Ferdinand Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) Countertop wash basins in bathrooms - need some experiences. I am thinking about using these in my main bathroom, and am trying to rack up the pros and cons. The couple of people I have chatted to in the trade are reacting Tee Hee Hee Hoo Hoo Har Har Yar Boo Sucks and falling off stools laughing, whilst pointing out the ones they have taken out again. This could just be north Notts bluntness, or "lets wind him up because it is a day with D in it", or that they are a thing for hotels, Hyacinth Bucket types, Instagrammers, and Cityboys who never use them. Does anyone have any longish term positive or negative experience of these? There does seem to be a lot of popularity for a thing which is useless. The lack of overflow on nearly all of them does not quite compute for me, however I do quite like the most basic version from Bathstore which does have an overflow: https://www.bathstore.com/products/beta-wash-bowl-75.html, and would currently come in at about £30-35 each. Ferdinand Edited June 26, 2019 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 We had them in a rented house.....I hated them both aesthetically and practically. Not to mention they are very much yesterday in style terms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 Can anyone explain the "no overflow" thing? My own fitter is telling me that such a basin requires a free-flow waste ie no plug, to prevent overflow. I can conceive an "invisible" overflow, but I am not aware of anyone making one. Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 The one you linked to has an overflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, ProDave said: The one you linked to has an overflow. Indeed. It is the only one I have seen that does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DundeeDancer Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) My experience with countertop wash basins is it is hard work to get the set-up correct. I planned one with a nice quartz top. Started off order this this one:- https://www.betterbathrooms.com/p/oval-countertop-basin But it turned out to have an extra underflow bit of the bottom so won't fit flat on the quartz top without cutting a big shape in the bottom. So after a lot of hassle managed to swap it for this one:- https://www.betterbathrooms.com/p/pacific-counter-top-basin Was still a hassle as was fitting it into an Ikea cabinet and I had to search hard to find correct plumbing for it. Then it got fitted but because the toilet waste had to run under the counter top cabinet, the cabinet had to have it's legs set to maximum and so the counter-top sits a little high for people to wash there face in. Also selecting the right high tap is not that easy either. I like what I ended up with, it looks great, turned out to be hard work to get there and expensive. See Edited June 26, 2019 by DundeeDancer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragg987 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Ornament. Small space, water splashes outside the bowl, fussy detail at the base. A friend had one the counter was constantly wet and laminate peeling and badly staining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 The few boutique hotel bathrooms I have encountered cursed with them have seemed poorly cleaned at counter level behind the basin. I would not consider fitting a counter top basin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Emperors new clothes (imo) I would not have one (and luckily er indoors didn’t ask fir one?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) The Naymen Chorus of derision is convincing. So the use for the matching taps would be: a - A fixed mixer in a utility, high enough to get a bucket under. b - In a flip not a rental for people who decide on appearance not practicality. c - Possibly with a better type of ink in the bathroom if it works as a design and no splashes. d - For a bidet for footwashes. Cheers all. Ferdinand Edited June 26, 2019 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 We always have a fear of moving away from the norm and trying something new, some call it trendy, fashionable. A friend of ours was forever decorating and having the latest trends in their house and had a glass sink put in when they came in. Many months later we went round and you could see all the sealant had gone black between the outlet and the glass and the only way to remove this was to strip it all out and redo it all. Anybody got the latest black metal taps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Got one and love it. It’s set on a solid wood base, been there 8 years and no issue. Tap is a John Lewis tower mixer, works perfectly. Overflow is in the back of it, nice and simple. There is a 65mm hole through the 3” oak plinth, that was a bugger to cut..!! It bedded on white Unibond Sealant and hasn’t moved unless I’ve cut it off (to properly sand the plinth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 8 minutes ago, Pete said: We always have a fear of moving away from the norm and trying something new, some call it trendy, fashionable. A friend of ours was forever decorating and having the latest trends in their house and had a glass sink put in when they came in. Many months later we went round and you could see all the sealant had gone black between the outlet and the glass and the only way to remove this was to strip it all out and redo it all. Anybody got the latest black metal taps? My favourite comment on glass sinks. "Save these for bathrooms where people are unlikely to drop things." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patp Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Very uncomfortable to use if you are under 6ft tall! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) Concealed overflow. Think you can use same on counter top basins with syphon tube hidden in wall or adjacent cabinet.. Edited June 26, 2019 by Temp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Special waste here.. https://www.villeroy-boch.hu/bathroom-and-wellness/products/Universal-accessories-ViFlow-concealed-overflow-922377.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moira Niedzwiecka Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Friend of mine installed a lovely glass one. Looked fab. Had it taken out after 6 months as too shallow & impossible not to splash everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Oh yes nothing worse than an exceptionally shallow basin. Some are just plain ridiculous. 10mm deep... http://modecordesignsolutions-basins.blogspot.com/2012/11/alape-x-plicit-shallow-1th-inset-basin.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Cheers all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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