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New
from Imperial Bathrooms is the Isis
range of sanitaryware. Produced in timeless white, this new range has
a bold simplicity in its design and offers; a 650mm large basin (1 or
3 hole tap option) with pedestal, a bidet, and a close coupled WC pan
and cistern with chrome push button (the removable toilet seat with chrome
hinge completes the look).
The range is complemented by the 'Serene' bath, and a stylish, contemporary
range of brassware that includes finishing touches such as a 2-hole bath
overflow filler kit.
Imperial Bathrooms is a specialist in the design and manufacture of sanitaryware.
The Company is based in Aldridge, West Midlands, and its products are
available nationwide from bathroom retailers.
Bushboard
Increases Flexibility in the Bathroom with Nuance Surfaces
Bushboard's
range of Nuance Bathroom Surface designs offers increased flexibility
by adding size alternatives as well as a new enlarged cistern cover.
Nuance
Bathroom Surfaces from Bushboard, include 12 designs, offering the choice
of either 360mm or 600mm depths, along with an increased thickness from
22mm to 28mm industry standard worktop. New enlarged cistern covers have
been introduced to match all designs, measuring at 480 x 230 mm for easier
accessibility, utilising solid grade laminate technology. Nuance work
surfaces also include a new improved ballnose profile utilising Bushboard's
Tekseal technology.
Martin Lowe, Business Development Manager, Bushboard comments: 'Bathrooms
are becoming a vocal design point in the home, and KBB was a great event
to display our Nuance range and get feedback on our latest designs and
added size alternatives. These new designs and size options have allowed
us to provide customers with an increased flexibility and wider choice
in bathroom surfaces, giving consumers the choice of designs to meet any
style choice.'
Bushboard products are stocked by national distributors throughout the
UK, for your local distributor, samples or brochures call Bushboard on
01933 232 242.
New
from BC Designs is the new D2view
which the company says is the most technically advanced moisture-environment
television available today. With its sleek good looks and ease of use,
it’s the perfect addition to that soak in the bath after a long day.
The D2view includes heated screen technology to combat high steam environments.
A floating remote control enables the user to change channels, whilst
other systems such as Sky, DVD, video, and PC can be accessed via a control
panel which is mounted on a wall or plinth - or even fitted into the bath!
LCD screens bring clear picture quality whilst nicam-stereo sound is delivered
via a single speaker.
Customers can specify colour options for the panel to complement existing
décor and there is a choice of sizes - 15", 17" and 17"
widescreen, priced at £2340, £2775 and £3175 respectively.
For further information about the D2view please contact BC Designs on
01206 546345
Halo
Collection from Armitage Shanks
Armitage
Shanks
Halo is a collection of flexible sanitaryware and brassware. With its
crisp, clean lines, Halo is designed to create a striking contemporary
image in any bathroom situation.
A range of basins is available with options including a 600mm pedestal
washbasin, 450mm cloakroom basin along with an acrylic bath and close-coupled
WC complete with push button flush.
Halo's contemporary design also combines to offer affordability - providing
sensible solutions to modern-day living problems. The back-to-wall options
include a semi-countertop washbasin together with a back-to-wall WC with
dual flush plate in chrome.
Halo brassware is also available in a variety of options in chrome or
chrome/gold mixage. The range consists of a monoblock basin mixer, a monoblock
bath mixer, bath mixer, bath/shower mixer and monoblock bidet mixer.
Tel: 01543 490253
Email: mailto:mossr@aseur.com
Adminex
Oasis Introduces Entry Level Four Piece Bathroom Set
Witham-based
Adminex Oasis has introduced the
Satra suite consisting of WC pan and cistern and washbasin and pedestal
as a quality entry level product for distributors and merchants.
The Satra is the first of a range of modern European style WC pans and
cisterns plus basins and pedestals to be announced by Adminex Oasis. Its
simple, clean lines and quality finish make it suitable for merchant sales,
contract installations or as a value-for-money showroom set.
There is a choice of 500mm or 550mm washbasins with either the single-tap
hole favoured on the continent or the two tap-hole configuration preferred
by 50% of UK households. The Adminex Oasis Satra WC pan comes complete
with fixing kit and the close-coupled cistern is supplied with all fittings.
The WC pan has a boxed rim - a feature that can be sold-on as ensuring
better flushing and more hygienic cleaning. The flushing mechanism for
the cistern has three- and six-litre push buttons.
Adminex Oasis is able to supply part, or complete bathroom Satra sets
within seven working days as the Essex supplier knows that it needs to
react rapidly to distributors and merchants. Adminex Oasis believes that
such immediate and direct response is essential in helping customers with
problems of supplying the installers and plumbers who in turn need to
meet the demands of the end-purchaser.
The new Satra set is featured in the trade price list established by Adminex
Oasis to allow significant margins for distributors and merchants (and
ultimately those fitting bathroom sets who can be supplied direct via
Unimer if ordering in sufficient bulk for multi-dwelling projects, hotel
or other commercial projects).
Decorlux
Launches Icone Wall Hung Basin Range
Specialist
bathroom equipment distributor Decorlux
announces the launch of ICONE a collection of wall hung washbasin consoles,
designed for use with the company’s popular Arche and Tika free-standing
basins. The range has been specifically developed to maximise sales potential
for the rapidly expanding 'minimalist-feel' interiors theme, and offers
sizes to suit cloakroom, en suite or showroom and main bathroom.
Manufactured from high quality marine plywood ideal for the rigours of
the humid bathroom environment with genuine wood veneer finish in both
timeless and elegant 'White Oak' or contemporary and increasingly popular
Wenge effect. The smaller 32cm width console is supplied factory drilled
for mixer and basin, whilst the larger 75 and 95cm options come undrilled
affording complete flexibility to site basin and/or mixer wherever is
desired.
The collection also comprises two sizes of complementary shelves in the
white oak and wenge finish and a highly practicable stainless steel towel
bar. Decorlux can also offer a wide range of simple yet modern mirror
options either with or without halogen lighting.
Decorlux also provides the 'one-stop shop' for those wishing to add the
finishing touches to their 'Icone bathroom' - often overlooked in the
initial excitement of choosing the main bathroom components. The broader
Decorlux range incorporates a wide range of simple yet stylishly modern
mirror options either with or without halogen lighting; brassware that
includes both wall and deck mounted basin mixers, and wide choice of different
basin wastes and chromed brass bottle traps – all manufactured to
standard British measurements.
Tel: 01435 86 66 38
Fax: 01435 86 66 41
Email: info@decorlux.co.uk
Web: www.decorlux.co.uk
Adminex
Oasis introduces Charente
Witham-based
Adminex Oasis has introduced Charente
- a top-of-the-range suite consisting of WC pan and cistern and washbasin
and pedestal branded.
The new addition to the Adminex Oasis range, with its hint of Italian
design, reflects the trend for modern European styling which is shown
by the slim-line WC pan of the Charente. The 650mm basin is ideally suited
for modern pillar mixer taps with the single tap hole favoured on the
continent and, equally practical, it has, like all Adminex Oasis products,
more depth for washing hands. The flushing mechanism for the close-coupled
cistern has three- and six-litre push buttons. An easy-to-clean mounting
kit assists tradesmen installing the Charente suite which is complemented
by a bidet.
The Charente design is intended for retailing via the bathroom showroom
where design counts so is only available via the Adminex Oasis distributor
network.
Like the rest of the Adminex Oasis range, the Charente set can be supplied
as a complete set or in part within seven working days based on the Witham
company’s policy of immediate and direct response to help customers
supplying the installers and plumbers.
The new Charente set is featured in the trade price list established by
Adminex Oasis to allow significant margins for distributors, merchants
and showrooms.
Alape
Custom Mades: Expert Partners for Individual Washplace Solutions
Over
a period of more than 10 years, Alape,
the Germany-based enabler of individual bathroom architecture, has gained
experience in the planning, design and implementation of project-specific
washroom solutions. In its 'Custom Mades' division, Alape enables architects
and planners to create individual washplace solutions and made to order
special designs. Advice and project management is provided by the company's
independent customer service department.
All
of Alape's project-related washplace solutions are based on washbasins
produced by the company itself, completed with washstand counters, mirrors,
lights and accessories, as well as Alape's own range of washroom furniture.
The company works with every material relevant to quality washplace design,
such as glassed and stainless steel, aluminium, wood, glass, natural stone,
marble, granite and mineral-matter solid surfaces. Even in difficult or
unusual spaces, Alape comes up with a solution, finding fitting homes
for every component of the washplace, appropriate to its intended use.
Alape enables customers to create individual solutions, even when working
with products from the company's standard range of washstands. These are
made of glassed steel - a compound made of a steel body that is both strong
and light at the same time, and a high quality, homogenous glass surface.
Alape says that thanks to the surface's special thin layer technology,
glassed steel is resistant to knocks and scratches, brightly coloured,
long-lasting and totally hygienic. This material is characterised by its
surface quality of space and precision. As a result, glassed steel offers
purity of form. Washstands made of glassed steel can be individually altered
for each project. Even if only one item is being manufactured, dimensions
and basin positions can be varied, and items can be produced in any RAL
colour, with tap fittings and lotion dispensers in a wide variety of different
positions.
Alape works with designers in a spirit of partnership, helping them to
turn their ideas into reality. Testament to Alape's capability in this
area is given by the example of the Post-Tower project, Deutsche Post
World Net's main administrative building in Bonn/ Germany. This special
creation - a totally different kind of washplace, because of it's very
flat, stainless steel design - was produced by Alape in 2002 and awarded
the Innovation Prize for Architecture and Technology in 2003.
Another example can be found in the Berlin Sony Centre. The office of
Murphy/Jahn Architects of London and Chicago commissioned Alape to create
washrooms for Sony's European headquarters in Berlin/ Germany. Clear geometric
shapes in steel and glass characterise this concept washplace, reflecting
the deliberate transparency of the Sony Centre's architecture.
Alape was founded in 1896, and produces high quality bathroom fittings
of wood and metal. The company supplies everything from individual components
such as built-in and surface-mounted washbasins and complete units such
as washstands, mirrors and furniture systems, to whole vanity units and
washrooms for private and public use. Alape employs some 200 people on
two production sites in Goslar, and has been a member of the Dornbracht
Group since 2001.
Web: http://www.alape.com
Keuco
Plan
- The Perfect Bathroom
German
bathroom manufacturer Keuco has announced
the Plan collection of bathroom accessories, fittings, illuminated mirrors,
mirrors, lighting, mirror cabinets and furniture. Plan offers a 'one-stop
shop' for those wishing to add the finishing touches to their bathroom
- a phase of bathroom planning often overlooked in the initial furore
of choosing sanitaryware and tiles.
Plan includes a modular furniture range and is available in a choice of
three flashed glass finishes; red, white and aqua. A choice of high, mid
and low level units provide for a perfect bathroom storage solution. A
vanity unit incorporating a large internal drawer can be used with basins
from either Duravit, Keramag or Villeroy & Boch to form a bathroom
centrepiece.
Each furniture option can be finished in chrome, stainless steel or aluminium
to coordinate with Plan bathroom accessories and fittings. These include
soap dispensers, toilet paper holders, towel rails, universal hooks, shelf
units, a tumbler holder, soap dish, waste bin, toilet brush and holder
set, mirrors and lights.
A range of theft and vandal proof fittings has been developed for use
within the public sector and includes door plates, ashtrays, hygiene bag
dispenser, toilet paper holders and built in or wall mounted lotion dispensers
each available with or without a sensor. Plan also offers a range of coordinating
hand grips and grab rails, which are suitable for assisting the elderly
and less able.
The Plan range incorporates brassware which includes both concealed and
surface mounted fittings for baths and showers. A mirror cabinet is included
within this comprehensive range too and it's external lighting reflects
light around the room whilst internally it offers useful storage space.
The design ofproducts in the Plan Collection is simplistic yet stylish,
making them suitable for use within both commercial and domestic applications.
UK Managing Director, Klaus Niedertubbesing says 'For me, the Plan Collection
brings together all the best elements of the Keuco range. It is a comprehensive
and aesthetically pleasing range and I'm sure it will be a great success
in the UK'.
Prices start from around £8.00.
For stockists call 01442 865220
An
End to the Design vs. Cost Balancing Act
You’ve
faced the same scenario dozens of times says Thomas
Dudley Ltd. In order to obtain the look you have in your mind,
you need to specify Product A. However, budgetary restrictions mean you
have to compromise the finished design by specifying the more cost-effective
Product B.
Concealed cisterns are nothing new and specification of back-to-wall WC
pans adds enormously to the aesthetic appearance of a bathroom –
be it in an executive residential development, hotel or commercial washroom.
However, traditional models have brought with them two major drawbacks.
The first is the need to cut access/inspection covers in the form of either
lift up or lift out lids into the bathroom vanity top. These are often
constructed from perspex or plastic – colour matched to the vanity
top. Hardly ideal.
The second drawback is that the cutting of holes in the vanity top, needed
to house the access lids, and the on-site assembly of the cistern itself,
are very time consuming for the plumber/installer. With the Construction
Industry Training Board forecasting a required additional 6,000 plumbers
qualified to NVQ Level 3 per year, for the next five years, rising installation
costs are becoming an important consideration in many projects.
Thomas Dudley Ltd (TDL), the Midlands based manufacturer, has launched
its new ‘Vantage’ concealed cistern, with the objective of overcoming
these two problem areas. Firstly, the Vantage comes with front access.
This enables simple installation and maintenance via a removable front
panel. The cistern is then hidden behind fitted bathroom furniture, in
the same way kitchen appliances are hidden behind unit doors. This leaves
continuous vanity tops which are free from unsightly inspection covers
and lids.
TDL has also developed the product with the shortage of skilled plumbers
firmly in mind. Several time saving features have been incorporated to
minimise installation time and the resulting costs. The Vantage is supplied
factory assembled, removing the need for the plumber to build up and position
the float valve and flush valve on site. Snap-fit fixing brackets are
supplied, and once screwed in place, the cistern is simply clipped in.
A Speedfit elbow is provided as standard allowing instant connection of
the water inlet pipe, and the 90 degree tight radius bend flushpipe allows
installation at low levels (cistern can be installed under 800mm high
units).
The Vantage will fit neatly into 500mm wide bathroom units but it also
features a top access panel – making it a suitable choice for specification
behind partitions and walls and for use in other confined spaces. The
cistern is operated by a pneumatic push button for the latest look and
is fitted with the new Dudley Hydroflo float valve for an exceptionally
quiet after-flush fill.
The Vantage is available to the trade through most leading plumbers’
merchants.
Tel: 0121 530 7002
Email:
sales@thomasdudley.co.uk
www.thomasdudley.co.uk
Fordham
Introduces Contemporary Bath Range
Fordham
have added a new range of high quality bathroom furniture to their product
portfolio. This new range utilises a variety of freestanding and fitted
furniture cabinet options and offers flexibility to suit all bathroom
sizes and styles.
There are five different choices, Contemporary Beech, Contemporary Gloss
White, Shaker Beech, Modern White Ashgrain and Modern Maple with all ranges
offering up-to-the-minute styling and versatility with units that can
be used freestanding or fully fitted with a down to floor plinth.
The new fltted furniture range offers a wide variety of fascia and worktop
options a4 well as a versatile range of accessories and handles to ensure
that customers have a choice of product to suit all applications. Freestanding
counter top basins, such as the Kya or Audacia, enhance the look of the
beech, gloss white and Shaker ranges, whilst the modern white ashgrain
and maple units require fitted vanity basins like the Arena.
The new freestanding vanitory units are available in seven finishes in
a choice of standard slimline cabinets or classic units. They are supplied
complete with worktop and four stainless steel legs as standard, with
a choice of handles. The contemporary slimline and standard units, apart
from the classic units, come in a selection of finishes, beech, maple
and gloss white and the Shaker units in beech and maple finishes. The
classic units are available in mahogany and pine finishes and have dedicated
vanity basins available in a choice of four styles.
The slimline unit measures 640mm wide x 795mm high x 340mm deep, the standard
710mm wide x 815 high x 493mm deep and the classic 600mm wide x 785mm
high x 70mm.
Fordham Bathrooms is one of the Jacuzzi UK bathroom product brands and
is available from builders merchants nationwide.
http://www.fordham.co.uk
Barwick
has announced two new additions to its product range from Inda
– the manufacturer of bathroom products, accessories and furniture.
Brio is a new range of highly versatile contemporary modular furniture.
Individual modules can be built up to suit the size and shape of any bathroom,
cloakroom or en-suite. From the smallest to the largest bathrooms, Brio
offers a practical storage concept with a modern look.
Inda has also updated its collection of Bora Bora cabinets. These popular
bathroom cabinets with mirrored doors are now available in a white finish.
A new rectangular shaped cabinet has also been introduced to the range.
Each cabinet has its own contemporary shape and style, which gives a modern
look in the bathroom. The cabinets combine function and style with value
for money with a retail price of £79.66 ex VAT.
Barwick claims to be known for meeting the needs of retail outlets by
supplying products with an emphasis on design, quality and value. The
Brio and Bora Bora ranges from Inda maintain the growth of Barwick’s
Portfolio of such products. Both Brio and the new Bora Bora cabinets are
available now and are supported by Retail brochures and Leaflets.
Tel: 01274 700900
Email: mailto:info@barwick-bradford.co.uk
Web: http://www.barwick-bradford.co.uk
Recor
Targets the Contemporary Market with the Denise Bath Tub
Building
on it’s forty year heritage as a designer and manufacturer of enamelled
bathtubs, Portuguese manufacturer Recor
has launched the Denise bathtub, a stylish, contemporary product.
With
generous dimensions, a flat rim and centrally positioned waste section,
the company says that Denise offers the clean lines of 21st century design,
combined with the comfort, safety and durability of all Recor products.
One of the more striking features of the Denise bathtub is the tub’s
feet, which are available in chrome, brushed chrome or gold.
The bath is available either with or without tap holes and two further
options will shortly be available, with either a wooden cradle and a painted
steel shroud.
Web: http://www.recor.pt
Development
Continues At Shades
Shades
Furniture has introduced a new ‘box on legs’ cabinet that
is easier to install through the development of ‘fitter friendly’
components.
The new cabinet provides for numerous usage options, such as the potential
to be wall hung, utilise decorative legs or be used in conjunction with
a plinth.
The cabinet features a number of improvements over its predecessor, specifically:
* Flexibility with a 3 in 1 design (wall-hung, decorative legs or plinth)
* Adjustable height to overcome the problem of getting over pipe work
* Increased size of construction rails providing extra cabinet strength
* A solid back to enable multiple fixing points
* Heavy duty concealed cabinet hanging brackets tested to 65kg in accordance
with DIN 68840
* A full extension drawer for maximum access
* Plastic legs, extendible to 200mm, to allow for soil pipes. A plinth
is also available at 200mm high.
* A removable cabinet to assist in the event of a problem post installation
* Fewer drill holes inside the cabinet improves aesthetics
* No grooves for moisture ingress
Web: http://www.shadesfurniture.co.uk
Water
Saving Duoflush Enhances Leading Heavy Duty Cistern
The
Tri-Shell from Thomas Dudley Ltd is
the company’s toughest heavy-duty plastic cistern. The cistern has
an exceptionally strong cellular core and comes with a host of vandal
resistant features, enabling it to withstand the roughest treatment.
The Tri-Shell has now been enhanced by a Dudley Turbo 88 Duoflush syphon
- supplied as standard. This provides water-saving full and reduced flushing
capabilities in low level installations.
Contact: Andy Burton
Tel: 0121 530 7002
Email: mailto:aburton@thomasdudley.co.uk