Minimalist style bathrooms create a blissful, relaxed experience through their sleek appearance and accentuated fittings. Floor level showers and linear drainage, in particular, enhance the aesthetic and functionality of bathrooms in a discreet yet stylish way. They offer easy and safe access for the whole family, including wheelchair users, and require less maintenance.
wedi has 40 years’ experience in bathroom design and the solutions it provides are not just drains to be integrated into floors, but directly tileable 100% waterproof shower elements with the linear drainage integrated into their shapes. Designed for flush-to-floor installation, wedi Fundo shower elements minimise joints and offer unrivalled reassurance through their dry-fit drain technology, reducing the risk of leaks to the very minimum.
The different solutions include near to and close to wall appearance, to be installed flush with or on top of the floor e.g. on the footprint of the old shower tray or bathtub. The drainage channel can be inlaid with the same tile finish as the rest of the floor creating a ‘hidden’ appearance or enhanced with wedi’s new metallic channel covers.
Metallic shower fittings introduce a touch of luxury by elevating neutral tiling in wetrooms and bathrooms. wedi offers channel covers with four colour options – standard brushed Stainless steel, Metallic Black, Metallic Gold and Metallic Rose-Gold. They offer outstanding colour quality and brilliance as well as a hard wearing, long-lasting surface texture thanks to the high-quality PVD coating.
Left: Fundo RioLigno designed for easy installation: sits and fits flush with suspended timber floors. Right: Fundo RioLigno with reinforced drain area: it provides unrivalled assurance in the ever-moving timber floor.
Features and advantages at a glance
• Tiling: directly tileable without the need for priming
• Waterproofing: the whole shower element is 100% waterproof to its core
• Floor structure: straightforward and quick to install in/on both concrete and timber floors
• Aesthetic: sophisticated drain channel to blend in or provide a visually striking contrast to surrounding design
• Care: maximised drainage, minimised joints and flush to floor design for low maintenance
• Installation: dry-fit drain technology and clever accessories reduce risk of failure, time and labour
Left: Fundo Plano Linea with integrated drainage: straightforward and quick to fit in place of the old bathtub.
Right: Fundo Plano Linea with integrated drainage: cut as required to suit the existing pipe direction.
Technical data
• Installation heights: shower element plus drainage 76 -140mm
• Drainage channel lengths: 300, 700, 800, 900, 1100mm
• Drainage rates: 24l/m, 30l/m, 48l/m, 66l/m
Why choose wedi?
• Designed to last
• Unlimited freedom of design
• Unrivalled ease and safety of installation
• Tried and tested by industry professionals since 1983
Left: Fundo Riolito Neo: elegance paired with system safety.
Right: Fundo Riolito Neo: discreet linear drainage lined up with the wall.
As part of the ARDEX family, since 2022, wedi can offer not only 100% waterproof and loadbearing (133kg/m²) XPS tile backer boards and shower elements with all required certifications (UKCA, CE, UKNI, BBA, EPD), but also compatible adhesives and grouts for direct tiling without the need for additional waterproofing.
Stay focused on design. Source everything required beneath the tiles from a single source and benefit from a comprehensive 10-year UK & Ireland product warranty.
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Source: Architecture Today
