Square black shower system with mixer and rain shower head

The bottom of the column is a single-lever wall mixer: lift for flow, turn for temperature. Below it, a flat, elongated spout comes out forward; it fills a bath or a bucket without going through the handset.

This configuration makes it a good choice above a bath, as well as in a shower.

The body is declared as stainless steel, in matt black, with sharp-edged parts. The lever, also flat and square, is operated with one finger; spout and lever follow the same straight line as the rain shower.

At the top, the square rain shower measures about 20 x 20 cm on the drawing, at the end of an arm of around thirty centimetres. Its nozzles are lined up in a regular grid.

The handset takes the same shape: a square head pierced with nozzles, in a slider that slides on the rail. The drawing gives it a 150 cm hose.

The rail is telescopic, adjustable from 79 to 110 cm: you adapt the height of the rain shower to that of the ceiling and the users, without drilling again. The slider locks with a small side knob.

The mixer connects to two water supplies coming out of the wall, then the rail is fixed higher up. If you are replacing an old column with a wall mixer, your outlets are probably already in place; otherwise, call a plumber.

Remember to measure: water supplies, plus rail, plus arm, must fit under the ceiling.

For limescale, rub the rain shower's nozzles with a soft brush and rinse; matt black is wiped with a soft cloth. The handset's nozzles are treated the same way, with the head unhooked from its hose and soaked in a bowl of vinegar water.