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Advance Plumbing can help create a spa-like oasis in your own home.

Lynne Konstantin { Contributing Writer

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ove the relaxing serenity of a spa
Some models offer BainUltra's
getaway — or even just a quick steam
WarmTouchShell, heating zones built
at your local gym? It's actually possible
into the headrest, backrest and seat.
to create the same therapeutic and blissful
And BainUltra's Vedana Care Unit,
atmosphere in your own home — and it
which can be added to a therapeutic
doesn't have to be as costly as one would
bath, shower stall or relaxation
imagine.
room, combines five therapies
Advance Plumbing and Heating Supply
— aroma, thermo, light, chroma
Company, with locations in Detroit and
and sound — for a complete and
Walled Lake, is renowned locally and
personalized approach to relaxation,
nationally for its exquisitely cherry-picked
health and wellness.
selection of plumbing and heating products.
Also offered by Advance
And in keeping with its commitment to the
Plumbing, Mr. Steam designs
best customer service possible, its highly
steam baths to create a luxurious,
trained staff will work with each individual
European-style spa in your home.
client or designer to create a personalized
The Vedana Care Unit from BainUltra can be installed inside Although a steam bath does have
spa-like atmosphere at home, with as many
a higher-end initial cost, the price
a tub, a shower stall or a relaxation room.
or as few bells and whistles as desired —
of maintaining its usage can be an
or within a budget. And it
affordable luxury. Each steam uses
all starts with a bathtub or
less than two gallons of water and requires
shower.
less energy than a 100-watt lightbulb,
No longer just a means to a
standard throughout the home.
soak and a scrub, "tubs today
In addition to blissful relaxation, especially
are the cutting edge of the
with the aid of chromatherapy, aromatherapy
spa experience," says Joshua
and sound therapy, the benefits of a steam
Moss, operations manager of
bath include decongestion, hydration of the
Advance Plumbing. Among the
skin, improved metabolism, well-rested sleep
options available in Advance
and more.
Plumbing's specialty lines of
Finish the in-home spa-like experience
Mr. Steam's iSteam
Touch allows
tubs and steam baths include:
with luxurious little details like relaxation
easy control of
CHROMATHERAPY, or
chairs and foot rests, massage tables and
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temperature, time,
color therapy, harnesses
more. BainUltra's Espalier, a tree-like ladder
aroma, music and
the beneficial effects of
design, aids in morning stretches; Mr.
A BainUltra therapeutic tub is
more in a steam
color to enhance different accessorized with an espalier, to assist
Steam's towel warmers let you finish your
bath.
in morning stretches and exercise.
aspects of physical and
treatment with a soft, already warmed
mental health and well-
towel; and iSteam Touch, an intuitive touch-
in all of its therapeutic tubs: Six colors (red,
being, depending on the color used. The
screen navigation system, allows easy
orange, yellow, green, blue and violet) have
colored light is amplified through the
control of temperature, time, aroma, audio
been calibrated to the
water in the tub.
entertainment and overall
most therapeutic use for
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AROMATHERAPY, much more than
steam system function
each and can be cycled
Advance Plu mbing Supply
simply enjoying a pleasant fragrance,
— its optional Bluetooth
throughout or paused on
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it uses essential oils extracted from
Audio Streaming System
a specific one.
flowers, bark, stems and other parts of
means you can pair up
BainUltra also offers
plants to aid in relieving congestion and
to
eight devices and four
2984 Grand Ri ver Ave.
AromaCloud, an essential
stress.
speakers to the system.
Detroit, MI 48 201
oil diffuser built in to
Both of these therapies, as well as sound
"With today's
every therapeutic bath
(313) 831-777 0
therapy, are available in two of Advance
technology, you can
— four different scents
Plumbing's most popular collections.
create a complete spa-like
(Relax, Pure, Calm and
BainUltra, a line of therapeutic baths with a
experience within your own
1977 E. West Maple Road
Energy) of fragrant
focus on Geysair, an air jet bath technology
home," Moss says. "All you
Walled Lake, M I 48390
droplets can be placed
that heats and humidifies the jets of air and
have to do is sit down, relax
(248) 669-747 4
into a box that diffuses
provides an overall massage of the body,
and let it do all the work for
the aroma of your choice.
offers chromatherapy with an LED system
you." ❑

4 I OPEN DOOR Magazine • May 2013