freestanding tap for bath

karie

hello, can anyone give any recommendations of a company/website that sells freestanding taps (for a freestanding bath) at a reasonable price? would be very grateful!! thanks

keystone

Is the bath freestanding against a wall or freestanding in the centre of the room?

Cheers

karie

hey - it is freestanding against the left hand wall of our bathroom. we would like to put the tap in the left hand corner - hope that makes sense!!

keystone

karie wrote: »

hey - it is freestanding against the left hand wall of our bathroom. we would like to put the tap in the left hand corner - hope that makes sense!!

Hi - well yes sort of. Having a small difficulty visualising it though. What shape is the bath. What is the bath model? Are we are talking bath very close to one wall or in corner between two walls, wall mounted taps or frame mounted. Is there room on the deck to mount them there?

Cheers

karie

Sorry!
It is this one: http://www.bathstore.com/_application/bathstore/products/baths/freestanding-baths/-trend-freestanding-1500mm-bath-with-surround-panel-1787.html?pg=0

Ideally we would put a freestanding tap such as this one -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/S9-Freestanding-Bath-Shower-Mixer-Tap_W0QQitemZ280453239564QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Bathroom_Taps_PP?hash=item414c50d30c


-... behind the bath but to the right of it as you look at the picture (essentially in a corner where 2 walls meet)

TrishaM

this bath/shower mixer needs high pressure to operate. do you have this? also how tall is the bath shower mixer? Will it reach over the bath? for this type of bath I would have thought a 3 /4 /5hole mixer mountered in the rim may be better
.http://www.bathstore.com/_application/bathstore/products/taps/swing-taps/-swing-deck-mounted-5-hole-bath-set-1262.html?pg=0

hope this helps.

keystone

Karie

Thanks. Yes that should work but I'm afraid you not see these much cheaper than around £ 200. Agree with previous poster about tap spec. Is your DHW system mains or tank fed? The important issue here is not so much pressure as flow rate.


Trisha

Whilst that bath is suitable for deck mounted taps IMO it would quite spoil the lines. I'd be tempted to go for an overflow filler rather than deck mount but in that case you'd have to make alternative arrangements for the shower.

Cheers

karie

thanks to you both
you have given me some food for thought! will do some research!

xx