The new Spring Summer 2026 launch from Bathrooms to Love, the premium bathroom brand from leading distributor, PJH, is full of sophisticated new designs and inspiration to take customers to the next level.

Featuring over a hundred product additions, from new on-pointe designs to the latest bathroom innovations, the refreshed Collection is packed full of aspirational ideas and presented in an enhanced 348-page brochure layout (See it Here).

Satisfying the latest up and coming bathroom trends, the new portfolio continues to take inspiration from nature, focussing on muted colour palettes, natural tones, organic forms, and contrasting finishes and textures. Paired with premium product quality and reliability, alongside PJH’s class-leading, next-day, nationwide delivery service, makes for a perfect all-round bathroom supply solution.

Highlights of the Collection span the Modular Furniture, Ceramics, Heating, and Showering categories, supported with aspirational new brochure photography, product tips and advice. In furniture, CHIC is the epitome of modern, understated style – a floor-standing, handleless range with a unique circular door design, elegant metal legs and ample cupboard storage. Meanwhile the popular KUBA range has been extended to include further handleless units in its fluted, oak- and walnut-effect, textured finishes. It also welcomes a new Matt White colour option, boasting the same soft, signature curves and flexible storage.

In ceramics, going one step beyond rimless WCs, is Bathrooms to Love’s own new SWIRLUX toilet range. Featuring innovative rimless 360° flushing technology, these toilets have been carefully designed and moulded to provide a unique swirling action to help reduce water usage, whilst maximising toilet efficiency. This category also welcomes new COMFORT-HEIGHT WC’s, as well as new statement WASHBOWLS.

Industrial design elegance from a new GUNMETAL finish, is an introduction to the showering category. With deep, dark grey metallic accents, new Iconix Wetroom Panels with a Gunmetal profile project high-end, sophisticated looks. To coordinate, a new shower and brassware range, also in striking Gunmetal, joins the Collection. Other additions to showering include an innovative WETROOM STORAGE SHELF column, and ULTRA-SLIM TRAYS boasting an incredibly strong yet lightweight structure.

On the heating front, a luxurious new ELECTRIC RADIATOR family includes an intelligent built-in thermostat control with a sleek, modern design. With great energy saving properties this range is available in a variety of styles and finishes. In addition, three new stylish standard LADDER RADIATOR ranges also join this category.

This latest launch is supported with new showroom POS, attractive display deals, video reels, augmented reality sales tools, social media promotion, website updates, consumer PR activity, and of course, PJH’s excellent ‘First Choice’ service promise. Available to order now via the PJH Partners Portal.

Further information: Bathrooms to Love by PJH: T: 0345 450 8932 / www.partners.pjh.uk / www.bathroomstolove.uk

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The Connect2 tray, designed and made in the UK by Kudos, boasts a truly unique feature. It was designed to avoid floor joists, ensuring it retains its super-low profile when installed.  Launched in a choice of grey slate effect, high gloss white or slip-resistant white, Kudos has now added its best-selling slate effect white colourway to the collection.

Connect2 trays stand at just 35mm in height, are guaranteed to avoid all standard joist sizes and spans thanks to the precise positioning of a unique offset dual waste outlet, allowing the installer to choose the waste clear from obstruction to connect.  The tray may need to be rotated to accommodate the fixed joists, but once set, the installer simply uses the blanking plug provided to seal the unused waste and plumb in the high-flow waste and trap, avoiding any need to lift the tray off the floor.  If both waste holes are free then both wastes can be connected for even faster water removal.  A re-inforced, magnetically secured waste cover, that’s easily removed for cleaning, then sits neatly over the plugs to complete the installation.

The Connect2 range of shower trays are manufactured in a acrylic capped ABS filled with a structural resin bonded stone for maximum strength and stability.  The collection offers 12 rectangular sizes from 800mm square to 1700x800mm plus four quadrant/offset quadrant options. Each comes complete with a high flow waste rated to 35 litres of water per minute, and is competitively priced.

Kudos has been designing and manufacturing shower products at its Cumbria facility since 1999. They understand the UK bathroom market and all its idiosyncrasies and endeavour to develop products with easy to install features. Their products are stocked with a number of regional distributors to ensure a reliable service and ease of availability and they offer a lifetime guarantee on their shower trays and a spares website giving a superior after sales service.

Now trading as RONAL Bathrooms UK Ltd, the Kudos portfolio includes shower enclosures, shower trays, over-bath screens, and wet-room solutions sold via KBB showrooms and merchants across the UK. Visit its website, kudosshowers.co.uk, call 01539 564040, or email info@kudosshowers.co.uk.

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PHPD visits Flair Showers to learn why shower enclosures shouldn’t be underestimated

A lot of weight rests on the look and feel of a new home’s bathroom or kitchen. It’s these rooms that have their “furniture” ready installed, adding all the more weight to the choices housebuilders make. Potential homeowners are more confident in their assessments of taps and shower heads than they are of insulation choices or brick courses. Bathroom products should be specified thoughtfully, particularly if you want them to wow potential buyers.

With that in mind, we turn to Flair Showers, owned by the family-operated Sanbra Group and based in Dublin, whose team invited us to find out more about the business and how shower enclosures can make all the difference.

A range of options

Early on in the HQ Showroom tour, it became apparent that one of the main attributes of the Flair Showers range is a diversity of choice. As Johnny O’Callaghan, Sales Director ROI & Export at Flair Showers explains it: “The key thing really is that we supply a wide variety of products at every price point and every design.

Everything from a basic entry level to premium level shower enclosures. Depending on the budget that the builder has to spend, we can provide a solution for them.”

Indeed, the core Flair Showers offering is split in two with Flair PRO Collections and Harmony Collections. While Harmony represents the top-end of what Flair has to offer, both collections have multiple options within them.

The Harmony Collections

The Harmony Collections by Flair is a distinctive portfolio of high-performance showering solutions, offering versatile sizes and premium finishes. Each range within the collection features considered design elements that enhance the user experience. This design intent element is one of the ways that Flair stands out. Our peek behind the curtain included a tour of the design studio by the Sanbra Group Showering Division’s Lead Product Designer, Ronán O’ Grady, who expanded on clever little details woven into the enclosures. From countersunk and curved hinges designed for easy cleaning to patented magnetic guide systems or silent steel wheels, everything has been thought of. The handles themselves are the work of hand-crafted moulds that have been designed to conform to the hand naturally and to double as a convenient towel holder.

The Flair PRO Collections

Boasting an extensive selection of shower enclosures, wetrooms, and bathscreens, the trusted Flair PRO Collections excel in particular at offering installers an easy-fit showering solution. Constructed with up to 8 mm, toughened, Clearvue safety glass, the Verve PRO 8 collection is the latest addition to this with sliding and pivot doors, inline and frameless side panels, plus one door quadrants and offset quadrants. Designed for everyday luxury, the new collection is available in three finishes Silver, Matte Black and the on-trend finish of Brushed Brass.

The Verve PRO 8 Collection benefits from the Click Fit PRO system. Created to improve speed, ease of assembly and safety, Click Fit PRO is expertly engineered to simplify life for installers and can be fitted by just one rather than two. As the name would suggest, this is a screwless frame system, where sections just simply click together. On our tour of Flair’s impressive showrooms, we were actually treated to an installation race, where two of the company’s service engineers tried to build a shower enclosure the fastest.

So fast is the new system that Service Engineer Ryan Morley, who has been fitting shower enclosures for over 25 years, says it cuts a shower enclosure install by half the time. Ryan, who has been travelling across the UK in the manufacturer’s mobile showroom explained the reception the new system got at a housebuilding site where he was delivering training: “I could see their jaws drop and they said ‘it can’t be that easy’. I told them ‘it is’ and they said it’s going to make their lives so much easier.”

While this time-saving element is great to have on a site with a few plots on it, those with development plots ranging in the tens or even hundreds are really going to see the benefits of a system that requires less manpower and gets a bathroom finished that much quicker.

Both sides

One point the entire Flair Showers team stresses is the importance of both sides of a shower enclosure. The inside, where the homeowner will spend most of their time interacting with a shower enclosure, has to look just as good as the out.

This double-sided approach seems to be a running theme for the Irish manufacturer. Its enclosures are designed to be ergonomic and to appeal to potential homeowners, for whom we all know the importance of a nice bathroom. At the same time, Flair Showers is ensuring that these products work for those that are procuring and installing them. A team of service engineers like Ryan is constantly busy, ready to deliver training on housebuilding sites or fix any potential issues where required. Packaging and instructions have been designed for ease of use, the Flair Showers YouTube channel sports a host of installation videos and the manufacturer stocks spare parts 10 years past an enclosure’s production. All of this combined with new technology that’s purpose-built to ease and speed installation makes this Irish powerhouse a win-win all round.

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As hot water production becomes the dominant energy load in new-build homes, housebuilders must address this shift without sacrificing comfort or compliance.

Paul Ravnbo-West, market development manager at Triton Showers, introduces the duo able to help reduce water use and improve energy efficiency

In a strange way, the Future Homes Standard (FHS) can be likened to Pep Guardiola’s arrival at Manchester City. As he has revolutionised the Premier League over the past decade, the FHS is set to do the same for housebuilding. Rather than setting the foundation for a treble, however, the incoming regulations lay the groundwork for the UK’s ambitious aim of reaching net zero by 2050.

Perhaps describing this analogy as strange was an understatement…

To ensure the blueprint makes its mark in a similar fashion to a well-known Norwegian striker, housebuilders face the challenge of reducing carbon emissions in new-build homes by 75-80% compared to those built under 2013 legislation.

Showers are both the largest consumer of water at home and responsible for half the hot water energy demand generated. This makes them an important starting point for those looking to build more sustainable and efficient homes.

The case for electric showers

An electric shower uses electricity to produce instant and continuous hot water. They eliminate the need for long pipe runs from the cylinder to shower, which can lead to heat loss and delayed hot water reaching the shower – one of the most common sources of water waste. As the dependence on stored hot water is vastly reduced, electric showers can enable a smaller hot water cylinder to be installed, saving space and money.

Electric showers operate at lower flow rates than mixers, using less water per minute without compromising on comfort. These features combined make them a viable solution for homes set for construction in water-stressed regions, where permitted water use is less than 110 litres per person per day.

The tightened limit – down from the standard 125 litres – is being adopted by an increasing number of local authorities as part of planning conditions to futureproof developments against inevitable water shortages.

WWHRS – A perfect partner

The benefits of electric showers are further amplified with Triton’s new HeatRepeat® technology enabling electric showers, for the first time, to be connected to a Waste Water Heat Recovery System (WWHRS).

A WWHRS captures the heat from the used shower wastewater, which is normally lost down the drain, and uses it to preheat the incoming cold mains water to the electric shower unit. This significantly reduces the energy required in showering.

Not only does this passive process lower a household’s overall CO2 emissions and energy bills, but it also improves shower performance, particularly during colder months when mains water temperatures plummet.

This removes the longstanding perception that as incoming water temperature drops in winter, so does the performance of electric showers. What’s more, the duo supports grid resilience by lowering peak energy demand – in the morning and evening.

For developers, it offers a practical route to achieving compliance with Part Lof the Building Regulations outperforming mixers in key SAP metrics; Dwelling Emissions Rate (DER) and Dwelling Primary Energy Rate (DPER).

Akin to a midfield of Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne in their primes, anybody? The analogy lives on!

The latest innovations

ENlight® with HeatRepeat®, Triton’s first electric shower designed to connect to WWHRS, can reduce annual energy consumption by up to 51%, water usage by 44% and produce carbon savings of up to 37%, when compared to a mixer shower connected to a WWHRS. When ENlight® with HeatRepeat® is connected to a WWHRS, the operational carbon emission savings, compared to a mixer shower, can negate its own embodied carbon footprint, including that of the WWHRS, in as little as three months.

Circling back to end-user experience, the shower also delivers a spray of approximately five litres per minute when connected to a WWHRS, improving overall satisfaction.

Future-proofing homes

As a significant contributor to domestic water and energy consumption, it is vital that showering solutions are on hand to help specifiers build zero-carbon-ready homes, guaranteeing compliance in the process.

Innovations like ENlight® with HeatRepeat® make certain that residents can also reap the rewards of a consistent, enjoyable showering experience and reduced energy bills throughout the year. After all, who needs Haaland when you have HeatRepeat®?

Discover more about ENlight® with HeatRepeat®

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In a competitive market, differentiation is everything. While bathrooms have long been recognised as critical selling points, the finer details – particularly electrical accessories – are often overlooked. Yet these elements offer a chance to enhance buyer appeal and support premium pricing. Knightsbridge offers a few pointers.

Traditionally, bathroom lighting has received the lion’s share of design attention. Recessed spotlights, wall lights, illuminated mirrors and mood lighting are now standard fare, supported by a well-developed market of IP-rated luminaires that meet 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) and Part P of Building Regulations.

By contrast, accessories such as switches, shaver sockets, extractor fans and integrated mirrors have historically been treated as functional afterthoughts – often supplied as basic white plastic boxes that meet minimum technical requirements but fall short on visual appeal.

That’s changing. Just as living rooms and kitchens have embraced decorative finishes and smart technologies, bathrooms are now catching up. Homeowners increasingly expect their bathrooms to reflect the same design sophistication as the rest of the home. This shift is driving manufacturers to extend premium ranges – featuring screwless plates, metal finishes, USB charging and smart controls – into the bathroom space.

For developers, this evolution presents an opportunity. A bathroom fitted with thoughtful, design-led accessories creates a perception of quality that directly supports property value.

Matching the bathroom’s aesthetic to the rest of the house can be a key differentiator in a crowded market.

Modern homeowners demand convenience and connectivity. Integrating smart controls, dimmable LED drivers, occupancy sensors and USB chargers into bathroom accessories delivers future-proofed spaces that resonate with tech-savvy buyers. For example, USB outlets can now be embedded into illuminated mirrors or shaver lights – ideal for charging grooming devices and smartphones.

These enhancements not only elevate buyer perception of value but also reduce the need for aftermarket upgrades. As pedigreed specifications, they help shorten snagging lists and minimise onsite variations, improving build efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Compliance

Technical compliance remains nonnegotiable. Bathrooms must be wired in accordance with the 18th Edition, with particular attention to zoning requirements. Understanding bathroom zones is essential to ensure safety and avoid costly rework: Specifying accessories with the correct IP rating and RCD protection from the outset reduces site delays and simplifies sign-offs at inspection. SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) products remain the only acceptable solution in Zone 1, while Zones 2 and 3 allow for greater flexibility with IP-rated devices.

Sustainability and efficiency

Energy efficiency is another rising priority. LED technology, smart sensors and lowenergy EC motors in extractor fans contribute to reduced household energy consumption and help developers meet Part L of the Building Regulations. Moving away from short-life plastic fittings towards durable, efficient products aligns with both regulatory drivers and customer expectations.

Design led

Manufacturers are responding with a wide array of design-led products. Knightsbridge, for instance, offers over 30 shaver socket models across screwless, flat plate and square edge designs in finishes ranging from brushed steel and polished brass to on-trend matt black. This breadth of choice allows developers to differentiate between entry-level and premium plots while maintaining design consistency throughout the home. Innovative products such as curved shaver lights, discreetly incorporate dual USB chargers alongside traditional dual-voltage sockets – catering to both legacy grooming appliances and modern devices. For younger buyers, the ability to charge devices in every room, including the bathroom, is an expectation rather than a luxury. Extractor fans are also evolving. Once purely functional, modern fans now feature LED backlighting, aesthetic finishes, and humidity-sensing functions.

Available in white, stainless steel, black and grey, these fans meet airflow performance standards while contributing positively to the overall design scheme. These added-value items present significant commercial opportunities. While basic white accessories offer limited margin, premium versions – especially those integrated into coordinated ranges – provide attractive upsell potential.

Developers specifying USB-equipped lighting or decorative extractor fans are not just meeting functional needs but also, to an extent, fulfilling lifestyle goals. The bathroom is no longer a utilitarian afterthought – it’s a lifestyle space. Upgrading electrical accessories is a move that enhances buyer appeal, supports premium pricing, and streamlines the build process. By carefully specifying finishes, integrating smart functionality, and ensuring regulatory compliance, developers can deliver bathrooms that meet the expectations of today’s discerning homeowners. As the sector continues to focus on differentiation, customer satisfaction and compliance, bathroom electrical accessories are set to play an increasingly important role.

To discover the full Knightsbridge bathroom offering, be sure to download its latest e-brochure: The Complete Bathroom & Kitchen Guide here.

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Going beyond the usual height, width, and colour options, The Radiator Company has launched the Piano heated towel rail.

Its dual-fuel capability and the opportunity to specify a double layer for added warmth in tight spaces makes the Piano a highly customisable heating solution. For bathroom, kitchen and cloakrooms that are short on space, the Piano towel rail features a smaller flat 50mm x 10mm steel tube option to create a sleek look.

For more information go to www.rdr.link/dbc043

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Quartz specialist, Königstone, has added to its popular KönigCeramic collection of replicate natural stone sintered worktops with beautiful, printed designs.

It now boasts two additions finishes with the introduction of Bruno Marmora and Jurasica. Both have a soft leather finish, are available in 12mm and 20mm thicknesses and, like the rest of the range, are backed by a 25-year warranty. The slabs are crafted using carefully sourced natural minerals that are compacted to high density and fired to a temperature of over 1,200 degrees.

For more information go to www.rdr.link/dbc039

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A latest addition brings the Saniflo Saniwall Pro Up line-up to three products featuring glass, tiles and now wall panels.

Designed to match all bathroom colours and styles, there’s a choice of grey concrete or Carrera marble patterns. Simple and lightweight to install, the polyethylene core and two aluminium layer construction is flexible, strong and 100% waterproof.

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Underfloor heating systems are an ideal solution to help housebuilders and developers to meet low carbon heating requirements. Here, James griffiths Head of projects at gF building Flow Solutions (formerly uponor), outlines the issues to consider to ensure the right specification.

Over the last decade, the energy efficiency requirements for new homes have tightened significantly in an effort to cut the UK’s carbon emissions. The current version of Part L of the Building Regulations in England and Wales, introduced in June 2022, includes a substantially higher standard for new homes and requires a maximum heating flow temperature of 55ºC. Similarly in Scotland, the compliance guidance for Section 6 of the Building Standards states a maximum temperature of 50ºC. These standards are set to be tightened further with the introduction of the Future Homes Standard. Based on current proposals, this will eliminate the use of gas boilers in favour of low carbon heat sources, such as heat pumps and solar thermal systems.

Due to the lower flow temperatures at which heat pumps operate, it is essential to ensure that the system is designed correctly and that it meets the heating requirements of the property. This includes ensuring that the chosen heat emitters are sized correctly. When using traditional radiators, the sizes may need to increase significantly to accommodate the lower temperature. This is often not ideal as it limits the useable space within a room and is undesirable from an aesthetic perspective.

In contrast, the far larger surface area of hydronic UFH systems makes it ideal for lower flow temperatures. The delivery of heat over the entire floor area also lowers the amount of energy required to heat the space. When specifying a UFH system, there are key factors that must be considered to ensure the chosen option is efficient, effective and fit for purpose.

Hydronic or electric UFH
There are broadly two types of underfloor heating. Hydronic, which is a direct alternative to traditional radiators with hot water circulated through pipes, and electric UFH, which operates using heating cables or mats. On the face of it, electric might seem like an ideal solution given the push towards the electrification of heating. Especially if solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and storage batteries are fitted, providing low cost, renewable energy. Electric UFH is also generally lower cost and simpler to install. However, it is not suitable for all applications as it is less energy efficient, especially for large areas. Also, using electric UFH across sizeable areas within a property will place a high demand on the electrical system, which may not have the capacity. As such, electric UFH is generally most suited to smaller areas, such as bathrooms.

Thermal mass
Underfloor heating is most effective when there is sufficient thermal mass in the floor to absorb, store and release heat. Most often this mass is provided by the screed in which the pipes are laid. A sufficient level of thermal mass will help to minimise the energy required to achieve and maintain the target room temperature. An example of an effective floor construction for UF would be 65mm of screed laid over 65mm of floor insulation to minimise heat loss, ideally on a concrete subfloor. A very lowprofile system maximises the thickness of insulation that can be installed. For example, the Uponor Minitec underfloor system increases the floor height by just 15mm but still offers significant thermal mass as a screed-based product.

Tailored to the heat source
While there is a 50ºC or 55ºC maximum flow temperature set by the regulations, heat pumps and other low carbon sources may operate at an even lower temperature. If this is significantly below the permitted maximum, for example 40ºC, it may be that the UFH installation needs to be configured differently to achieve the required performance effectively. Leading UFH manufacturers will have the knowledge to provide support with this and can often recommend design solutions. This may be reducing the pipe pitches – the distance between the heating pipes – to deliver a higher output and make the system more reactive than it would have been with a standard layout.

Flooring materials
A further important factor to consider is the floor covering. There are a wide range of materials that work well with UFH, including tile, stone, vinyl and laminate flooring. Wooden flooring can be used, but a maximum thickness of 25mm is recommended to enable effective heat transfer. Similarly carpet, which is a popular choice, can be used with UFH but the product specification must be evaluated carefully. This is because if the carpet and underlay provide too much insulation, it will prevent the UFH from transferring the heat efficiently into the room. It is recommended that the combined insulation of the carpet and underlay is no more than 1.5 Tog.

Calculating this is not always simple so the best approach may be to choose from the products that the flooring manufacturers have classified as ‘suitable for underfloor heating’. Underfloor heating systems provide an ideal solution to ensure the required heating performance is achieved with low carbon and renewable heating sources, which are set to become mandatory in the coming years. Seeking technical support from leading manufacturers can help streamline and optimise the design and installation, especially where non-standard solutions are required.

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Bathrooms to Love, PJH’s exclusive bathroom brand, continues to refresh its furniture collection, and has launched this latest premium range, the LIGNE MATT GRAPHITE GREY floor-standing modular family.

Featuring a textured geometric design of vertical and diagonal lines, the units are finished with a beautiful super matt, fingerprint-proof surface in a bold graphite grey colour, contrasted with elegant solid Maple wood ‘framed’ legs.

For more information go to www.rdr.link/daz046

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