Lots; pedestal basins, semi-countertop basins, countertop basins, under slung basins, cloakroom and hand wash basins.
There is not such a thing as a standard size of bath, however, the most common size is 1700x700mm. Other popular sizes are 1700x750mm and 1800x800mm. Other sizes are also available. It is more than possible in most installations to squeeze a bigger bath in by chipping out the wall, but of course the installer will need to confirm this before you make your purchase.
Imagine filling your bath. A low flow rate the bath will take longer to fill. A high flow rate the bath will be quicker to fill.
Bi-fold, in-fold, sliding, pivot, walk in, hinged. These can all be fitted with side panels to a variety of sizes and shaped shower trays.
Back to wall toilets, close coupled toilets, low-level toilets, high level toilets.
Lots; square, rectangular, quadrant (rounded at the front), offset quadrant, pentagonal (3 sided 50 pence piece), offset pentagonal.
Imagine standing on a step and pouring water from a bucket, now imagine standing on a tall ladder and pouring water from a bucket, the same quantity (flow rate) of water will hit the ground but the water poured from a greater height will have more force (pressure).
Generally china although other common materials used include stainless steel, copper, porcelain enamel and cast-iron.
Baths are generally made from one of 3 materials: steel, acrylic or cast-iron. Specialist baths can be made out of all sorts of materials including copper, concrete and fire clay.
No! Shower doors need to be ordered to fit the gap not the tray. Some contractors actually wait until the tray is fitted and the walls tiled before they order doors. To add to the confusion the adjustment on a door is generally the adjustment between 2 walls. If a side panel is added this adjustment is often changed.
Inexpensive toilets are normally mass produced and moulded in just one piece; these toilets are generally described as "open rim". When flushed the water falls round the inside of the rim until it loses momentum and drops into the pan.
Too many to list however standard sizes start from 700mm to 1700mm
In most cases the choice is yours. O taps holes for wall and work top mounted taps. 1 tap hole for mono block mixers. 2 tap holes for separate basin taps. 3 or even 5 tap hole for more specialist taps
Steel baths are pressed, heated to a high temperature, and then enamel coated (this gives a glass type finish). The finish on steel baths tends to be uniform from the very light weight bath to the more expensive heavy duty baths. We recommend heavier duty steel baths. These baths tend to be made of thicker steel and have a heavier and thicker enamel coat. A bath is a very expensive thing to change. If a customer wants to save money, it is advisable that they do so on the brassware or china not the bath or the shower tray.
Better quality toilets tend to be made in two parts. The rim of the toilet is moulded separately and rather than being open is boxed with a number of access holes allowing for a more accurate flush. That in turn cleans and clears the bowl to a better degree. These toilets are described as box rim. Another reason that one toilet is so much more expensive than another is the failure rate in certain designs. Before a toilet is put through the kiln it is around a third larger than the finished article, as the clay dries it can distort causing more intricate and specialist designs to have a far higher failure rate than the mass produced toilets.
They take no space within the bathroom to open. The physical opening size of the door is generally quite large, allowing easy access. If someone was to fall in the shower tray their body would stop the door from opening. These doors are made of mutable bits of glass and hinge making them more difficult to clean than other options.
Today the fashion is for very low profile shower trays. Many manufacturers now offer shower trays with as little as 30mm of height. Shallow trays are an alternative to wet rooms, giving the look of a wet room with all the benefits of a securely fitted tray.
Quite simply get it wrong and your taps / shower will be too powerful or nothing more than a dribble. The vast majority of brassware (taps and showers) sold in the UK today are designed to work on modern high-pressure water systems, they generally do not work well on low pressure systems without the addition of a pump.
Imagine dropping a heavy shower head into the base of a thin steel bath. The steel would give and the glass coating would shatter producing a chip. This is much less likely to happen in a thicker bath although it is possible to chip a heavy bath. The type of impact that is needed to do this could well split an acrylic bath. A large proportion of the cost in producing steel baths is setting up the press to shape the steel. That is why shaped baths cost more money. If looked after, the finish on a steel bath could well last a lifetime. People sometimes have preconceived objections that the water in a steel bath cools down quicker than in an acrylic bath. This is actually true, however, it is only notable under scientific conditions and is so minimal it really is not an issue. There is very little movement in a heavier bath, and nothing worse than the creaking of a poorly fitted acrylic bath.
There is a third type of toilet called "closed rim" these types of toilets are designed to be used in areas where an exceptionally high level of cleanliness is required such as hospitals and nursing homes.
