Unidrain assists The Admiral with bathroom renovations
Bathroom design company Unidrain has revealed its renovation work on the bathrooms at The Admiral in Copenhagen.
Originally built in 1787 as a warehouse by Danish companies involved in the slave trade, The Admiral was in the fore of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 and served as a combined hospital and mortuary for the desperate people of Copenhagen when the Danish capital was bombed in 1807.
With such a dramatic background, the historic building on Toldbodgade recently underwent a renovation spanning several years.
“When a building as old as this one is to be renovated, there is no such thing as a standard solution,” explains Unidrain Technical Manager, Lasse Lyck. “Every aspect has to be adapted to the building.”
“Renovating bathrooms in a centuries-old building can have disastrous consequences if incorrect solutions are chosen or the drains are installed incorrectly,” says Architectural Adviser Dennis Bagge. “Unidrain advised the hotel on its options and limitations regarding the bathroom renovation from very early in the process.”
Bagge continues: “Water damage is extremely difficult to correct in a building of this age, so it’s important to choose the right solution from the start. At Unidrain, we advise on both the technical aspects and the design, and we also give a physical demonstration of how our various products are to be installed, so they can see what is needed and why.”
In most instances Unidrain products are manufactured to standard measurements, but when the need arises, we are able to customise the products to the customer’s special wishes. This was the case with the bathrooms at the Admiral Hotel.
To achieve the best results, both the shower screens and drains differ by a few centimetres from the standard measurements.
“It’s not just their measurements that our linear drains and shower screens for the historic hotel diverge from the standard,” says Lyck. “Working closely together with the hotel, we developed a completely new design solution. The hotel bathrooms are relatively small, so it was important to install shower screens which could barely be seen, which we managed to do.”
Unidrain’s shower screen is usually fastened to the floor and the tiled wall using a visible U-profile, but it is now mounted directly in the tiled floor and in the tiled wall, without any visible fittings. The shower screens and the rail render the screens almost invisible, making the small bathroom feel more spacious.
