What are bathroom accessories?

Bathroom accessories are the fittings screwed on after the sanitary ware and the tiling are done: towel rails and rings, robe hooks, toilet roll holders, shelves, soap dispensers and grab bars. They are not part of the plumbing, which is why they can be changed later without breaking any wall or floor.

What accessories should be in a bathroom?

A workable minimum set: a towel ring at the basin, a towel rail for bath towels on the dry side, a toilet roll holder beside the water closet, a robe hook, and a soap dispenser or dish. Add a shelf if there is no mirror cabinet. Buy them together so the finish matches.

What material is best for bathroom accessories?

For a Malaysian wet bathroom, the question is what happens at the wall fixing rather than what the surface looks like. Stainless steel and brass bodies hold up better than light alloys, which corrode from behind the mounting flange. Ask about the body material and the fixing plate, not only the finish.

How do you fix bathroom accessories to a tiled wall?

Mark the positions before tiling if you can. Drill through masking tape with a tile bit, slow speed, hammer action off, then use a plug suited to what is behind the tile: a standard plug in brick or concrete, a cavity fixing in a false wall. Seal the top edge of the flange with silicone afterwards.

What is the difference between bathroom accessories and bathroom fittings?

In everyday Malaysian usage the two get mixed up. Fittings usually means the plumbed items: taps, showers and mixers. Accessories means the items screwed on afterwards that carry no water. If you are looking for taps and shower sets rather than rails and holders, they are in a separate category.