Benefits of Having a Home Steam Shower

If you enjoy using the steam room at your spa or health club, imagine being able to enjoy the same benefits right in your own home.

A steam shower is a type of specialized shower that uses a humidifying steam generator to create a water vapor within an enclosed area. It’s essentially a steam room in our own shower.

A Room Devoted to Steam

While your regular shower normally will produce a little steam as a byproduct of the hot water you use to bathe yourself, a steam shower provides much more steam. Home showers require customization to be converted to a steam shower because the excess steam can damage drywall, paint, wallpaper or other wall surfaces found in most bathrooms.

Some steam showers are large enough to fit more than one person. Steam showers also combine the functionality of a standard steam room with the other features of your home shower.

Features and Benefits

These can include such things as a stereo system, foot massagers, ceiling rain showers, television, telephones, light therapy, hydrotherapy, or even aromatherapy.

Some even use a solar thermal technology which can be a way to dramatically cut down on your utility bills. Solar steam showers use the heat of the sun to heat the water to steaming temperature, rather than gas or electricity.

Steam showers are made of many different types of materials, but the most  common are tile, acrylic, fiberglass, glass, and stone.

Health Effects

Not only are steam showers relaxing, but they also have a variety of health benefits. They can help reduce pain and stiffness associated with arthritis. They are helpful to reducing the symptoms of the common cold. And some people with asthma find that they are helpful in opening up the breathing tubes in their lungs so they can breathe more easily.

Steam showers are a new phenomenon, but they are quickly becoming popular.