Franke Commercial Washroom

This is the part of the Franke catalogue that gets specified rather than shopped for. Thirty five active lines cover the washroom fit-out of an office, school, hospital, factory or restaurant: warm air hand dryers, paper towel dispensers, soap, foam and electronic sensor dispensers, hygiene bag dispensers, waste and sanitary bins, toilet roll and brush holders, shower seats and cistern back rails. Franke is Swiss, and all of it is supplied by Franke South Africa.

Specified for Traffic, Not for a Guest Bathroom

The material schedule separates these from retail accessories. Franke builds the Rodan dispensers from 0,8mm Grade 304 stainless steel with a satin surface that keeps fingerprints from showing, and the Jetstream Airtronic hand dryer from 1,2mm Grade 304 with a brushed finish. The dryer runs off a sensor with automatic cut-off and sensitivity adjustable from 50 to 250mm, and it is held on with a vandal resistant lock, vandal resistant screws and a key wrench. In a school washroom that fixing detail decides whether the unit is still there at term end.

Refilling and Servicing on a Cleaning Round

Whoever cleans the building lives with what you specify. The Rodan dispensers take a cylinder lock keyed to Franke's standard key, so one key opens the whole run, and inspection windows in the sides let levels be read without unlocking anything. Mounting hardware comes with the unit. Most types are offered surface mounted, wall mounted or recessed, so one family follows the building from a tiled ablution wall to a recessed duct panel.

Specifying One Range Across a Whole Building

Sizes sit in the product titles in millimetres, because that is what gets checked against a duct panel or cubicle wall before ordering. Where a combination unit makes sense Franke does it properly, with recessed and wall mounted towel dispenser and bin combinations rather than two plates to line up. Toilet roll holders run from single mounts to four-roll units.

The accessible fittings share the same stainless finish, so a washroom is one job. Shower seats and cistern back rails are listed here; the wall rails sit under Franke grab rails. Communal basins for schools and ablution blocks are under Franke wash troughs. The full catalogue is at Franke.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in the Franke commercial washroom range?

Thirty five active lines. Warm air hand dryers, paper towel dispensers in wall mounted, surface mounted and recessed formats, liquid soap and foam dispensers including electronic sensor models, hygiene bag dispensers, sanitary and waste bins, single, double and four-roll toilet roll holders, toilet brush holders, soap trays, a stainless roll mat, shower seats and cistern back rails. It is a washroom fit-out range, not a domestic accessory set.

What are Franke washroom dispensers made from?

Franke lists the Rodan dispensers as 0,8mm Grade 304 stainless steel with a satin finished surface, which it notes reduces the visibility of fingerprints. The Jetstream Airtronic hand dryer is listed as 1,2mm Grade 304 with a brushed finish. Grade 304 and a satin finish are the reason these survive daily cleaning chemicals and constant handling where a decorative accessory would not.

Are the hand dryers and dispensers vandal resistant?

Franke states that the Jetstream Airtronic hand dryer is fitted with a vandal resistant lock and vandal resistant screws and is opened with a key wrench, so it cannot be removed with ordinary tools. The Rodan dispensers use a cylinder lock taking Franke's standard key. Recessed versions sit flush in the wall, which removes most of the leverage a surface mounted unit gives someone.

How do the dispensers get refilled and checked?

The Rodan dispensers unlock with a cylinder lock keyed to Franke's standard key, so a cleaning team carries one key for the run rather than a different key per unit. Inspection windows in the sides let soap and towel levels be read without opening anything, which is what makes a walk-round check quick. Mounting hardware is supplied with the unit.

Can I specify the same washroom range across a whole building?

That is what this range is for. Most types come in wall mounted, surface mounted and recessed versions in the same stainless finish, so the specification holds from a tiled ablution wall to a recessed duct panel without switching brands. Sizes are given in millimetres in each product title so they can be checked against the duct or cubicle detail before ordering. Grab rails and wash troughs match the same finish.