Recommendation for sanitary supplier in Greater Cologne area

When it comes to exhibitions: Megabad Köln/Bochum, Reuter You have it right on your doorstep. By the way, Reuter also has an installation service (or partners for it). Otherwise, in my opinion, exhibitions don’t really bring that much. Often the things you want to see aren’t even there.

They helped me quite a bit because you can also see the different room sizes there and how to divide them. Although I am good at thinking in 3D myself. Also the interplay of tiles of all kinds and colors, which can greatly enhance a simple bathroom. Many have the problem of imagining how to structure rooms without walls, how to cleverly arrange partition walls, or how to transform a normal shower into a shower temple with a totally extreme contrast. Also, simply implemented lighting scenarios can be seen almost everywhere.

So most of the exhibitions here were rather "meh". But well, there may also be differences.

Lawyer Shower etc. are indeed important. We don't want a standard bathroom.

So, every reasonably good plumber should be able to provide a rainshower...

I still don't understand. With wishes like these, the tiler has to be on board too.

I wouldn't start coordinating that myself but have the general contractor do everything. In the end, you'll be to blame because the process wasn't planned well.

Therefore, you have to go by your shower needs and not by: what do people have now? Or what is more expensive or worth more than what we have in our rental apartment?

I don’t care what "people" have. WE want to have a rain shower. We have that now in the rental apartment as well and we want it in the future too. I even replaced the shower head in the rental apartment to get more water flow and a real "rain feeling." It’s about what we like and not about copying a show home. Our rental apartment is very well equipped. We will not be able to outfit the house identically throughout. For example, the smoothly plastered ceilings would be a cost killer, as I see it. It would be a misconception to assume that one necessarily lives worse in rental properties.

So, any halfway decent plumber should be able to provide a rain shower...

I also assume that. It is not said that the general contractor (GU) plumber cannot do it, but we agreed that we clarify our plumbing needs and then see under what conditions that can be handled by the GU or if it will actually be outsourced in the end.

I wouldn’t start coordinating but rather let the GU do everything. In the end, you’ll be to blame because the process wasn’t planned well.

Then I have to try to take the opposite approach. Plan everything with the GU plumber and then see afterward if it is feasible for a reasonable additional cost compared to a competitor.

Regarding the electrical work, it was recommended to outsource the service but plan it with the electrician who would otherwise do the GU service. However, I checked; there is nothing about home automation, etc., on the page. At least for the roller shutters, I would want to do something like that.

By the way, Reuter also has an assembly service (or a partner for it).

Let's go there then.

However, I don't think the assembly service should be overestimated. It's basically a brokerage and separate from the product purchase. The big question with something like this is, who is liable if the installer screws the toilet on incorrectly and it cracks or something similar....

Otherwise, that would be a golden solution.

They offer a paid bathroom planning service. That is also not uninteresting. But they only do it on site, where the bathroom is to be built. I'm afraid you can't wait that long, because for the working plan, pipes etc. must be fixed.