Grohe Showers

Shane732

I'm looking at redoing my bathroom at the moment and am looking for a nice shower unit.

I'm not very knowledgeable in the area so I'm hoping you might be able to help.

Anyway from the bit of research I've done I think Grohe showers look good.

Has anyone ever bought from plumbingforless.co.uk? They seem to have incredible prices compared to elsewhere.

For example I'm looking at one particular Grohe shower unit. I've linked a for example of prices below. Plumbingforless is £600 cheaper... Too good to be true?

http://www.plumbingforless.co.uk/showers/mixer-showers/grohe-builtin-mixer-showers/grohe-grohtherm-3000-cosmopolitan-rainshower-biv-shower-solution-pack-4-118323

https://www.qssupplies.co.uk/bathroom-furniture-shower-taps/89426.htm

And this for another example.....

https://www.aqva.co.uk/Bathrooms/106494

http://www.plumbingforless.co.uk/showers/mixer-showers/grohe-builtin-mixer-showers/grohe-grohtherm-cube-square-concealed-shower-system-chrome-34506-000

There seems to be a few websites that are selling Grohe showers much cheaper....

Shane732

Any thoughts at all?

Sleeper12

Shane732 wrote:

Any thoughts at all?

The problem with fitting something that you source from another country is that you have no warranty here. If you don't have an Irish receipt then the agent here doesn't want anything to do with it. If it didn't come through him, he hasn't made any profit on it. In this case you need to send faulty parts or parts that fail in the first 12 months back to the UK for replacement. It means paying the plumber for a few extra visits.
I'm not saying don't order from the UK, I do it myself at times. Just saying to factor it all in to your decision.

On another note I do think suppliers in Ireland need to look at reducing shower prices. There is a large gap in the prices

Calahonda52

Shane732 wrote: »

Any thoughts at all?

Are you going wet room as well...

Shane732

Sleeper12 wrote: »

The problem with fitting something that you source from another country is that you have no warranty here. If you don't have an Irish receipt then the agent here doesn't want anything to do with it. If it didn't come through him, he hasn't made any profit on it. In this case you need to send faulty parts or parts that fail in the first 12 months back to the UK for replacement. It means paying the plumber for a few extra visits.
I'm not saying don't order from the UK, I do it myself at times. Just saying to factor it all in to your decision.

On another note I do think suppliers in Ireland need to look at reducing shower prices. There is a large gap in the prices

Cheers,

Assuming the price gap is legit it's very hard to justify paying the extra now. The unit does come with a 5 year warranty. Obviously I appreciate that enforcing the warranty is much tougher when you are in a different country. I'd also need to check whether the warranty is restricted by country.

I'm getting quoted €1,350 in Ireland for the same piece of equipment. That's over double the price.

Shane732

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Are you going wet room as well...

Is a wet room doable in an apartment? Ideally I'd love a wet room but from what I read I don't think it would be practical in an apartment.

mjp

Do all these companies deliver to Ireland and what's their delivery charges like? Do they use sake size connection pipes in UK as here as know they differ slightly in Europe but you can get connectors to convert size differences. Starting new build next month and seriously considering looking to the UK for lot of furniture prices as can't help but feel I'm getting ripped off when I go into every store over here. The difference between Dublin and country prices alone seems to be massive. Interested hear from others who have sourced some materials from abroad.