Harmony shower heads are now being supplied as standard across a range of Aqualisa showers.

They combine contemporary looks with great functionality and are designed to deliver an uncompromising shower experience from both high and low pressure systems.

Harmony teams the deluxe 105mm head with the Aqualisa Quartz Digital Showers, Quartz Thermo, Dream and Aspire shower systems, whilst the compact 90mm Harmony head is included with the Colt and Siren as well as Aquastream, Midas 100 and 200.

The cleverly designed spray patterns deliver a concentrated and fuller spray for a satisfying showering experience, even with low pressure water systems.

The 'Eco' setting available on some models is capable of delivering up to 25% water saving without compromising the showering experience.

For more information please see Aqualisa Harmony Heads PDF, or alternatively browse all Aqualisa showers.

Many of the Aqualisa Showers are kept in stock for next day delivery throughout the UK. Please call sales to check stock on 01628 760 440

Aqualisa Harmony Head Features:

• Impressive spray patterns and uncompromising showering experience
• Water saving ‘eco’ spray setting on mixer ranges
• Anti limescale, sub clean nozzles to help maintain shower performance
• Thoughtful anti-twist hose connection to extend the life of the hose

The Trading Depot warehouse are hard at work and anticipating another busy year ahead. They send out hundreds of parcels each day varying vastly in size from small packets to large multiple pallet orders.

Adam Agius, warehouse supervisor said "The team in the warehouse did a fantastic job in 2011, coping with the number of orders they have been handling, and this year is shaping up to be even busier".

Although winter in the UK has been fairly mild so far, Trading Depot have seen a particularly sharp increase in sales of Dimplex Heaters.

The Dimplex range of heaters is vast and covers anything from storage heaters and portable heaters to Commercial and Industrial Heaters such as air curtains.

Many of the Dimplex heaters are kept in stock for next day delivery throughout the UK.

To check stock just call Sales on 01628 760 440

Trading Depot sells a wide range of copper tube / copper pipe to the trade and end users. Our preferred manufacturer is Lawton Tubes, a UK independent manufacturer established in 1920.

We sell a choice of copper tube coils, yellow plastic coated, chrome plated and plain copper tube on our ecommerce web site. The lengths come in 3m and a choice of 15mm, 22mm, 28mm & 42mm.

Above is a photo of this week's delivery of Lawton's copper tubes to one of Trading Depot's storage warehouses.

Trading Depot have added to their web site two brand new Bristan tap ranges:

• Bristan Curvare Taps
• Bristan Hampton Taps

The Bristan Curvare Taps are a stylish bold design which offers maximum impact for the user.  We have uploaded on our buy on-line site the Curvare Basin Taps, Bristan Curvare Bath Taps, Bristan Curvare Bath Filler, Bristan Curvare Bath/Shower Mixer and the Bristan Curvare Eco Basin Mixer with Clicker Waste.

The Bristan Hampton is a chic and on-trend waterfall tap at an affordable price.  We have uploaded all three products that are currently in this new range - Bristan Hampton Monobloc Basin Mixer, Bristan Hampton Bath Filler and a Bristan Hampton Tall Basin Mixer.

We also supply the rest of the Bristan taps range which offer a combination of stylish looks, good reliability, functionality and competitive pricing.

Below is an interesting video of Bristan ITV recently filmed.  Interesting facts from the video - they have a turnover approaching £100m, they manufacture both in the UK and overseas and Bristan gained its name from its founders in the 1970's Brian and Stan!

Image shown is a Bristan Hampton Monobloc Basin Mixer.

Struggling to find a great gift for the a DIY enthusiast at a reasonable price?  We have a range of 35 DIY products and other items suitable for in car and around the house at a range of prices from £2.49 for a handy tape measure.

Be Prepared For Winter

This ideal gift for everyone is a fold away snow shovel which is perfect for keeping in the car ready for any snow eventuality.

Extended Returns Policy


Please note that all items in our Special Offers Section have an extended returns period of 30 days. This means that if you notify us within 30 days of receiving an item from us that it is not suitable for your needs, you may return it to us for a refund. If you are giving an item as a gift please retain all original packaging as this will be needed in the event of a return.

Limited Time Only

We have negotiated these special offers with our suppliers for a limited time only and whilst stocks last so don't miss out on these Christmas gift bargains.

Ideal Standard has released an interesting article about the bathroom of the future and how it is likely to evolve using technology and social media!  The article provoked some interesting and vocal debate in the office.  As for 2011, Trading Depot sells a full range of the existing Ideal Standard range of bathroom products.  This is the article:

An independent report into the future of the bathroom by the Future Laboratory has revealed the paradox that our bathroom is set to become in ten years time. Commissioned by Europe's leading bathroom provider, Ideal Standard International, the report assessed the features, products, experiences and services we can expect to see in the bathroom within the next decade as well as the diverse ways in which we will use them.

The report shows that our attitudes towards shared and private space are changing; we want a bathroom that adapts to suit our changing moods. The bathroom of the future will become a paradox to the consumer of today, offering us both solitude and sociability.

The Future Laboratory surveyed 1,500 homeowners on their attitudes and needs and the type of technology being developed to respond to this. Research shows we spend 13 days a year in the bathroom – however, it is the last room in the house to respond to social changes. The advancement of digital technologies is set to affect beauty and grooming rituals, and the way in which we manage both our health and the environment around us.

Switching Off

The bathroom is currently a space we use to get away from it all. Ten million people in the UK people say that their work/life balance has suffered as a result of the financial crisis. Four in 10 (41%) UK consumers use the bathroom as a place to relax. The bathroom has become a refuge from the pressures of modern life, ‘a sanctuary and a place to escape', comments designer Robin Levien.

Designers are already developing new ways to fully engage our senses. Acc
ording to the report, this will be a driving force in how the bathroom will look – in the future we will be transported into our favourite natural environment, away from the daily deluge of information. Imagine being able to walk into the bathroom and feel as if we're in a rainforest or lush meadow, bathing underneath a waterfall or stepping through fresh grass or feeling water like petals or the heat of the sun on your skin all year round.

The bathroom of the future will surround us with nature using scents, sounds and tactile experiences to mimic nature and engage all the senses:

• Touch - Tactile showers that will both cleanse and exfoliate the body
• Smell - Scents will be designed to recreate happy memories to help us smell the past and the memories associated with it
• Touch - Haptic technology will be used to that simulate touch, making digital screens feel rough, sticky or slippery acc
• ording to our preference
• Sound - 3D sounds will immerse us and allow us to escape technology
• Taste - Programmable surfaces will give us the ability to change the texture of our exfoliating brush and specific taste of our toothpaste
• Sight - Choosing the backdrop for our bathing experience through interactive surfaces

The research, technologies and products to enable these choices are already emerging with the introduction of augmented reality. Material designer Marie Rouillon's has developed a series of cups that look identical but are different to the touch, while at Keio University in Japan an electric lollipop lets you taste fireworks or a desired flavour. Designer Esther Yaloz's illustrations of flowers on fabric use thermochromic and photochromic textile dyes to react to light and touch. Fragrance chemist Roman Kaiser is already capturing and preserving the scents of endangered plants, so that they can be recreated synthetically in the future.

Switching On

The bathroom of the future will also be a social space in which users can stay connected to their friends and family, multi-tasking and sharing their experiences through multi-media and across social networks. More than a fifth (22%) of adults and nearly half (47%) of teenage smartphone owners answer calls or use their handset in the bathroom.?
The sociable bathroom experience is inevitable for digital natives, who already live and breathe this connectivity. A quarter (24%) of people in the UK already wishes the time they spend in their bathroom could be more sociable. The ways in which consumers will be able to do this in the future will be vast as technology continues to rapidly evolve and include;

• Making it easier for people to decide when, how and with whom they want to connect from the comfort of their bathroom
• Opt-in technology will be part of the bathroom experience and help digital natives connect to their friends and family
• Augmented reality covers will protect our modesty when making video calls or chatting online
• Social networking in the shower or bath will become the norm
• Motion-controlled gaming in the bath
• An E Ink shower curtain will help us catch up with the news or browse the internet. Flexible touchscreens containing graphene means the shower curtain of the future will have the potential to display both today's news and your friends' Facebook updates

‘The mind is becoming more capable of micro-interactions and moving from one channel to another channel: I'm tweeting, then I'm Facebooking, then I'm sending a couple of emails, then I'm back to Twitter. Those cycles and patterns are becoming quite pervasive for Digital Natives,' says Matthew Bagwell, global creative director, EMC Consulting, and founder of The Fantastic Tavern, where digital planners and creatives meet to share insights and ideas.

As a space where many people go to relax (25%), or just to take a break, combined with the rapid rise of constant connectivity and media multi tasking, will make the bathroom an obvious entertainment centre. We are seeing the rapid rise of constant connectivity and media multi-tasking. People are watching multiple screens and playing games on their mobiles, more than eight in 10 of UK and US mobile-media users are using their TVs and computers simultaneously. Designers are responding to this and developing new forms of entertainment that will influence the bathroom of the future. For example, Romy Design has created an interactive mirror for children, which enables them to play with characters and be part of the story, using touch screen and motion-capturing software.

The paradox of using the bathroom to both switch on and switch off, combined with the advancement of technology, will lead us to choose exactly what we want from our bathroom experience in the next decade – stretching far beyond the realm of just cleansing and bathing.

Bristan has recently highlighted a great guide of how to fix a dripping tap with interactive video to compliment it. This is the article:

If you have a traditional older looking tap that is dripping from the spout after you have switched it off, then the most common cause of this problem is a defective washer within the tap itself. Dripping taps not only waste a lot of water (up to 90 litres of water a week) but if left unrepaired, then the problem may well get worse.

Rather than call out a plumber to help you fix the problem, then in the majority of cases, replacing the washer is a fairly straightforward task, that most of us can undertake. To help you, Bristan have commissioned a short video, which shows you how to do this in a simple step by step basis.



The video is one of a number of 'How to..' videos that have been added to the Bristan TV channel on YouTube. Currently there are 11 videos, covering a number of subjects from servicing or replacing a shower cartridge, to how to install a pop up waste. A list of the videos with relevant links are on the Bristan website or if you wish to view the video on how to replace a tap washer, click on the 'Replace the Washer' image above.

Trading Depot supplies the complete range of Bristan Taps and showers.

Following on from our blog post about WRAS, we noticed a relevant news piece from Salamander about their CT Pumps and achieving WRAS approval:

Salamander Pumps’ CT range has been granted WRAS approval. The range consists of 8 models. Four are Single Impeller Regenerative pumps: The CT 55 and CT 55+ 1.6 bar; the CT 85 and CT 85+ both operating at 2.5 bar. The other four in the range are the CT50 and CT 50+ (1.5 bar); and CT 75 and CT 75+ (2.1 bar).

The CT range is Salamander’s best selling product, and whilst they have always been WRAS compliant, they were submitted recently for full WRAS approval., and have subsequently been approved.

According to Chris Vallance, Sales and Marketing Director for Salamander pumps, the range’s main USP is its competitiveness, both in terms of its price and its performance. ‘The whole CT range is continuously rated, in other words, run the CT pumps for as long as you like’, he said. ‘They are designed with robustness and practicality in mind, they also come complete with isolating valves on the inlet couplers and brand new, ‘hall’ effect switching for better long term usage and reliability. We also changed the foot arrangement on the CT range to a more robust integral foot that is integral to the motor, those customers familiar with the CT range over the last decade will no doubt recognise and appreciate these improvements all at no extra cost. The WRAS approval award, just makes the CT shower pump the complete all-rounder.’

As you browse around our buy on-line web site, help site and manufacturer web sites, you'll probably notice frequent use of the term WRAS and WRAS approval. Below is further information on the scheme and what it means in relation to our manufacturers:

The Scheme has the following aims:

(a) To promote knowledge of the Water Regulations throughout the UK and to encourage their consistent interpretation and enforcement, for the prevention of waste, undue consumption, misuse, erroneous measurement or contamination of water.

(b) To provide an advisory service for and on behalf of Water Suppliers and for any other person or body seeking guidance on the principles of Water Regulations.

(c) To consult on behalf of the water supply industry in the UK with Government, with professional, trade and other organisations, with fittings and materials manufacturers and others regarding the Water Regulations and related matters.

(d) To develop criteria for testing materials and fittings to assess their compliance with the Regulators’ Specifications for approved products in accordance with the Water Regulations.

(e) To assess the results of the testing of materials and fittings to determine their compliance with the Regulators’ Specifications and to publish up-to-date lists of satisfactory materials and fittings in the Scheme’s Water Fittings and Materials Directory.

(f) To administer for those Water Suppliers who wish it, a scheme to assess, register and publicise Approved Contractors in accordance with the Water Regulations.

(g) To participate in the representation of the UK Water Supply Industry in the development of relevant, practical and appropriate national and international standards for water fittings and plumbing systems.

Trading Depot sells a wide range of plumbing supplies on its buy on-line web site. One of the leading brand names we supply is John Guest Speedfit. They have consistently invested in their products and the technology and as a result have a well regarded brand name within the plumbing industry. This year they are celebrating their 50th year in business, this is a press release / news item they have published recently :

2011 marks the 50th year in business for John Guest Limited, a significant milestone for a family owned and family run organization that promises to keep the integrity of the product paramount. We celebrate 50 years of innovation, continuous UK manufacturing and an absolute commitment to quality. It’s very rare for manufacturers to retain values and principles for 50 years, but we strongly feel that this has proved our greatest asset.

Since the early 1960’s when Mr Guest opened his factory gates for the first time, manufacturing has gone through great change. However, he strongly believed, and the firm he led still do, that having a principled set of values focused to ensure that the best quality products are delivered with the best quality of service, is an asset and competence that delivers a strong platform for success regardless of where you are based in the world.

John Guest is one of an increasingly few band of product manufacturers who have a fully integrated supply chain which originates in product and tool design and continues through to final product assembly, quality control and dispatch. Aligning this structure with a passion for invention has enabled John Guest to continue to be the global leader in push- fit fittings. Consistent investment in leading edge technology over the past 50 years has not only allowed the company to grow considerably but to also make certain that product quality is never compromised; an outcome of the beliefs of the company’s founder, the late Mr. John Guest, and still the guiding view today.

John Guest is now the push-fit market leader in a wide variety of industries. These include, the automotive, plumbing, drinks dispense, pneumatic and fibre optic markets. This sector diversity provides the great advantage of being able to provide original solutions to a wide variety of application challenges. This is not only interesting from a design perspective but also allows John Guest to continue to push the boundaries on what can be achieved with advanced push-fit technology.

50 years of quality and innovation. We are very excited for what we’ll accomplish in the next 50!