Sanitary ware

What counts as sanitary ware

Sanitary ware is the list of fixtures a bathroom is built around. Ceramic sanitary ware is glazed, fired clay; steel, acrylic and stone appear in some sinks and baths. A sanitary items list for one bathroom usually reads: toilet and cistern, wash basin, bath or shower tray, then taps, waste fittings and accessories.

Each type has its own page:

• Toilets and wall-hung toilets: types, outlets and fixing.
• Urinals: types and how they are fitted.
• Wash basins: pedestal, wall-hung, countertop and inset, and rim height.
• Sinks: kitchen, utility and bathroom sinks.
• Bathtubs: freestanding, built-in, corner and jetted, and how much water a bath uses.
• Bathroom accessories: soap dishes, holders and rails.

Toilets

Toilets are where Kitovu’s own stock sits. The JOMOO Wall-Hung Toilet 02355-00-2, 565 × 375 × 350 mm, is held in stock in Zanzibar; the maker’s background is on the JOMOO brand page. Geberit’s height guide sets the top of a wall-hung WC pan at 41–42 cm without the seat and the centre of the flush plate at 100 cm, figures to agree with your fundi (local builder) before the frame goes into the wall.

Basins, sinks and baths

Basins and baths are chosen as much by space and fixing as by style. Geberit recommends a basin rim at 85–90 cm and a urinal at 65–70 cm, and Dimensions.com puts a standard bath at about 302 litres, with 132–189 litres used per bath. The heights set where the supply and waste pipes leave the wall; the bath volume sizes the hot-water supply.

Prices

Sanitary ware in Tanzania is priced per item, and what is in the box changes the figure. Listed shop prices, with seller and date, are on the toilet price and kitchen sink price pages. Twyford, a tile maker with a Tanzanian office, has its own Twyford page.

In stock in Zanzibar for the bathroom

Besides the JOMOO toilet, two Kitovu products belong in a bathroom build. K11 Polymer Cement Waterproof Coating waterproofs bathroom floors and walls and can be tiled over, according to its data sheet. For the finish, Kitovu stocks a beige 1200 × 600 mm porcelain tile with R10 slip rating, suited to wet floors and walls.

Before the tiles go on

Sanitary ware is fitted last, but the wet-room work under it comes first: falls to the floor drain, waterproofing up the walls, then tiles. The order and materials are set out in our guide to bathroom waterproofing.