Repairing an apartment or your own home always happens with certain difficulties. Turning to professionals greatly facilitates the work, but it carries a large financial cost. Lack of assistants saves the budget, but takes all the free time. In any case, whether the repair is done by the owner or specially hired people, it will not be possible to avoid the purchase of materials. With the selection of wallpaper, paints, ceilings and floors there is no difficulty. The most important thing here is the design decision and attractive appearance. But buying bathroom equipment can cause a number of difficulties. The manufacturer of plumbing and bathroom accessories should convince potential consumers of the quality of its products and offer a wide range of products for any wallet.
How to choose?
Given the not-so-simple financial situation of most compatriots, good products for bath and toilet should:
- to be reliable;
- meet environmental safety requirements;
- match the color of the bathroom or toilet room;
- to be combined according to the performance material;
- be easy to care for and easy to clean;
- have a certain tensile strength;
- fit in the size of the repaired room.
In addition, it is important to get feedback on plumbing manufacturers. This is necessary in order to acquire truly reliable and practical products that can be used for several decades.
Kinds
Of the fundamental categories of equipment that are produced by Russian manufacturers of sanitary ware, as well as foreign, five of the most important should be noted:
- sink;
- bath;
- shower stall;
- toilet;
- bidet.
In sinks and bathtubs, the mixer and tank coating material are important.
Shower cabins are usually chosen in order to save space, so you should pay attention to the overall dimensions and additional functions of the panel in the form of a hydromassage or contrast filling. Toilets are selected according to the degree of noise, tank volume and the possibility of economical water consumption. The bidet should be comfortable, easily built into the room and compact.
What makes the best plumbing?
Most manufacturers of sanitary ware are trying to increase the demand for their products using reliable, easy-to-care and comfortable materials. Unfortunately, sometimes the quality of the product is lame.
Therefore, the choice of material is perhaps the first important step in the purchase of plumbing. In accordance with it, 5 types of accessories are distinguished: porcelain, earthenware, glass, marble, composite.
Porcelain has a large mass, resistance to temperature extremes and ease of maintenance. Earthenware products are cheap and lightweight. Both materials are prone to shattering and cracking. Marble surfaces are elegant, expensive and require special cleaning. The glass is beautiful, strong enough, but prone to soapy stains. Composite options are most preferred. They have the best technical characteristics, but they are expensive and not always affordable.
Famous brands
Consumers and experts made a rating of manufacturers of sanitary ware, where they identified the first three places. According to the attractiveness for the domestic consumer, the places were distributed as follows:
- Frap.
- Ledeme.
- AM PM
Frap captivates with affordable prices and Ledeme with wide color and design solutions. And due to the variety of models, trim levels and accessories, more and more customers are choosing AM PM holding products.
Frap. Briefly about the company
Plumbing manufacturer Frap is a sales leader from China, known in the domestic market for over 12 years. The brand products comply with international quality standards and have passed the necessary certification procedure in the Russian Federation. Among the company's products there are many necessary and useful products for the comfort of the buyer:
- mixers;
- sinks for the kitchen and bath;
- shower systems;
- hand dryers;
- mirrors.
A huge selection of faucets amazes even the experienced master. The usual category of equipment is expanded with hygiene options for bidets and urinals.
Glass sinks from a cheap series are presented in 4 color schemes. Dear copies have additional shelves, awnings for towels and juicy shades from green to burgundy. The shape of the bowl varies from regular round to asymmetric in exclusive designs.
Shower systems are represented by complete plumbing kits or separate parts in the form of racks, watering cans, rods and hoses. A collection of wall copies of 26 options will allow the buyer to choose their own version or replace a failed part. The mounting system is distinguished by mounting on one, two or three holes. And the color scheme is so diverse that it gives room for imagination in terms of buying decorative materials.
In addition to the main collections, this best plumbing manufacturer has produced many components for water equipment. Touch and electric hand dryers, hair dryers, mirrors, non-soaking curtains for bathrooms - this is an incomplete list of accessories of European quality, made taking into account German technological innovations.
It should be noted that in the manufacturer's line there are no monumental plumbing products such as bathtubs and toilets.
Ledeme
The brand is represented by goods at a reasonable price. China is a major Ledeme plumbing manufacturer. Here, a full production cycle is carried out, starting with the development of the product, its manufacture, subsequent modernization and ending with the final stage of logistics and sales.
The assortment also lacks products for toilets and bathtubs. Otherwise, the manufacturer even outdid the previous supplier, producing, in addition to the main models, towel warmers, roof rails and radiators.
Ceramic and glass sinks of various sizes, shapes and colors are suitable for the most fastidious client in terms of cost and design. Suppose hanging and floor mounting of bowls manufactured with a pedestal and semi-pedal. Seventeen shades will allow not to limit the consumer in the craziest design decisions, and five geometric shapes will make the bathroom exclusive, completely unlike standard options.
The shower and its accessories were made by the plumber manufacturer Ledeme in five materials: polyvinyl chloride, plastic, metal, brass and stainless steel. The systems are also distinguished by various equipment:
- with mixer;
- with a mechanism that does not allow twisting;
- with a soap box;
- with spout;
- retractable;
- stretchable.
Mirrors, of course, cannot be called plumbing equipment, but their purpose in the bathroom is difficult to overestimate. The trademark is known only for hanging samples that differ in rectangular, oval, round and curved shapes, as well as the presence or absence of shelves and lamps. A variety of size ranges from 400 x 600 to 800 x 800 mm and colored ornament allow the installation of mirrors for any wall composition.
AM PM
This is a well-known global brand, including two German, five Italian and one English brand. To understand who the manufacturer of plumbing AM PM (that is, a specific product), you need to plunge headlong into the European plumbing world. It is quite difficult to sort out the assortment, because the holding is distinguished by a huge number of models and accessories for them. The most popular products were:
- Bathtubs.
- Toilet bowls.
- Faucets.
- Shower cabins.
- Bidet.
Bathtubs
A world famous manufacturer of sanitary ware sells in Russia both ordinary acrylic bathtubs and equipment with an additional function in the form of a hydromassage.
13 acrylic options with a wide range of prices differ in size and shape. The length starts from 150 cm and reaches 2 meters, and the width varies in the region of 70-120 cm. Angular and super-deep samples are presented in the expensive segment. The cost of production increases dramatically in the presence of hydromassage equipment.
In addition to the main product, the company presents bath frames, as well as front and side panels used as screens.
Toilet bowls
Despite the fact that the AM PM holding is completing the ranking of plumbing manufacturers given in the article, its products are in great demand. The use of toilets as an integral part of the toilet room forces buyers to select specimens that are suitable in design and have serious technical characteristics.
The most important indicators here are:
- profitability;
- low noise level;
- high degree of washability;
- ease in leaving;
- convenient design;
- strength.
The concern sells both hanging and floor-mounted toilets. For particularly meticulous buyers, there is one bezel-less option and several electronic models. The latter are overpriced, but have their fans due to ease of use. The advantages include the presence of several shower modes, the provision of adjusting the temperature of the water and drying with a hairdryer. An additional plus, experts note the backlight, self-cleaning nozzle and the ability to configure two different profiles for users. The model is controlled by a remote control.
Faucets
For the benefit of the buyer and increase sales, some online stores offer to purchase wholesale sanitary ware from the manufacturer. In this case, the purchase of goods from the AM PM group of companies implies the possession after payment of a whole set of mixers. The attractiveness of the proposal lies in a serious discount and the ability to simultaneously receive goods without visiting specialized stores.
The range of equipment for mixing water flows includes mixers for the following purposes:
- for Bath;
- for kitchen;
- with hygienic function;
- for a bidet;
- mounted baths;
- For shower;
- for the sink.
Complicated models with hygienic showers are also designed for use in the sink, but are compact in size. Such instances as well as bidet faucets greatly simplify the use of bathrooms for their intended purpose.
Shower cabins
Equipment in this category includes not only individual watering cans, overhead shower panels, but also entire embedded systems. Expensive equipment allows the installation of the device in a wall panel, thereby reducing the consumption of working space.
Regular watering cans are represented by 7 variants of different sizes, the overhead shower, produced in a round and square design, has 5 models. Shower panels are notable for their high price, but they carry out a number of functions.
Bidet
Accessories for intimate purposes are also divided by shape and size, color and functionality. From the point of view of installation, the bidet can be suspended and floor. Seven structures for installation on the floor and four mounted models are markedly different in price and will satisfy the user with any financial capabilities.
Domestic companies
Among domestic manufacturers can be mentioned:
- AQUANET. The plant produces toilets, towel dryers, faucets and sinks.
- KOPFGESCHEIT. It produces various mixers, urinals and electric dryers.
Finally
Today for the Russian consumer there are many manufacturers of plumbing, producing goods under international and domestic brands in different price categories. The choice of a suitable model should be based not so much on the popularity of the trademark as on the functionality of the product. It is also necessary to consider the amount of free cash that the family is willing to spend on repair work and subsequent technical equipment with specialized equipment.