This range gathers what surrounds a WC without being the pan: hand basins, concealed frames and their flush plates, connection kits. Discreet parts, whose choice is nonetheless made early, because they decide what runs inside the wall and what will stay visible.
Hand basins for a separate WC
In a separate WC, a hand basin lets you wash your hands on the spot, at the right moment, without crossing the home to the bathroom. The room, though, is rarely generous: the ceramic has to fit without blocking access to the pan or the swing of the door.
Our compact hand basin states 18 cm of depth, 31 cm of width and 11.2 cm of height. That last figure describes the ceramic itself, not the height at which the piece will end up once fitted: the confusion is common, and it clears up by transferring the three figures into the room, door open. Our article, in French, Lave-mains pour WC, compact, pratique et élégant, details these choices, and Dimensions d'un WC, cotes minimales et profondeur puts them back into the overall plan.
The side of the tap hole is part of the reference: this basin exists in a right-hand and a left-hand version, and the side is chosen when ordering, not when fitting. The existing water supply, the nearest obstacle and the way the door opens all steer that choice.
Concealed frames and wall-mounted cisterns
A wall-hung WC rests on a frame fixed to the wall and hidden behind a duct, which houses the cistern. Of that whole mechanism, only the flush plate stays visible, set flush with the wall. Versions differ by their fixing, self-supporting or wall-mounted, and by their height.
This chapter gathers those frames, their plates and the cold water connection kits for concealed supplies, one per frame make, which feed the TOTO wall-hung packs with concealed supplies without showing the connection. Our guide, in French, explains the part each piece plays: Bâti-support et chasse d'eau murale, les essentiels du WC suspendu.
Taps, and what we can say about them today
Many searches that lead here are for a hand basin tap, often a cold water one. It is worth writing plainly: taps do not appear in the online catalogue as a family of their own. They show up in the variants of the compact hand basin, where a pack brings together the ceramic, the trap and either a mixer or a cold water tap.
The choice between the two is less a matter of taste than a matter of plumbing: in a separate WC the only pipe present is usually the one feeding the cistern, in cold water, and fitting a mixer means bringing a second supply. If your project calls for something other than these packs, a call to the store will spare you an order to correct. Our guide, in French, gathers the pre-order checks: Installation d'un WC japonais, raccordement et compatibilité.