Blutide Shower Mixers

Forty products sit on this page and they are almost all concealed. Thirty five are concealed shower mixers, including four diverter mixers and one three way model, and the remaining five are 15 mm under-tile stop taps. No exposed bar mixer appears in this group. The ranges represented are Satin, Silk, Lace, Neo, Moon, Shore, Spring Tide, Mixed Tide, Mixed Solid, Bore Tide, Neap, Crimson, Rip and Darling, in black, gunmetal, brass, chrome and stainless steel.

What Concealed Means Here

A concealed shower mixer is two things in two places. A body is plumbed into the wall and set at the right depth before the tiles go on, and a visible plate and handle fit over it afterwards. The result is a clean wall with only the handle showing, which is why it is specified so often. The cost is that the position is permanent, and the depth has to be set with the tile thickness already decided or the plate will not sit flush.

Complete Mixers and Trim Kits

Thirteen of the thirty five are titled as a trim kit, in the Satin, Silk and Lace ranges. A trim kit is the visible half only, the plate and the handle. The rest are titled as a concealed shower mixer or a concealed diverter mixer. Because Blutide describes the two groups differently, read the individual listing to confirm which parts a code actually covers before ordering. In-wall concealed bodies are listed separately under plumbing and wastes.

Diverters and Under-Tile Stop Taps

A diverter mixer sends water to one outlet or another, an overhead rose or a hand shower, from a single control. Four sit here and one Bore Tide model is listed as three way. Most Blutide diverters are on the bath page instead, because they usually split between a bath spout and the shower. The five under-tile stop taps are listed at 15 mm CxC, one per supply, and they give a shower separate hot and cold controls rather than a single mixed one.

Pair a mixer with a rose from Blutide shower heads and an arm from shower arms, or a hand shower. Bath diverters are on Blutide bath mixers, in-wall bodies under plumbing and wastes, and the full Blutide range covers the rest.

Frequently Asked Questions

What goes behind the wall for a Blutide concealed shower mixer?

A concealed body, plumbed to the hot and cold supplies and set at the correct depth for your finished tile thickness before tiling starts. The visible plate and handle fit over it once the wall is done. Decide the mixer early in the build, because the height, the centre line and the depth are all fixed at first fix and cannot be adjusted afterwards without breaking tiles.

Is a concealed mixer trim kit a complete shower mixer?

No. A trim kit is the visible half: the plate that covers the opening in the tiling and the handle you operate. Thirteen of the listings on this page are titled that way, in the Satin, Silk and Lace ranges. The rest are titled as concealed shower or diverter mixers. Check the individual listing to see exactly which pieces are included, and order the in-wall body separately if it is not.

What does a diverter mixer do?

It controls temperature and also routes the water between two or more outlets, so one handle can switch from an overhead rose to a hand shower, or from a bath spout to the shower. Four are listed on this page and one Bore Tide model is described as three way. The larger group of Blutide diverters sits on the bath mixers page, since most of them serve a bath and shower together.

What is an under-tile stop tap?

It is a single temperature tap set into the wall behind the tiling, fitted one to the hot supply and one to the cold, so the user mixes the temperature by adjusting both. The five listed here are given as 15 mm CxC, in the Neap, Crimson and Rip ranges. They suit a simple shower or a repair on an existing installation that already uses separate controls.

Can I change the look of a concealed shower mixer later?

The visible plate and handle come off without touching the tiles, so a finish change is possible in principle. The body stays in the wall, and a replacement trim only fits if it is designed for that body, so match the range and the code rather than assuming a different Blutide trim will suit. If you cannot identify the body, treat the trim as fixed.