Franke Bathroom Taps
Franke Bathroom Taps
Franke is a Swiss company best known in South Africa for kitchen sinks, commercial washroom fittings and Zip boiling water systems. Bathroom taps are a smaller part of what it does here, and this page reflects that honestly: ten mixers built around two ranges rather than a full bathroom suite. If you want a Franke tap to match Franke fittings elsewhere in the house, or you are specifying a washroom where the rest of the hardware is already Franke, this is the relevant set.
Aspera and Serenus
Aspera accounts for most of the page and covers the full set of positions: short basin mixers, high rise basin mixers, concealed shower mixers and a concealed diverter mixer for a bath and shower combination. It runs in matt black and chrome, so you can hold a finish consistent across the basin and the shower wall. Serenus is the second range, listed as a concealed shower and bath mixer and a short basin mixer.
Alongside those sits a basin deck set, the Highrise Swivel in matt black. A deck set is a different animal to a single lever mixer: it mounts through the counter or basin rather than presenting as one body, so check your basin drillings before choosing between the two. Between the ranges the split by type is three concealed shower mixers, three short basin mixers, three tall basin mixers and one bath diverter.
Planning a concealed mixer
A concealed mixer is built into the wall, with the working body behind the tiling and only the plate and lever showing. That is worth deciding before the wall is closed up, because retrofitting one into a finished bathroom means opening tiles. What is supplied in the box varies between models and ranges, so confirm with your plumber exactly which components you are getting and which still need to be ordered before you commit to a layout.
Where this sits in the Franke range
These are mixers, meaning taps, not basins. We do not list Franke basins, and if you have landed here looking for sanitaryware rather than brassware this is not the page. For Franke kitchen taps see Franke kitchen mixers, for accessible bathroom hardware see Franke grab rails, for washroom dispensers and fittings see Franke commercial washroom, and the full brand sits under Franke.