Can we do it ourselves? Do we need an expert plumber? Let’s find out together.
Masonry brackets
In order to install wall-hung sanitaryware, the first step is to place the brackets. Sanitary ware doesn’t magically stay up, not yet unfortunately.
There are many brackets out there, but we always suggest choosing a combination of brackets and cistern. This product is created by Geberit and is called Combifix.
Combifix is a module designed to facilitate the installation of wall-hung sanitary ware, as in one product you get the brackets and cistern for your toilet.
The product must be walled into your chosen wall. This is the most delicate moment of an installation and is generally followed by professionals to avoid serious mistakes. We always recommend that you are followed by an expert to ensure an optimal result.
But if you really want to proceed independently, let’s see how to do it calmly. First of all, check what kind of wall you have at your disposal. If it is not masonry but plasterboard, you must opt for a combination of brackets and self-supporting box. This type will rest directly on the floor, supporting everything.
Alternatively, you can have a supporting wall built, but this may take up valuable space.
If, on the other hand, you have a beautiful masonry wall, you can demolish it slightly to make room for the combifix cassette. The combifix cistern will come with all the instructions and everything you need for installation and fixing.
Make sure that you fix it carefully and level. If all goes well, you will have a support that can hold up to 400 kilograms, which is more than enough for your wall-hung sanitaryware.
Installing wall-hung sanitaryware
Once your cistern is bricked up, you need to tile it, leaving space only for the drains and threaded screws on which the sanitaryware will be installed.
During installation, the sanitary ware is generally supplied with the necessary accessories, namely the screws for fixing it to the brackets.
We also recommend adding a protective layer between the ceramic and the tiles. This layer can be made of so-called anti-noise membranes, which you can find in our shop. These will help to reduce the noise and especially the friction between the two ceramics, which could, in the long run, damage the sanitary ware or the tiles.
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Wall-hung sanitaryware, as its name suggests, is characterised by a suspended installation. These WCs and bidets are anchored to the wall by a system of steel brackets, which have been tried and tested for years.
The innovative mechanism allows the sanitary ware to be lifted from the floor in complete safety, with numerous aesthetic and functional repercussions.
The suspended installation gives you a more airy bathroom environment, increasing not only the physical but also the optical space available. The floor will be continuous over the entire surface, which translates into easier cleaning of the bathroom, making the environment more hygienic and without having to juggle bulky ceramics.
Another technical advantage, not immediately apparent to the eye of the beholder, is the reduced noise level that this technical solution brings.
The best Flaminia sanitaryware
Having understood the characteristics for which suspended sanitary ware is the most modern and functional choice you can make for your bathroom, let’s proceed to discover some of the best series on the market.
We do it starting from the house Ceramica Flaminia, we have dealt with their history in another interesting article that we invite you to read.
All the series produced by Flaminia are of the best Italian quality, but let’s focus on the most successful ones, such as the App series.
The reasons for its success can be found in its simple and young forms, nothing superfluous, only the essential. These lines are the result of the best international design combined with the modern technology GoClean signed Flaminia.
This allows the removal of the brida, the small ceramic flap that you can find in all traditional vases. The inner surface of the toilet bowl is thus continuous, easier to clean and more beautiful to look at.
The best Ceramica Cielo sanitaryware
Continuing on our journey to discover the best wall-hung sanitaryware, we come to one of the Italian companies with delicate lines that almost reflect its name: Ceramica Cielo.
In particular, we would like to focus on the Era series of wall-hung sanitaryware, an evocative name for equally exciting shapes. The result of the pen of Luca Cimarra, an Italian designer and architect, who has managed to encapsulate the maximum comfort of form in his lines. The result is a collection of wall-hung sanitary ware capable of adapting to modern style requirements.
Here, too, aesthetics are accompanied hand in hand with technology. In this case the rim is eliminated by the innovative solution called Rimless 2.0.
Ideal Standard wall-hung sanitaryware
Let’s end our journey in the arms of Ideal Standard, an Italian company that, pardon the pun, has been able to dictate Italian and international standards.
The series that you have already heard about on our blog is the collection of suspended sanitary Ideal Standard Tesi, which are certainly among the best of the manufacturer, but today we focus on another series: the Dea line.
The name already exemplifies what we are going to talk about, a product capable of standing out and rising above the others. The suspended sanitary fixtures Dea by Ideal Standard are characterized by clear and decisive lines, which leave no room for interpretation.
Dea yes, but always equipped with modern technologies very human. In this case we have the Aquablade system, the bar in this case is not totally eliminated, but thinned so much as to make the water a blade, hence the name “blade”.
Il nome già esemplifica di cosa stiamo per parlare, di un prodotto capace di distinguersi ed elevarsi sugli altri. I sanitari sospesi Dea della Ideal Standard si caratterizzano per linee nette e decise, che non lasciano spezio ad interpretazioni.
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To understand the basis of the success of a collection of products, such as the Ideal Standard Tesi wall-hung sanitaryware, we can only start from its manufacturer. Analysing the causes and its origins.
Over 100 years of history are behind Ideal Standard. One hundred years, a number that already well represents how well this manufacturer has been able to survive the changes over time.
It has always been a pioneer in the field, first attracting the pens of the great Italian designers. One of these was Gio Ponti, the Italian architect, designer and artist who lent his talents to bathroom design, changing it forever.
This desire to innovate, to question the status quo, gave birth, almost like a flower, to a product such as Ideal Standard Tesi wall-hung sanitaryware.
Aesthetic characteristics
Moving on to talk about the product in detail, the Tesi line of wall-hung sanitary ware is characterised by very simple but suggestive shapes.
The result of the work of Studio Levien, an international product design company, the Tesi series seems to leap off the wall towards the future of modernity that distinguishes it.
The balance that must coexist between function and aesthetics is perfectly represented in the shapes of this series of sanitaryware. Beautiful but with a technological aspect to discover.
Aquablade technology
Although aesthetic reasons are fundamental in the choice of a sanitary ware line, technology and technique are no less important.
The Ideal Standard Tesi wall-hung sanitary ware line is a concentration of the highest technologies in the field of bathroom furniture. This is evident in the management of the rim and its cleaning.
What is the flap? Good question. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, brida means the ceramic flap that is present in all traditional WCs and which helps to retain the water from the flush inside the WC. Simple, isn’t it?
This flap, however, has always represented an unsightly and above all unhygienic element in WCs, which is why in recent years efforts have been made to eliminate it.
Ideal Standard has therefore patented the Aquablade technology and applied it to all its products such as the Tesi wall-hung sanitaryware.
This technology takes the form of a rim that becomes very thin, almost invisible in the toilet bowl. This conformation allows the water to flow at high speed, cleaning itself of any residual germs and dirt. Self-cleaning, not bad at all.
In addition to cleaning, this drain also reduces noise and water usage. Something not to be taken for granted in an increasingly resource-poor world.
Toilet seat slowed down or not?
Having understood the aesthetic and technical reasons that make Ideal Standard Tesi wall-hung sanitaryware among the best on the market, let’s move on to one of the dilemmas that most divides our customers: slowed down or not slowed down toilet seat cover?
If we wanted to give an answer based only on the trends of the moment, this would certainly be the slow motion toilet seat. The choice now falls almost exclusively on this model, which is both technologically new and comfortable.
A slow-moving toilet seat allows you to let the two parts of the toilet seat “fall off” without the risk of breaking them. This is because special hinges will not let the part fall, but will accompany it gently to the ceramic. This is a bit like the reasoning behind cushioned furniture doors.
So why choose a non-sliding toilet seat cover? There are many reasons for this, but the main one is the fear of malfunctions or the desire to save a little money.
There is no doubt that a slow-moving toilet seat is slightly more expensive, but we can say from our long experience that there are no malfunctions and never will be.
Price
In all this creative and technological process, Ideal Standard has managed to maintain an affordable price for all budgets.
On our store you can find the best offer for Ideal Standard Tesi wall-hung sanitary ware, complete with slowed down WC cover or not. We don’t choose for you, but we assist you at best.
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