Wastes and Traps: The Essential Detail Beneath Your Faucet Strommen Tapware
True quality lies in the details, even the ones you rarely see. Our collection of wastes and traps is engineered to provide the functional backbone for our premium tapware, ensuring flawless drainage, superior hygiene, and complete design continuity throughout your kitchen and bathroom.
Designed and built in Kerang, Victoria, our basin wastes and floor drainage systems are available across our full range of 20+ finishes, from classic Chrome to sophisticated Brushed Graphite, guaranteeing a perfect aesthetic match to your chosen tapware.
Basin Wastes: Function, Flow, and Finish
Choosing the correct basin waste is vital for the performance and integrity of your bathroom sink. The choice depends entirely on your basin design, specifically, whether or not it features an overflow hole.
Pop Down and Click Clack Wastes – A simple push-button mechanism to open and close the drain. The most popular choice for modern, minimalist bathrooms, built from robust brass construction.
Slotted Wastes – Essential for basins that have an overflow hole, allowing excess water to drain safely into the waste pipe.
Unslotted Wastes – Designed for basins without an overflow, providing a watertight seal when closed.
Bottle Traps: Hygiene and Aesthetics
The bottle trap connects the basin waste to the main drain pipe. While often hidden in a pedestal, exposed bottle traps are increasingly popular, particularly with wall-mounted basin mixers. We craft our bottle traps in the same premium finishes as our tapware, turning a necessary piece of plumbing into a polished design accessory that also prevents unpleasant odours from entering your space.
Floor Drainage: Strip Drains and Floor Grates
The Linear Strip Drain -The modern, architectural choice for showers and wet rooms. Its long, narrow channel design allows the floor to slope in one direction only, simplifying tiling and providing a minimalist aesthetic that blends seamlessly into the floor. Preferred for large-format tiles and accessible shower designs.
The Classic Floor Grate – Traditional point-drainage solutions, available in the same extensive finish range as our basin wastes for complete coordination across every metal detail in your bathroom. We also offer tile-in floor waste options, where the grate sits almost invisibly within the floor tile for a highly discreet finish.
The Faucet Strommen Finish Guarantee
Every waste and trap — whether a basin waste, bottle trap, strip drain, or floor grate — benefits from our signature finishing process. Crafted from high-quality brass and backed by our renowned warranties, our wastes and traps are designed to maintain their appearance and functionality for years to come.
