Bathroom Butler Elemental
Elemental Bathroom Accessories
Elemental is the square design in this accessory line, built around straight edges and right angles rather than curves. Fourteen pieces are listed here out of the fifteen the maker publishes, all of them chrome. The set covers single and double towel rails, an open towel ring, single and double robe hooks, a paper holder and a spare roll holder, a toilet brush and holder, a glass tumbler and holder, a soap shelf, a shower and soap shelf, and a shower corner shelf.
Rail sizes and where they go
Both the single and the double rails are listed at 650mm and 800mm. The 800mm single is the one to fit if a bath towel is going on it, because a towel hung fully open dries far faster than one folded double over a short rail. The 650mm suits hand towels, a cloakroom or a narrow run of wall. The doubles carry two towels in the same wall width, which is usually the right answer in a bathroom two people share. Measure the clear wall run, not the rail, and leave room at both ends so a hanging towel is not jammed against a corner.
What the pieces are made of
Elemental accessories combine moulded zinc alloy parts with grade 304 stainless steel tubing under chrome plating, with the stainless steel used for wearing parts such as the horizontal rails. Fixing is by the Wonder-Mount system, a patented mounting designed to stop an accessory rotating or working loose over time. Plugs, screws, an allen key and a mounting template are supplied.
They mount to masonry, concrete and tiled walls with the supplied fixings, and to drywall where the fixing lands on a stud. Drill through ceramic tile with a diamond bit, check for pipework first, and set the positions out before tiling if the room is still being built.
Elemental or Lavish
Elemental and Lavish are the same items in two shapes. Elemental is square, Lavish is round, and the finish, the fixing system and the piece list are identical, so there is no functional difference to weigh up. Match the shape to your tapware and basin and stay in one range across the room. See the Bathroom Butler brand page, the round Lavish range, or every Bathroom Butler towel rail.