SPECIFICATION
Linear vs Point Drains for Indoor Wet Areas
When a continuous channel earns its footprint, and when a compact point drain does the job.
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The core trade-off
A linear channel runs 600 to 900mm along one edge of a wet room floor, 75mm wide, 25mm high, with a 50mm pipe height and a Ø50 outlet. A square point drain is compact - 100 to 150mm, 25mm high, with a 20mm pipe height. Point-Trianglo is larger in plan (350 × 250mm) with a 30mm body and 50mm pipe height. The linear system's footprint buys a continuous drain line; the square point system's smaller footprint buys flexibility in tight layouts and shallower floor build-ups.
When to specify linear
Walk-in showers and wet rooms where the design intent is a continuous drain line. Lineo is a three-row staggered slot; Oval is a full-width transverse stadium field; Rectanglo is a dense staggered grid of identical oblong slots running along the channel; Drop is repeating square clusters of circular perforations; Tileo hides the channel under a tile insert.
When to specify point
Secondary bathrooms, powder rooms, and utility floor points where a full linear run isn't justified by the layout, or where the shallower 20mm pipe height matters on a retrofit. The point range mirrors the linear grate patterns - Point-Rectanglo, Point-Oval, Point-Tileo, Point-Trianglo and Point-Squaro - so a project running both systems can keep the grate pattern consistent across linear and point fixtures.