Bad design features. (Armitage Shanks Bathroom Furniture)

Member Name: DBan

Product:	Armitage Shanks Bathroom Furniture
Date:	02/11/00 (876 review reads)
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Advantages: It's a bathroom

Disadvantages: so many design faults

Out bathroom suite in advocado( not our choice we rent)is unbelievably badly designed. The toilet, although it came with a wall mounted cistern is designed for a cistern built in to the wall, who has one of those in their home? OK for a pub maybe. It is supposed to screw to the wall, but can't as it's further forward than it should be and has no floor fixings. Therefore I was unable to use it when pregnant as my weight made the soil pipe come loose.We have a 10stone weight limit on using that toilet.

The inset sink is fine if you like inset sinks, which I don't as the surround eventuaaly will get water damage, also there's a mixer tap, which I don't like as you waste water getting it cold to brush your teeth.

The bath, I've left to last as it's bad design to an extreem. The finished edge where the bath panel is is the one where the taps are on that side. This time we have 2 taps where I'd like a mixer for increased child safety. ( Not that I'd recommend leaving a child alone in the bath or running water while in there, just that the tap would be less hot if touched). The hand rail is on the wall side. The bath can not be turned round and used the logical way as the front side is curved and will not fit against the wall. also we have an excessive 4 ledges for soap, none of which have drainage. Also having put the taps on the side only one end is comfortable to lay back against, and as I put baby at the cold end nearest the cold tap shared baths ar'n't to comfortable.

If you are buying a new bathrom suite check how practical the features are for your life style, cleaning ( we have soap cold water in all our sopoa trays after every bath), and comfort. If you cant lay in the bath to try it don't buy it.

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