damage than relief. Thermostatic showers taps control water in such a way that it will remain within the preset limits, every time the water is turned on.
Therefore, patients suffering from arthritis do not have to keep turning levers in the shower to find the right combination of hot and cold water. More importantly, there are no chances of burns from scalding hot water, spewing unexpectedly out of the shower head. Instead, those with arthritis can freely spend any amount of time enjoying the warmth of water on their joints, without being limited to the amount of water in a traditional water heater.
People over the age of 40 are increasingly facing issues like arthritis, vasculitis and Raynaud’s disease, where sudden changes in water temperature can cause severe aches, scleroderma, restrict blood circulation and cause tingling sensations in the nerves. So, thermostatic showers for arthritis become important weapons in the fight against temperature issues that aggravate arthritis.
There are benefits to owning a thermostatic shower, but are these really worth spending money on, and does your family really need one in the bathroom? Questions like these are common when talking about bathroom comforts. In fact, over the last few years, temperature regulating shower mechanisms have become a basic necessity in urban areas.
So, when you are pondering upon the benefits that a thermostatic shower will bring you and your family, then you have to consider the disadvantages of not having one as well, here are just a few.
Why do you need automatic water temperature controls, when it can be set manually? For most adults, manually turning two separate faucet knobs, to balance water temperature, manually, isn’t difficult. However, for small children and elderly folks, it may be a challenge. The risk of piping hot water on the head, spewed out unexpectedly from a shower head, is dangerous, not just for children and elderly, for anyone.
Thermostatic showers eliminate that ‘real’ risk – unable to turn off scalding hot water by turning a faucet knob as quickly as possible. A thermostatic shower tap controls not only the temperature that comes out, but it can shut down water flow instantly when needed, with just the use of a finger. It’s that easy, with a one lever control, and not two separate faucet knobs that operate hot and cold water temperature separately.
Think of all the times when you had to quickly and unexpectedly step back, away from the hot water rushing out of the shower head, and then reach though that hot water to turn the hot water knob off. It’s safe to say that most people have experienced this situation before. However, the hot water may not be a problem, but finding the right amount of hot water is tricky when having to adjust two separate knobs.
Often, the water temperature is never ‘just’ the way you want it, every time. But, with thermostatic showers, you can expect, and receive, the perfect water temperature every time you take a shower or bath. These are some of the disadvantages of not having a thermostatic shower, however, one convenient advantage is that these are easy to install. No drilling in walls or tiles in the bathroom, or altering plumbing because these fit right over existing plumbing, and can be installed in about an hour.
Mixermate is your Australian expert for thermostatic showers and taps. The company supplies easy to use products that are installed quickly, and that can be used in both residential and commercial facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes, care facilities, retirement villages and private homes.
In every kitchens and bathroom, regulating water temperature is one of the biggest concerns for homeowners around the world. Here at Mixermate, we provide the solution to this problem – thermostatic showers and sink taps. Whether it is maintaining constant water temperature, or to meet the demand for high quality fixtures, you can expect the best from the Mixermate brand.
Think of a nice, warm, relaxing shower, and then imagine, suddenly, it starts blasting piping hot water on your head. This happens, and it is a huge concern, especially when you have children and elderly at home. In fact, not only is this a safety concern, but irregular water temperature and excessive hot water have been associated with skin problems too.
Mixermate ensures that your showers or taps never sprays scalding hot water unexpectedly, with thermostat features. And, they are easy to use, no more fumbling with two facet knobs trying to turn them on to control water temperature. With Mixermate’s thermostatic showers and sink taps, you only need to use a finger to turn them on an off, which helps keep you and your family safe.
Why would you want to change taps and showers when not renovating? Does it not involve a lot of digging and plumbing? In fact, that is a general notion about changing anything at all in bathrooms and kitchens. However, Mixermate gives you the advantage of installation without the need for plumbing or construction work, it’s true.
There is no tile or wall breaking process involved because you only need to fit them onto existing plumbing. Thermostatic mixers are ideal for homes, hospitals, retirement homes, and nursing homes, it is a one-of-a-kind mixer tap.
Apart from being the safety solution for water regulation, Mixermate is also well-known for its quality, durability, versatility, and extreme ease of use. In fact, temperature regulated showers and sink taps also save water, and with a temperature preset function you don’t have to ‘wait’ for the water to be at comfortable temperature to take a shower.
Looking to get rid of your unpredictable hot and cold water mechanism? You can, now, with Mixermate shower and sink taps. Easily control your taps and showers with just a single lever, without even having to drill into any walls or the need for changing anything in your bathroom or kitchen.
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