Kartell K-VIT Verve Bath Filler – Chrome (TAP262VE)

Kartell K-VIT Verve Bath Filler – Chrome (TAP262VE)

The Kartell K-VIT Verve range is slim, round and understated — a narrow cylindrical body with a single lever, in polished chrome. Kartell describe it as "modest yet stylish", which is fair: it is the range for a bathroom where you want the taps to sit quietly rather than draw the eye.

This is the bath filler: a deck-mounted tap that sits on the rim of the bath and fills it, with no shower function.

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.

A bath shower mixer adds a diverter and handset so you can shower over the bath. It is a step up in price and the two are otherwise the same tap — so if there is any chance you'll want to rinse hair or clean the bath with a handset, it is worth the difference.

Before you order

Bath fillers 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 isn't included — unlike the Verve basin mixer, which comes with a clicker waste.

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.

On gravity-fed plumbing any bath tap fills slowly. That's the system, not the tap.

Living with it

The ceramic disc cartridge with quarter-turn operation is far less prone to dripping than a washer tap. A plain round chrome body has no corners for limescale to collect in.

Specification

• Code: TAP262VE
• Polished chrome, gloss finish
• Solid brass construction
• Slim round body
• Ceramic disc cartridge, quarter turn operation
• Deck mounted, two tap holes
• 3/4" BSP connections
• Suitable for low water pressure systems
• Weight 2.4kg
• Fixings supplied
• Waste sold separately
• Lifetime guarantee (1 year on moving parts)
• Barcode 5055681438302

Downloads

Download the technical data sheet