What is a Shower Curtain?
A shower curtain is a useful device for showers or tubs that do not have shower doors. When water sprays from the shower, it’s easy for it to quickly leave the tub without some kind of protection. Repeatedly showering without a curtain of some sort can damage floors and end up costing a lot in expensive bathroom repairs. There are many types of shower curtains, most differing by material and designs used. Some tubs do have special shower curtain needs. While most curtains are a length of material that will fit from one end of the shower to the other on the exposed side, some tubs are exposed on all sides. These may require a round or oval shaped curtain instead to totally protect the floor. Most types of shower curtains stay in place by attaching to a shower curtain rod. There are different types of attachments like rings and clips that help keep the curtain in place. Rings or other clips need to be able to slide along the curtain rod so that it’s easy to open and close the shower curt
Generally you will find two types of shower curtains. The most common shower curtains are meant to encase the bath and prevent water from damaging the surrounding area. Often there can be a second shower curtain which is designed only to be part of the bathroom aesthetic, it may be made of a lighter material and have bright colors, design, varying fabrics and thematic ideas. Shower curtains are generally hung from a rod across the bath area much like you would find curtains on a rod across a window. The shower curtain rod is generally made of a flexible material, likely aluminum and will come in all different shapes and sizes, some rods are adjustable in length. The shower curtain is mostly hung on the rod in two different ways. The first and most common being through the use of curtain rings which are attached to the curtain and strung across the curtain rod. The second mode of fastening is accomplished by stringing a sleeve sewn within the curtain through the rod itself, much like on
