An Easy Guide to Comparing and Selecting Bathroom Flush Buttons

Sponsored Content

It may be the smallest item in the bathroom, but it’s one that has a lot of significance in terms of functionality and design. A toilet flush button must fulfil many roles: ease of use, hygiene, functionality, dimensions and, of course, it must be in a colour, material and finish that fits with a bathroom’s aesthetics. There are many options available and it can become a complex process for designers and homeowners alike. Nevertheless, it’s important to make the right choice and select a flush button that will give the bathroom a crowning touch and bring comfort to users.

To help simplify the comparison and selection process, Geberit has developed a new online tool for designers and homeowners, which identifies and compares how different flush buttons look, function and work.

Geberit Australia

Geberit Sigma50 Flush Button with an in-built orientation light and DuoFresh odour-extraction unit.

1. Know Your User

Before beginning to browse through your options, first consider who will be using the toilet. Are you renovating a family bathroom for a household with young children? If so, it’s a wise move to limit your search to flush buttons with fingerprint-resistant coating.

And if the bathroom in question will be used by elderly or less-mobile individuals? In these scenarios, you may want designs with a raised button that’s easily accessed and operated by the user.

Perhaps you are looking for the most hygienic option and wish to narrow your search to models with touchless sensor actuation. Some flush buttons also offer enhanced hygiene and feature an in-built orientation light that helps guide people to the toilet at night.

Geberit Australia

To help simplify this process, the new Geberit Flush Button Showroom online tool lets designers and homeowners browse, filter and compare different flush buttons and their functions – all from the convenience of their computer, tablet or smartphone.

Geberit Australia

Geberit Sigma50 Flush Button with standard push actuation.

2. Location, Location, Location

After you have identified the family’s needs, the next step is to look at the requirements of the space. Think about where the bathroom and toilet is located within the floor plan and how often it will be used.

To ensure a good night’s sleep for all, ensuites and bathrooms positioned near bedrooms call for an exceptionally quiet flush action, which can be delivered with Geberit’s gentle-touch actuation.

In high-use family bathrooms, it helps to limit your search to flush buttons with an easy-to-clean coating.

And for powder rooms that are frequented by guests, there’s no doubt that designs with in-built odour-extraction units, such as Geberit’s DuoFresh technology, will be gratefully received.

Geberit Australia

Geberit Remote Flush Button, where the button is located away from the cistern.

Most concealed cistern toilets position the flush button over the hidden cistern, but for others it’s located remotely – away from the cistern – usually on a wall to one side of the toilet. These bathroom layouts require specifically designed flush buttons with remote flush actuation, which will narrow down your search.

To devise a shortlist of flush buttons that include these different innovations and meet your varying requirements, designers and renovators can use the Geberit Flush Button Showroom tool on Geberit’s website to search for the features they want and filter suitable options. To further help the selection process, you can then compare up to three designs side-by-side.

Geberit Australia

Geberit Sigma80 Flush Button with sensor activation.

3. Fashion-Forward Aesthetics

Good design is not only about function – excellence in form is also essential and today’s discerning homeowners have come to expect no less. The bathroom has risen to the ranks of a sanctuary in many homes, so every fitting, fixture and finish must embody a luxurious elegance that also reflects homeowners’ individual styles.

Design wisdom dictates that your flush button should harmonise with other key fittings or features in your bathroom. To help refine your options, you can use the Geberit Flush Button Showroom tool to filter your search and display flush buttons in different colours, materials and finishes.

The Geberit Flush Button Showroom can also be harnessed to find designs with round, rectangular or elliptical shapes, which is helpful for time-pressured designers or homeowners who are overwhelmed by the vast number of options.

This makes it easy to select a flush button that complements your choice of curvaceous chrome tapware, or to find a match for the rectangular frame of a matt-black shower screen.

Geberit Australia

Geberit Sigma70 Flush Button with gentle touch actuation, which requires minimal effort to flush.

4. Buy Well, Buy Once

One area of your bathroom design that you don’t want to compromise is quality, so when selecting flush buttons it’s important to seek out well-renowned brands with experience in concealed-cistern technology. These buttons are handled on a daily basis and need to withstand heavy use, so check that the electronics are safely insulated against moisture and that all components have undergone rigorous testing under temperature and humidity extremes.

Geberit has over 50 years’ experience in concealed cisterns and has installed more than 70 million units worldwide, earning a reputation for durability with its Swiss design and German manufacturing. To guarantee the quality of its hydraulics, Geberit’s flush valves are tested for 200,000 cycles (equivalent to 50 years of usage).

Geberit concealed cisterns can be fully serviced through the flush button – you can simply clip it on and off for tool-free maintenance – and the company has a three-year warranty and 25-year availability guarantee on spare parts.

More: Visit the Geberit Flush Button Showroom to view the full range, compare products and find inspiration for your bathroom projects

This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.