A hidden drain: rear channel or cover plate?
A washbasin with no round drain in the bottom. How the rear channel with a linear drain and the flat ceramic cover plate work, how they differ and how to clean them.
Most washbasins have a round metal drain with a plug in the bottom. Ours do not. Water runs through a thin gap around a ceramic lid, and the drain is hidden underneath. The lid is the same ceramic as the washbasin, so the bottom reads as one surface.
There are two versions: a channel along the back edge, and a cover plate over the whole bottom.
The rear channel
The bottom slopes towards the back edge. Along it runs a narrow channel with a linear drain, covered by a ceramic lid. Water runs down the bottom to the channel, through the gap beside the lid and into the drain.
In the basin you see the sloping bottom and a narrow lid by the wall.
The cover plate
A flat ceramic plate covers the whole bottom. Water runs off its edges onto the bottom below and into the drain.
In the basin you see one flat field of ceramic, with no slope. It is the calmest of the two to look at.
How to clean the drain
It is the same for both:
- Lift the channel lid or the cover plate by hand, with no tools.
- Wipe the ceramic underneath with a damp cloth.
- Put the lid back.
Which to choose
The difference is mainly in the look. The channel keeps the bottom sloping and shows a narrow lid by the wall; the plate closes the bottom into a flat surface. Both are the same ceramic as the washbasin, and both lift off by hand.
The tap and the waste trap are not part of the washbasin, so you choose the ones you like. With the quote we send you the measurements for the water and drain connections.
You can open and close both versions in 3D in the configurator, on a washbasin in your own size.
