age old question i know - best bathroom sanitaryware ?

Dan-Dan

hello , looking at Bristan trinity taps for bath and basin , am i on the right lines for quality ? (within budget)

Ruski

You'll be fine with Bristan.

HTH
Russ

Dan-Dan

cheers Russ , to be honest , every time we go to get the bits we end up with more questions than answers , and i still cant find sanitary ware that i think is suitable , keep being drawn to suite packs from betterbathrooms etc at £400 but i know its a mistake
basically , need a traditional sink , only 500mm projection roughly , toilet 700mm projection soil pipe needs to come out sideways so a close coupled , a mixer shower , riser thing as wall too thin for the gubbins (but can have the feed in it for the thermo thingy)

A bath , folding showerscreen and the taps and wastes , my builder isnt due in for weeks , but if he calls because an outside jobs taken a back seat because of weather , we`ll be !!!!!!d!

Ruski

I'm just about to go get a replacement basin because the customer wanted cheap - the glaze has scratched and I've to to go and replace it - stick with your gut feeling and avoid the 'packages' - cheap = nasty.

Have you considered a digital shower - one pipe, either internal or exposed on the wall ?

You can't really go wrong with brand names, Armitage, Ideal, Roca etc. You may laugh, but visit a couple of independants, or even the likes of City Plumbing (Part of Travis Perkins) you may be suprised at what they can offer you. Any they take the headache of finding exactly what you want if you specify dimensions up front.

HTH
Russ

Plumbers_Shop_Lee

You may wish to have a look at the shires Waverley range, it's now manufactured by Armitage and the price point isn't too bad

Dan-Dan

Ruski wrote: »

I'm just about to go get a replacement basin because the customer wanted cheap - the glaze has scratched and I've to to go and replace it - stick with your gut feeling and avoid the 'packages' - cheap = nasty.

Have you considered a digital shower - one pipe, either internal or exposed on the wall ?

You can't really go wrong with brand names, Armitage, Ideal, Roca etc. You may laugh, but visit a couple of independants, or even the likes of City Plumbing (Part of Travis Perkins) you may be suprised at what they can offer you. Any they take the headache of finding exactly what you want if you specify dimensions up front.

HTH
Russ

A digital shower is electric is it? really wanted a mixer showe run off the combi ?

we have a city plumbing local to us , will take your advice , cheers

Plumbers_Shop_Lee

A digital shower is a mixer shower but the mixer unit is situated away from the shower area and you then have a data cable and mixed feed pipe linking the two up the link below explains it.

http://www.aqualisa.co.uk/digital-showers/

Dan-Dan

Cheers Lee , i will have a look

Ruski

Mira for digital too - wireless control - no cables to hide...

HTH


Russ

michelleoct74

hi im building house and am sticking to best brands ...my mother and i put bathrooms in same time 8 years ago ...my mother is on her own so takes little abuse ...but hasnt lasted like mine and ive 2 teenage children ...hers was cheap from homebase ..mine wasn't that much dearer ....it was a roca suite and shines up as new .... my taps are shires and cost little more at time ...but they clean with fairy liquid and always looks great no scrape marks etc like my mothers cheaper verison .....my moto is buy cheap buy twice ......i to snap shots on online prices and took to bathroom showrroom who price matched ...good luck hope this helps