Kartell K-VIT Element Bath Filler – Chrome (TAP062EMJ)

Name: Kartell K-VIT Element Bath Filler – Chrome (TAP062EMJ)
Brand: Kartell
SKU: TAP062EMJ
Price: 86.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£86.00 £172.00

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Description

Kartell K-VIT Element Bath Filler – Chrome (TAP062EMJ)

The Kartell K-VIT Element range is angular and sharply drawn — a squared body with chamfered edges and a flat blade spout, in polished chrome. Kartell describe it as bringing "a flawlessly fresh look" with clean lines, and it is the crispest shape in the brassware catalogue: a good match for square sanitaryware and a room with straight edges elsewhere.

This is the bath filler: a deck-mounted tap that sits on the rim of the bath and fills it, with no shower function. Two square lever handles either side of a flat blade spout.

How long will it take to fill a bath?

Kartell publish flow figures for this tap, and on a bath filler they translate straight into waiting time:

Pressure	Flow	Approx. fill time
0.2 bar	14.4 l/min	about 12 min
0.5 bar	19.5 l/min	about 8 min
1.0 bar	26.5 l/min	about 6 min

Based on roughly 165 litres to a comfortable level. Kartell do not publish figures above 1 bar.

This is a quick filler by the standards of the range. Even at 0.2 bar — the lowest pressure it is rated for — it manages 14.4 litres a minute, where some other Kartell bath fillers struggle to reach 4. If you are on gravity-fed plumbing and have been disappointed by a slow bath before, this one is worth a look.

Bath filler or bath shower mixer?

A bath filler (this one) just fills the bath. Choose it where you have a separate shower, or no shower over the bath at all.

The Element bath shower mixer adds a diverter, a handset on a hose and a wall bracket so you can shower over the bath. It is a step up in price and otherwise the same tap.

Before you order

This is a two tap hole deck-mounted filler, so it needs a bath drilled for two — the standard arrangement on most baths.

The tap measures 218.5mm across and sits on 180mm tap hole centres, which is the standard spacing on a British bath. Worth measuring yours before you order, because a bath drilled to a different spacing will not take it.

Bath taps use 3/4" BSP connections — larger than the 1/2" on basin taps — because a bath needs to fill in reasonable time. Check your existing tails, as swapping between sizes needs adaptors.

The waste is sold separately. A bath needs a waste and overflow set, which is not included — unlike the Element basin mixer, which comes with a click waste. Kartell's website lists a click waste against this tap, but a click waste is a basin fitting rather than a bath one, so treat that as a misprint and budget for a bath waste and overflow.

Water pressure

Kartell rate this tap suitable for low water pressure systems — it will run from as little as 0.2 bar. That means it works on a gravity-fed tank and cylinder as well as on mains, combi or unvented pressure.

Living with it

The ceramic disc cartridge with quarter-turn operation gives full flow from a small movement of the lever, and is far less prone to dripping than a washer tap.

Polished chrome wipes clean with a soft damp cloth, though a squared shape gives limescale more corners to settle into than a round one, so in a hard water area it pays to dry it off. What chrome will not take is abrasives: cream cleaners, scouring pads and strong limescale removers cut through the plating, and once it has gone dull it cannot be brought back.