Basin Taps & Mixers

With taps and mixers, please check whether the tap or mixer of your choice is high or low pressure and that it is compatible with your water system.

Washer Type Taps & Mixers

Most taps and mixers with hand wheels have internals with a washer. These are generally suitable for high and low pressure water supplies. They can come as separate taps and mixers for baths, basins and bidets. Sometimes the heads (hand wheels) are extra; please check at the time of ordering.

Ceramic Disc Taps and Mixers

Ceramic disc Taps and Mixers generally will turn fully off to fully on in either a quarter or half a turn. Manufacturers claim that as they do not have a washer, that they are maintenance free. Ceramic disc taps and mixer may often have the same visual appearance as washer type taps. Some ceramic disk mixers are only suitable for high-pressure water supplies. Sometimes the heads (hand wheels) are extra; please check at the time of ordering. Often ceramic disk taps feature a form of lever to make the head easier to turn.


Basin Taps Basin taps are the simplest way of filling a basin. As the water is unmixed it can be either very cold or very hot and scalding may occur.	Single lever mono basin mixer Single lever mixers allow you to adjust the amount of water and the temperature by moving the lever either up & down or left to right. Please check at the time of ordering whether your choice is suitable for high or low pressure water supplies.

This is simply a basin mixer, which uses one tap hole - can be any of the above types. For ‘stand alone’ bowl type basins, where there is no tap hole, some mono basin mixers have extra height options. Most monoblock basin mixers mix the hot and cold water and deliver through the spout. Some basin mixers do not actually mix the hot and cold supplies but deliver them separately through the spout. These are known as dual flow mixers and are suitable where the hot and cold supplies are not of equal pressure. These can also be known as dual or twin flow basin fillers.	3 tap hole basin mixer 3 Hole basin mixers generally use the outside holes for the handles while the central hole of the basin is used for the spout.

Wall mounted basin mixer Some basins, especially ‘stand alone’ bowls do not have tap holes. They would normally work with a wall mounted basin mixer of which there are various different styles.

Bath Taps & Mixers

Some baths come with tap holes and some without. Often acrylic baths are supplied without tap holes so that you can choose what sort of bath mixer/filler you prefer and then drill the tap holes accordingly.

It is therefore important that you consider the type of bath you want together with the type of tap or mixer that is going to fill the bath.


Bath Taps Bath taps are the simplest way of filling a bath and are suitable for all baths with a tap ledge. As the water is unmixed it can be either very cold or very hot and scalding may occur.	1 tap hole bath shower mixers 1 tap hole bath shower mixers are often mounted at the corner of a bath and are most suitable for acrylic baths without tap holes.

2 tap hole bath shower mixer These are the same as a bath filler, except they come with a shower attachment. Bath filler provides mixed hot and cold water for bathing but has no shower attachment. Can be either for one or two tap holes or wall mounted.	Overflow fill An overflow bath fill system utilises the overflow hole in order to fill the bath as well as acting as an overflow and pop up waste control. These systems need to be used with a separate valve, such as a Grohtherm 3000 valve, which would be wall mounted.

4 tap hole bath shower mixer There are a variety of multi whole bath mixers on the market; some may have shower handsets that pull out. These are generally suitable for acrylic baths with a wide rim. The holes can be easily drilled by your installer.	Wall mounted mixers Many of the above types of bath or mixer can be wall mounted can come in wall mounted versions. There are several baths in our Complete Suite brochure, which are particularly suitable for wall mounted bath mixers.

If you have young children you may be concerned about the risk of scalding by hot bath water. There is a variety of thermostatic bath mixers from the leading brands available, which controls the temperature of the mixed water.

If you are choosing a wall mounted spout, please ensure that the reach is far enough into the bath to clear any pop up operation knobs or slopes in the bath as watermarks will occur in time.

As with other taps and mixers, please check whether the tap or mixer of your choice is high or low pressure and that it is compatible with your water system.