Recommendation for sanitary supplier in Greater Cologne area

  • Erstellt am 2017-08-28 09:14:47

R.Hotzenplotz

2017-08-28 09:14:47
  • #1
For our new single-family house construction, we are considering completely separating the general contractor's plumbing service and commissioning the bathrooms independently. In this regard, we would like to find out which plumbing partner is suitable in the Cologne metropolitan area. There are many "apothecaries" in this field. A good price/performance ratio is therefore important to us.

Perhaps someone has had good experiences with a company.

Since a suitable company may not necessarily have a showroom at the same time, it would also be interesting to know where we can get impressions in a large exhibition.

What we are looking for is a high-end bathroom design without it necessarily having to be the newest designer sink from the latest collection (with the correspondingly payable fee).

At first, we considered ordering the sanitary items from a mail-order shop like R..... and then only commissioning the installation later; however, the general contractor said this was risky because who would be liable if the externally purchased toilet breaks during installation.....
 

HilfeHilfe

2017-08-28 10:03:15
  • #2


On one hand, you want a good sanitary specialist, on the other hand, you want to save on materials and order them online.

You will very quickly realize that you won’t find a good one there, if any at all. We have a building boom; you should be glad to get a sanitary specialist who also cooperates well with the other trades.

I would leave everything with the general contractor and request a higher price for upscale fittings and then negotiate accordingly.
 

R.Hotzenplotz

2017-08-28 10:10:39
  • #3


Admittedly, that was a thought. But it has already been discarded – if only because of the warranty issues with installation damage. I fully agree with what you write about the construction boom. Therefore, we need the all-in-one solution.

However, the general contractor himself recommends outsourcing the plumbing part if you deviate from the standard. His suggestion was still to come to him with an externally requested plumbing plan and compare the prices. However, he did not seem very confident that he could then offer a cost-effective price.
 

HilfeHilfe

2017-08-28 11:02:21
  • #4


What exactly is the standard? Instead of Keramag, using Villeroy & Boch? Or instead of structural measures, e.g., rainforest shower instead of a normal one?

I find such a statement difficult. His sanitary can do the "standard," everything else should be done by an external sanitary specialist (?). Strange approach.
 

R.Hotzenplotz

2017-08-28 11:05:44
  • #5
Lawyer Shower etc. are already important. We do not want a standard bathroom.
 

ypg

2017-08-28 11:19:18
  • #6


Sorry, what kind of answer is that?
Every Tom, Dick and Harry is currently going to a lawyer Shower – whether that makes sense is another question.

Therefore, you have to go by your shower needs and not by: what does everyone else have now? Or what is more expensive or more valuable than what we have in our rental apartment?

You don’t want to build a show house where all the extras are installed just because the builder wants to sell unnecessary things, do you?!

Exhibitions: to find out what you really want, you should visit _all_ exhibitions within approximately 100 km nearby (ok, 50 km in a big city is fine)!
 

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