Dave Mayer, Commercial Director at Reginox UK, explains why the kitchen sink and tap deserve more attention – blending smart design, advanced technology, and everyday practicality into one essential duo.
‘It’s only a kitchen sink and a tap’. If that’s what you think, then please pardon my candour, but you’re crazy! The not-so-humble kitchen sink and tap are much overlooked, yet key appliances for the kitchen.
On average they are used far more often than the cooker, hob, fridge, toaster etc. So, my message to builders and developers, is this – overlook them at your peril.
As a kitchen focal point, whilst not as obviously eye-catching as, say, a fancy hob and flash cooker hood, the kitchen sink and tap, often placed under a window, command a position of authority, not to mention high usage.
So, they need to look good, feel good and be of high quality. In a show home this is critical. Reginox has the solutions.
What makes the perfect combination of sink and tap?
As I’ve already established, the role of the sink and tap within new-build and/or refurbishment projects should never be underestimated. They need to be a perfect combination – well made, durable, stylish, practical and, of course, represent excellent value. That’s a never-ending challenge for sink and tap manufacturers everywhere. Here at Reginox, we never shirk a challenge.
Stainless steel, the core of the Reginox sink range, accounts for nearly 50% of our UK sales, so let’s begin with quality. We use only the best quality stainless steel as a raw material (with an eye on eco-friendly supply chain partners) to ensure the end product always meets our customers’ demands.
Clever design that blends style with practicality is also a challenge, but one that we succeed in achieving. The curves on some of our steel sink designs might look pretty, but they are also there to add rigidity and strength to the product. A clever skill to have.
Multi-material options provide an opportunity to bring colour and texture to the kitchen sink area. Granite and composite materials, and different manufacturing techniques, allow for a massive array of shapes and styles.
And the multitude of bowl and drainer configurations continues to bring choice and variety into the decision-making process. Single bowl, single bowl and drainer, one-and-half bowl and drainer, double bowl, deep bowl, shallow bowl…the list is long.
All of these designs bring about almost endless permutations to help create a practical and stylish sink option for designers, specifiers, builders and kitchen suppliers and fitters. Bringing colour into the equation allows for even more variety and flexibility of choice.
Our parent company, Reginox Holland, is a pioneer of manufacturing techniques that have since set sink industry standards, paving the way for a revolutionary, market-leading collection of coloured stainless-steel sinks, introduced following years of research and development.
The coloured coating is achieved using physical vapour deposition (PVD), a technique used to deposit thin films, one atom or molecule at a time, onto the steel surface to create a hard, durable surface.
Indeed, PVD coloured stainless steel is scratch resistant, ideal for high traffic and heavy-use areas, as the tough finish is about 10 times harder than the stainless steel itself.
New colours have just been added to our NEW YORK PVD range. Choose from Gun Metal II, Copper II, Gold II or Matt Black II to give any kitchen a unique, luxurious look. These coloured sinks are available in multiple sizes, including a 18×40, 34×40, 40×40, 50×40 and 34×40 + 18×40 sink.
Slim versions measuring 40×40 and 50×40 are also available with narrow rims making them particularly well-suited to stone worktops, by protecting the edges of the worktop recess.
These fit nicely alongside the already established MIAMI PVD range with colour matching taps and wastes. There are three colours: copper rose, gold flax and gunmetal. All models can be integrated, semi-integrated or undermounted for total flexibility when it comes to fitting methods.
How does Reginox enhance the sink/tap combination?
Of course, taps are an essential element of the kitchen sink package and create the synergy such a key combination deserves. Reginox works hard to create seamless matching products, both in style and finish, to further enhance its kitchen and tap combinations. Add into this the hot water tap (HWT) possibilities and you really do start to create a wonderful and diverse area of the kitchen.
Practical, diverse designs including four- and even five-in-one water taps really do start to make people sit up and take notice of an area of the kitchen you are now (hopefully) seeing through a different lens.
Our newest HWT is the AQUABEZI. Boasting a flexible, pull-out hose, it is a sleek and stylish addition to the much sought-after specialist tap range. It uses a child lock spring action handle to dispense hot water instantly, as well as a three-way mixer lever for normal hot and cold water with filtered cold water. The AQUABEZI is available in chrome or brushed nickel with a black hose, or an all-black option.
The AQUABEZI joins its 4-in-1 stablemate the AQUADZI chrome, which uses touch control technology for instant hot water launched this year and lines up with the 3-in-1 swan-necked ATTENZI, which comes in chrome or brushed nickel; the u-necked TRIBEZI in chrome, brushed nickel and matt black, and the swan-neck VECHI ll, which combines ceramic handles with a stylish chrome finish.
All Reginox’s 4-in-1 and 3-in-1 taps supply standard hot and cold water instantly while hot water is dispensed via a child-safe spring locked handle, except for AQUADZI, which uses touch technology. The hot water runs through the centre of the taps to keep them cool for a completely safe flow from the swivel spout.
And they all come with the latest 3L tank technology with adjustable temperatures from 75 to 98 degrees and anti-scale filters, that fulfil consumer demand fuelled by the desire to save worktop space and money on energy bills by opting for instant hot water instead of turning on the kettle!
Imagine, it’s not all that long ago, that taps dispensing filtered hot, cold, boiling, chilled, and sparkling water from a single unit on your sink top would have been unthinkable. But here we are…
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