Plumb Warehouse Blog

Shower Tray supply issues and how to work around them. At the moment there are shortages of shower trays. This is due to 2 factors. During the last year, China had a policy of lockdowns meaning that many Chinese factories have been closed. This had a direct impact on stocks of many products – not just shower trays – in the UK. China has now relaxed its policy but that has led to an increase in Covid so even though factories have reopened, they are understaffed. But there is also... Read More

Christmas opening and delivery arrangements at Plumb-Warehouse.co.uk. At Plumb-Warehouse, we pride ourselves on our customer service. We certainly don’t want to let anyone down so we are setting out our arrangements for Christmas opening and deliveries. Our office will remain open until midday on Friday 23rd December. Until then we will continue to provide phone and email support between 8.30am and 3.30pm. Our office will then be closed until 8am on Tue 3rd Jan. You will still be able to place orders on our website and send email requests for... Read More

Plumb Warehouse is pleased to announce that we have refreshed and extended the range of our own branded bathroom products. The range echoes the popular bathrooms to love range. That range is now only available through physical stores. Being an online business, that means we are no longer able to stock and sell it. So the new Plumb Warehouse bathroom range replaces the Bathrooms to Love products in our portfolio. Our new range of baths features single and double-ended baths, and also L shape and P shape baths for those... Read More

Buy Kudos Kstone Shower Trays Online from Plumb-Warehouse.co.uk. We are pleased to say that we have added the Kstone range of Kudos trays to the trays we sell at Plumb-Warehouse. Kstone shower trays are manufactured by Kudos themselves in the UK. They are made from the highest quality materials with a structural resin-bonded stone filler to provide structural strength and stability. Kstone shower trays are available in all of the shapes you would expect: rectangular, square, quadrant and offset quadrant shapes. They are of course available in a wide range... Read More

Underfloor heating adds a touch of luxury to your bathroom or kitchen. Plumb-Warehouse.co.uk offers full range of products. You can buy underfloor heating online from Plumb-Warehouse. Firstly, underfloor heating can be used with almost all types of floor covering. There are options available from Plumb-Warehouse for stone, laminate, vinyl, tiles, wood and carpets. Underfloor heating is not as expensive as many people assume. A complete system – including the heating, the insulation and the thermostatic controls – can be bought from Plumb-warehouse for £400 for a small bathroom. Underfloor heating... Read More

Plumb-Warehouse.co.uk sells a wide range for shower trays. Most are available for next-day delivery. This post looks at the options available when buying shower trays. Shower Tray Shapes There are three basic shapes for shower trays: Square, Rectangular or Quadrant. A quadrant shower tray has two straight sides and typically a curved edge. It is designed to fit a curved shower enclosure door. The straight sides of the quadrant tray might be the same size – known as a square quadrant. Or they might be different lengths – known as... Read More

We sometimes get enquiries about whether it is possible to use a heated towel rail – as just a towel rail. That is – to put it on the wall but not to connect it to a heat source. Customers want to do this as the heated towel rails are stylish and practical. Often more so than a standard towel rail that is screwed to the wall and holds only one or 2 towels. For example people use them in a kitchen to hang a towel, a tea towel and... Read More

You can buy the complete range of Perrin and Rowe products online from Plumb-Warehouse. Perrin and Rowe is an established British manufacturer of high quality bathroom and kitchen products. They still manufacture in the UK – their brassware is made in the West Country and their ceramic items are made in Staffordshire. They make ranges in a variety of styles including Traditional, Country, Contemporary, Georgian, Deco and Edwardian. Their products – especially the more complex ones like taps and showers -are often made to order. But many accessories, and products... Read More

…and how we are dealing with them It is no secret that Grohe has been having supply chain issues in the UK. Grohe’s own stock levels in the UK had fallen. And to make matters worse, the time taken to get stock from Germany has increased. This appears to be related to Brexit. Now the UK is outside the EU, Grohe’s exports are subject to Germany’s export rules. These seem to be bureaucratic and slow meaning containers of goods sit at the docks in Holland waiting for approval to be... Read More

Dual Fuel Towel Rails – Frequently Asked Questions Plumb-Warehouse sells a complete range of heated towel rails – including dual fuel towel rails. We are often asked about the pros and cons of the dual fuel option. So here we answer the questions we are frequently asked about them. What exactly is a dual fuel towel rail? A dual fuel towel rail is plumbed into the central heating system so that it is warmed in the same way, and at the same time, as your radiators. It also has an... Read More