Blutide Freestanding Bath Mixers

Twenty five freestanding bath mixers are listed here, all of them floor standing taps built to serve a freestanding bath. Twenty one are round and four are square. The ranges represented include Satin, Silk, Lace, Neo, Moon, Shore, Spring Tide and Darling, in stainless steel, gunmetal, black, brushed brass and chrome. Blutide is distributed in South Africa by Vortex Sanitaryware. Most titles here carry H/S or the words hand shower, because that handset is part of the tap.

The floor decides this one

A freestanding mixer is fed from below, so the supply has to come up through the floor at a fixed point. That point is set while the floor is still open, before the screed and the tiles go down, and once it is closed up the tap position is effectively fixed for the life of the bathroom. This is the one tap in a bathroom you cannot nudge 100mm to the left later on, so it is worth marking it against the actual bath rather than against a plan.

The dimensions matter for that reason. Blutide lists these freestanding mixers at 1008mm from the floor to the outlet, with a spout reach of 200mm and half inch female inlets. Measure your bath's height and the width of its rim, then work out where the spout has to stand so that 200mm of reach actually clears the rim and delivers water into the bath rather than onto it.

Round or square, and the handset

Shape is a styling call. Round columns suit a round or oval bath and sit comfortably with round basin and shower trim, while the four square models, in the Shore and Spring ranges, pair with squarer baths and angular trim. Almost all of these mixers are supplied with a hand shower on the column, which is genuinely useful for rinsing the bath and for washing hair, and it is the main reason people choose a freestanding mixer over a plain floor spout.

Related Blutide pages

If the bath sits against a wall rather than in open floor, the wall mounted and concealed options are on Blutide bath mixers, which is also where the bath spouts and concealed diverters live. Replacement and additional handsets are listed under Blutide hand showers. The full brand catalogue, including the finish pages, is at Blutide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How tall is a Blutide freestanding bath mixer?

Blutide lists these freestanding mixers at 1008mm from the floor to the outlet, with a spout reach of 200mm. That figure is consistent across the round and square models in the catalogue. Check it against your bath, because the height only works if the spout clears the rim and the 200mm reach carries the water far enough in to land inside the bath.

When does the plumbing for a freestanding bath tap need to be done?

Before the floor is closed up. The tap is fed from below, so the supply is positioned while the floor is still open and then screeded and tiled over. Once that is done the tap position is fixed for the life of the bathroom. Set the position against the bath itself on site rather than off a drawing, because a small error cannot be corrected afterwards.

What size are the inlets on these mixers?

Blutide lists half inch female connections on its freestanding bath mixers. Give that figure to your plumber early, at the stage where the floor feed is being set out, so the pipework arrives at the right point in the right size. If you are matching to existing pipework rather than a new installation, confirm the connection on the specific model before ordering.

Do Blutide freestanding bath mixers come with a hand shower?

Almost all of them do, and the product titles show it either as hand shower or abbreviated to H/S. The handset sits on the column and shares the tap's control. It is the usual reason buyers pick a freestanding mixer rather than a plain floor mounted spout. A few titles on this page do not name a handset, so read the individual listing if that matters to you.

Should I choose a round or a square freestanding mixer?

Follow the bath and the rest of the tapware rather than any technical difference, because there is none in how they work. Twenty one of the mixers here are round and four are square, the square ones sitting in the Shore and Spring ranges. Round suits oval and slipper baths and round trim elsewhere in the room, square suits a more angular bath and squarer basin and shower fittings.