BetteLux Shape
The BetteLux Shape is a new concept in baths, washbasins and accessories, which takes its inspiration from ‘inside/outside’ constructions in modern architecture and places the soft and flowing shape of the BetteLux bath and washbasin in an open steel frame. The baths and washbasins are enamelled on both the inside and the outside, in either white or black, allowing the eye to focus on the shape, which is visible from all sides and is accentuated with a choice of colours in the steel frame. The range also includes complementary furniture and accessories.
This is the first time that an enamelled steel bath has been presented in this way, and Bette’s steel/enamel allows this type of construction because, despite its fineness, it is very strong and stable.
Comments Samantha Wake, Sales and Operations Manager of Bette UK: "Bette has developed its own advanced steel moulding process, which ensures a uniform thickness across the product, to ensure stability and a perfect surface for the enamel. We also use steel that is finished with titanium for better formability and stability. Our special enamel process allows us to deliver the optimum depth of enamel to the surface, and it is the fineness of the layer that makes it so strong and flexible – in the same way that a fine glass fibre is much stronger and flexible than a thicker glass rod."
SHOWER FLOORS WITH BENEFITS FOR HOTELS
Bette will also be showing its enamelled steel BetteFloor Side, flush-to-floor shower area. Available in a wide range of sizes and colours, it is now available with a barely-visible anti-slip option, as well as an integral enamelled steel upstand, which means there is no need for silicone where the shower floor meets the wall tiles.
The award-winning BetteFloor is an enamelled steel, flush to floor shower area that is like one large tile, which is permanently water-proof, easy to clean, hygienic and fits perfectly into the floor tiling pattern. With the BetteFloor Side option, on display at Sleep, it is available with the waste outlet to the side, rather than in the centre, for a large comfortable standing area.
As a continuous surface, without the joints of a tiled area, BetteFloor Side ensures perfect hygiene and ease of care. Bacteria and germs do not have a breeding ground on the inorganic, enamel surface and dirt and soap can be washed away easily from the robust BetteGlaze® enamel surface.
BetteFloor Side is available in 21 sizes with square options from 90 x 90 cm to 120 x 120 cm and rectangular options from 100 x 80 cm to 160 x 120 cm. Bettefloor is available in 48 sizes, including corner versions. All are available in 22 matt colours and a huge range of other colours, to enable the shower floor to be integrated into the bathroom floor.
BARELY VISIBLE ANTI-SLIP
Bette has launched a new anti-slip option for its enamelled steel shower floors which provides a high level of slip resistance and safety but is barely visible, so does not detract from the elegant enamelled steel surface.
New BetteAntislip Pro, on show at Sleep, is the ideal solution for stylish bathrooms that need to conform to safety standards, as well as requiring high hygiene levels and low subsequent costs. It meets a high safety standard of R10 and is created using a special enamel layer which has a rough surface that is virtually undetectable to the touch or the eye. It increases showering safety over the entire surface, while being very comfortable to walk on and almost invisible.
The new surface is extremely durable, easy to clean and hygienic and will remain in its original state, even after years of use. It can be applied to Bette’s glossy white shower areas, and also to most of the matt shades in the BetteFloor Colour World, which are chosen by over 40% of Bette customers for shower floors.
NO SILICONE BETWEEN SHOWER FLOOR AND TILES
Bette will also be showing its BetteUpstand option for shower floors and baths. This is an integral enamelled steel ‘upstand’ of the product edge which does away with the need for silicone where the shower floor or bath meets the tiles, making mouldy and cracked silicone joints a thing of the past. The 35 mm high upturn of the steel bath or shower floor edge is over-tiled by 10 mm during installation, ensuring a hygienic, durable and easy to clean edge to the wall.
FLEXIBILITY
Comments Samantha Wake: "We believe that Bette offers an unrivalled flexibility for the hotel bathroom designer through our extensive choice of ranges, and also through the hundreds of colour and size options, as well as the option to create products to individual customers’ size and colour requirements.
"We provide competitively priced bespoke options, particularly for hotel refurbishments, where room layouts are fixed and they may come across particular challenges. Because of our manufacturing process and materials, we are able to ‘trim’ baths, prior to enamelling. This can be useful, for example, in a small bathroom where a door opening could restrict the size of the bath used. We are able to trim the rim of the bath next to the door, to allow the use of a larger bath than would otherwise have been possible. Our flexible manufacturing process also means that we are able to manufacture baths and shower trays to a specific size, if required."
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Bette enamelled steel baths, shower floor and washbasins are highly durable, come with a 30 year warranty and are also 100% recyclable. They are made from the natural raw materials of steel, finished with the unique BetteGlaze® enamel finish, which is made from water, glass, quartz, borax and soda. Sustainability and natural materials have always been central to Bette’s approach, with a major focus on energy-efficient production. The ecological quality of the Bette product range is confirmed by an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) which complies with ISO 14025.
For more information see www.bette.co.uk or telephone 0844 800 0547.