Burlington sink with Crosswater taps? Burlington taps - apparently, not good?

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I love the Burlington sinks and am hoping to get the Edwardian one for our new bathroom. I love the design and engraving on it .

I DID want to get the Burlington long nosed taps to match, but our local plumbers merchant stock the range and have advised against buying the taps. They say the Burlington chinaware is beautiful, but they've had lots of problems with the taps they've sold to accompany the sinks.

They said to go for Crosswater (Belgravia range) taps to put on sink. There's only £11 difference, but I am 'worried' they won't match.

Sink will have Burlington engraved on it and taps Belgravia, 1902 and Hot/Cold. Our home isn't a period home, so we're pushing it in a sense by going for a traditional/period bathroom, although I'm hoping it's going to be more of a 'classic look.

Ideally, I want the Burlington taps to match, but not at the expense of them breaking. Any reviews of the taps? Any thoughts on whether Crosswater is better for taps?

Having sleepless nights over a bathroom (well, not quite, but want to get it right of course!)

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of course just because its on manufacturers website doesn't mean your local merchant knows about it. but discussion seems to have concluded it isn't a show stopper

Another idea. Burlington range is identical to (i.e must surely come out of same factory) as Bathstore Savoy range. To extent where i have Bathstore wc seats. Unfortunately Bathstores tap range is branded Bensham. Would that help?

Yes, discussion seems to now say the opppsite? pg fan of screw down?

Unfortunately not, but I may get their toilet though to save on costing. What made you go for Burlington toilet over Bathstore? I think I'm going to speak to the plumbers merchant again and my guy when I choose who I want to fit it about ordering the quarter turn option.

How funny you linked to Claremont btw....my fave!

I reckon it's got to bolt to the wall or something.

The fact that it's a Pashley as well.

It deserves its own thread really, a true high point in design horror, all for the bargain price of £2k+, not including the shelf.

last para - pmsl

Did I mention that popup wastes leak?

No, but there's no pop up waste in Burlington sink. Just chain and plug and I'm going for two hole sink?

I was getting everything else from plumber's merchant inc heating boiler etc, was just less hassle to deal with one company. IIRC I liked the Bathstore style, then stumbled on Burlington website and realised it was same thing.

Actually my top tip is to get a stool for your posh bathroom so that Naughty People don't sit on the WC lid and break it. £10 in Ikea well spent.

Pop up wastes do leak. If you get one that doesn't you are just lucky!

Nooooooo, we don't have an Ikea stool in it, we have a milking stool like this, perfectly arranged for all of 2 mins, until my kids knock it over!

This is my perfect bathroom (I don't like the towel though!)

And I'd love this probably painted in dove grey for all my towels (if I had the space of course!)

SO yeah....I've become completely obsessed with all things bathroom!

Popup waste leaking was for me I think, wasn't it P.John?

Thanks to you, I know they do, and have used that wee nugget of info to great effect in my anti-popup crusade.

I don't hate them cos they leak. I hate them cos they're always in hotels and always jammed either up or down or halfway or JUST BUGGER IT WHAT'S WRONG WITH A PLUG. A REGULAR PLUG.

Don't even get me started on those flippy overy ones. Gah.

obsessed do you have cats? that milking stool looks like a cat stool to me. You know the ones. Where they think it's The Best Seat Ever, to the detriment of whatever fragile item you were hoping to put on it.

Very nice that second bathroom though. Agree with you about the towel, looks a little like a dishrag.

Our bathroom is so wee that you would never want to sit in it unless you had to. But we're still going to have a stool, because there is going to have to be a very tall cupboard to store things in. DH reckons he's going to build the stool. So we will have a stool in about two years.

No, I don't have cats, I can't cope with looking after my two kids, let alone animals!

Well, no one ever sits on the stools do they? Who ever sits on a stool in a bathroom? Think they're purely for decoration...

If I were you, I'd pop out to a vintage place and buy a stool, otherwise your newly built cupboard doors won't be opened for years!!!

We have just put in the Burlington Edwardian large pedestal basin and have a Bristan deco mixer tap as I liked the style of it, you can barely see the Bristan mark.

We have cheap unbranded taps in the ensuite and in our current home all the bathroom taps are cheap ones and have lasted 7/8 years so far. I think the quality of all the brands you've mentioned would be fine so I'd go for whichever you like the look of.

Victorian Plumbing have a good range of branded taps including Crosswater, Burlington & Bristan and were cheaper than local places when I was looking.

obsessed are you still around?
I'm considering the burlington/crosswater combination, did you go with them? Any chance of a photo?
Driving myself mad with what to do :/

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