Bathrooms can be hard to make look both pretty and functional. The pipes that make it all function can appear pretty ugly, so it’s become a trend to box pipes in.
However, this comes with a cost. Whether it is the shower body behind lovely looking tiles, a toilet cistern placed behind a wall, or pipes concreted into a floor, it’s tempting to hide these things away, but the cost comes when something breaks.
Tradespeople, especially plumbers, will tell you that pretty isn’t so pretty when something simple breaks, and you’ve got to tear down a wall to get to a part that takes a few seconds to replace, and a few days rebuilding a wall!
In the modern age it’s equally tempting to cover up things in our lives which we feel simply don’t look very nice. We hide them from our friends, and from people who can help us. Shame and embarrassment grow, and our ability to be helped, diminishes.
While some things are certainly an improvement we need to ensure that modern ideas don’t just cover over something that needs some help, or regular maintenance.
Just a thought…
Andy B
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