In the bathroom, combining technical and aesthetic aspects is a big puzzle, especially when you are looking for a better solution aesthetically but you want to avoid too demanding jobs. Renovating the bathroom without necessarily having to do a renovation is not impossible and more and more families are following this path to save time and resources. The alternative is to replace bathroom fixtures and basins with more comfortable and modern products, without dismantling the coverings. When you choose not to completely redo the bathroom, the main problems encountered in replacing the sanitary fixtures are: the compatibility of the systems and the cistern.

Bathroom cisterns: built-in, external or monobloc

In fact, in older bathrooms it is frequent the presence of wall-mounted sanitary ware which on the market has now been almost completely supplanted by the flush-to-wall. Another fundamental issue is the toilet cistern. There are different types on the market: built-inbathroom cisterns, external bathroom cisterns and monobloc cisterns.

How bathroom cassettes work

Let’s see together how the classic bathroom cisterns work:

• The flush-mounted cisterns in the wall: these are the ones currently most in vogue, having all the concealed hydraulic part flush-mounted into the wall and only the external plate visible. They have virtually no bulk and give a very clean effect. The plates are almost always with two controls and can be customized in style.
• External toilet cisterns: they can be high or knapsack, ie immediately behind the toilet connected by a pipe. Generally, these solutions are combined with wall-mounted sanitary ware and are used for traditional models that are a little dated or for more recent lines with a classic style. The high external toilet cistern can be with double control or single control;
• The monobloc cisterns: they can only be combined with the monobloc toilets and allow you to install the toilets not spaced from the wall even on old systems. The difference of the monobloc system compared to the latter is the insertion of the pipes inside the ceramic. Aesthetically, they are therefore more beautiful and more practical for cleaning.

In the case of external and monobloc bathroom cisterns we are talking about ceramic cisterns for external toilets, while the recessed ones are made of other materials.

Niagara: the Ceramica Flaminia revolution for bathroom cisterns

The types listed above are the most common existing cassette models. In 2005, however, Flaminia launched the revolutionary Niagara toilet cistern on the market, which introduced a new variety for this product category.

It is an external cistern with a ceramic body that reaches the ground but is not monobloc. In fact, it can be combined with normal back-to-wall toilets and with GoCleantoilets from various collections from the Flaminia catalog and from other brands. This casing gives the possibility to cover a wide range of measurements for floor drainage from 15 to 28 cm on average (it can vary in low to the toilet that matches) with the back to wall sanitary ware and up to 45 cm with the GoClean. Such flexibility of measures for the drain makes it possible, in most cases, to replace the old sanitary ware without moving the drain hole.

Yet Niagara is not only a project of high technical value and a designer toilet cistern, but a real piece of furniture for the bathroom. Not surprisingly, the line also includes a complement to be combined with the bidet that takes up the pure and essential shape of the box, plus a practical and functional storage compartment that makes everything even more elegant and refined.

Niagara: the advantages of this designer toilet cistern

Here are the benefits of the Niagara solution:

• Allows you to install flush-to-the-wall sanitary ware on old systems, without having to do any renovation work;
• It can be combined with various collections of Flaminia and non-Flaminia sanitary ware;
• It is not just a box but also a design piece of furniture;
• Has another element for the bidet with storage compartment;
• It is a thinner ceramic cistern for external toilet than the normal monobloc

To purchase the Niagara cassette, you can contact our sales network.