Kartell K-VIT Klassique Bath Shower Mixer – Chrome (TAP106KL)

Kartell K-VIT Klassique Bath Shower Mixer – Chrome (TAP106KL)

The Kartell K-VIT Klassique range is traditional styling done without fuss — crosshead handles on a rounded body, in polished chrome, with ceramic HOT and COLD indices. Kartell call it "a brassware range with grace", and it is the one to pick for a period property, a cottage, or a bathroom where you want warmth rather than minimalism.

This is the bath shower mixer: a deck-mounted bath tap with a diverter and a traditional shower handset on a flexible hose, cradled on a curved arm above the spout.

What it does

It fills the bath like a normal bath filler, and the diverter sends water to the handset instead — so you can shower over the bath, rinse hair, or clean the bath without a separate shower installation.

If you already have a separate shower and only need to fill the bath, the Klassique bath filler costs less and looks tidier — which matters on a traditional tap, where a modern hose can undercut the period feel.

It's a substantial piece

At 4.02kg this is the heaviest tap in the Kartell brassware range — heavier than most freestanding mixers. That's solid brass rather than thin castings, and it's worth knowing your bath rim needs to take it. On a thin acrylic bath without a reinforcing plate, check the fixing arrangement before you commit.

Before you order

This is a two tap hole deck-mounted tap, the standard arrangement on most baths.

Bath taps use 3/4" BSP connections, larger than the 1/2" on basin taps.

The waste is sold separately.

Water pressure

Suitable for low pressure systems. Being straight: on gravity-fed plumbing the handset will be a gentle spray rather than a powerful shower. That's your water pressure, not the tap — and the older properties this style suits are often the ones affected. If you want a proper shower over the bath, you need a pump.

Traditional look, modern mechanism

The thing that makes Klassique worth having over genuinely old taps: ceramic disc cartridges with quarter-turn operation. Traditional crosshead taps were the classic dripper, needing a new washer every couple of years. Ceramic discs don't perish, so you get the period look without the period maintenance.

The rest of the Klassique range

The range also includes a mono basin mixer with click waste, a pair of basin pillar taps, a pair of bath pillar taps and a bath filler.

Specification

• Code: TAP106KL
• Polished chrome, gloss finish
• Solid brass construction
• Traditional crosshead handles
• Quarter turn ceramic disc cartridges
• Integrated diverter, shower handset, hose and cradle included
• Deck mounted, two tap holes
• 3/4" BSP connections
• Suitable for low water pressure systems
• Weight 4.02kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• 5 year guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681443276

Downloads

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