When designing a tiled bathroom space all the elements must work together to achieve your design goals.

Membranes, plumbing, passive fire and tiles are systems that sit together in the space and selecting trusted suppliers and coherent systems will ensure projects are delivered on time and to expectations.

The shower channel plays a pivotal role in ensuring the systems below the tiles and the visual design elements are completed and perform to expectations. The market offers many options for offshore manufactured and non-customisable suppliers that are unable to provide the same level of service and quality of an NZ made solution. It has been regularly proven that a reputable, local manufacturer will have the ability to customise, be present, and provide a hydraulically efficient shower channel that will fit into the design brief and program seamlessly.

Local manufacturers such as Allproof ensure tile insert channels provide adequate depth for local tile selections and hydraulic performance with consideration to the quantity of shower heads often selected in local design trends. The leak control flange must be part of the system to ensure the membrane can terminate effectively allowing good management of sub tile moisture.

Reality on site often varies from drawn plans, a 900mm drawn shower might end up a different dimension once linings, membranes and tiles have been installed, especially if product specification changes occur in latter stages, such as tile selection. Structure can appear in unplanned positions meaning outlets are not centre, or channel widths must be amended. This is where the customisation of channels comes into its own. For example, at the recently completed Intercontinental Hotel at 1 Queen St, the design demanded accuracy and the highest possible finishes. To this brief, Allproof worked alongside the plumbing and building contractor to provide over 130 suites a perfectly dimensioned channel, on time and to spec. The Horizon Hotel at the set to open Convention Centre required angles to be included in channels and glazing to be incorporated into the channels which raised the standard of the finished rooms to the next design level.

By using feet on the ground, in-house design teams, laser cutting, CNC folding and a team of over 40 skilled trades people, Allproof have the ability to make your multi-unit development, or high end home, have the best finish in the shower channel space. As a designer you can rest assured that the system is tried and tested locally, will be well accepted by the other supply stakeholders in the area and will perform to expectations.

The Allproof Vision shower channel has been at the forefront of tiled shower systems in NZ and Australia for over 15 years. With stock sizes available nationwide as well as the ability to customise and powder coat to achieve design finishes, Allproof is an ideal supplier for tiled shower channels.