Bounty Brassware and ART Australia wastes guide
Bounty Brassware is the earlier name of ART Australia, and every product on this page carries the ART Australia name with the line "Previously known as Bounty Brassware". Shoppers who searched for Bounty by name still land here, and this page is the place to match the old name to the current range. It holds tile insert and grated drains for bathroom floors, shower channels, pop down plug and wastes for baths and basins, bath bends and flexible bath connectors. The sections below describe each family, so a plumber or a renovator can tell which product fits which job before opening a single product page.
The Bermuda family at a glance
Bermuda is the name that carries most of the floor drain range. A Bermuda waste has a centre recess that takes a piece of the floor tile, so the drain reads as part of the tiled surface, not as a metal disc set into it. Within the family there are several levels.
The standard Bermuda tile insert is the base model. It comes with a 100mm or 80mm outlet, a stainless steel strainer and chrome plate as the standard finish. It suits a bathroom where the drain sits in a flat tiled floor and the waterproofing detail is handled by the tiler in the usual way.
Bermuda Mega adds two things to that base. One is the Megaflex flange, an ABS base that works as a leak control flange. The other is an undercap mortar exclusion device with a tear-out section, which keeps screed and tile adhesive out of the waste body during the pour and can be removed once the floor is laid. The flange allows height and tilt adjustments, which matters on a floor where the finished level moves by a few millimetres from the drawings.
Bermuda Megaflex in the square format measures 100 x 100 x 50mm with a 50mm outlet. It is solid brass with the ABS Megaflex base, a protective cover for the installation stage and sound dampeners. A round version of the Mega tile insert measures 115 x 100mm in brass, for floors where a round grate is the better match for the room.
Lowline Megaflex has a lower profile than the standard Megaflex body. The square 100mm version needs less depth beneath the tile, with solid brass and the ABS Megaflex base, and a stainless strainer is included. That makes it a candidate for renovations where the slab leaves little room below the tile, although the available depth still has to be measured on site.
Bermuda Deluxe Megaflex Reflections is a larger format at 150 x 100mm. It has a flippable insert: one side takes a tile and the other side is a chrome plate, so the same drain body can finish either way once the floor is set out. For the wider question of where a floor drain should sit and how a floor should fall to it, the floor wastes collection covers the whole category, including products from other makers.
Square on Square and 316 stainless steel
Square on Square Mega is a floor grate with a 110 x 110mm face. The body material is DZR brass and it fits the Megaflex flange. DZR stands for dezincification resistant, a brass alloy used in plumbing where the water chemistry would otherwise leach zinc out of ordinary brass over time. The grate is a plain square, so it suits a room where straight lines and a flat metal face are the intended look.
The 316 stainless steel wastes are a separate branch of the range. They include a square waste with a tile insert at 100mm and another at 80mm, built with laser welded joints and a double folded edge. Grade 316 contains molybdenum, which improves resistance to chloride and to pitting. That is the reason it appears in outdoor showers, pool surrounds and coastal homes, and the reason a bathroom owner who wants a metal that tolerates salt air picks 316 over 304. The finish on stainless is brushed or satin, and it does not carry a plated layer that could wear through.
Channels and the Long as you like it kit
A linear drain, or channel, replaces a point drain at the end of a shower or across a doorway. The Bermuda channels in this collection come as a grate with a tile insert option, an 80mm outlet, a 100mm width and 316 stainless steel construction. A channel lets the floor fall in one direction only, towards a straight line, and that suits large format tiles that are awkward to cut into the four-way falls a point drain needs.
The Long As You Like It kit handles length. It is a 1205mm channel in 316 stainless steel with a plastic outlet, and the box holds end covers, end caps, a deburring tool, rivets and a hole saw. The installer cuts the channel to the room, and the kit supplies the parts for the cut ends. Anyone planning a channel over a wide shower floor will find more choice, including products from other makers, in channel wastes and grates.
Pop Down bath wastes
Pop Down is the name for the push-button waste in this range. The Blue Space uses the term for a waste that sits flush with the surface when open. The mechanism is simple. The cartridge is inverted, so the key-way is shielded from grit and hair. It can be removed whether the waste is open or closed, which means water trapped above a closed stopper can be released without a tool. The top button unscrews, and a new cartridge fits in its place.
The bath wastes follow that design. The Bath Pop Down plug and waste is a 40mm product, offered without an overflow and with one. It has a quick-remove cartridge, and one plain safety point: the waste is not made to be sat on, and the design is safe for little fingers and toes. A flush stopper has no lever or chain to catch a child's foot, which is one of the reasons many families prefer it to a plug on a chain.
Bath Bend Pop Down combines the waste with a bend that connects to the trap. It has a 600mm flexible connector, a maximum offset of 650mm, a 12mm bath thickness setting and a 77mm body. The offset matters on a bath where the waste outlet and the floor pipe do not line up, because the flexible connector absorbs the difference without a custom pipe run. A separate 40mm flexible bath connector also comes with a 600mm flexible connector and an elbow, and it is WaterMark approved. The two bath wastes with overflow and without in this collection sit alongside the wider range of pop down bath wastes, and for every bath waste type there is bath wastes.
Pop Down basin wastes
The Basin Pop Down plug and waste is a 32/40mm universal product. Universal here means the one waste body fits both of the common basin outlet sizes in Australia, so a buyer who does not know whether the basin has a 32mm or a 40mm outlet is not forced to guess. Versions come with and without an overflow, and the overflow version suits a basin with an overflow slot cast into the bowl.
Replacement pop down basin mechanisms and O-rings are available for Bounty wastes. Owners of an older Bounty waste should know that the cartridge design allows the working part to be renewed without replacing the body in the basin. A basin that has been in use for years may only need a new cartridge and seal. The full range of basin outlets and the sizing question are covered in pop down basin wastes and, for every basin waste type, in basin wastes.
Sizes, outlets and what to measure
Outlet size decides whether the waste connects to the pipe already in the slab. The Bermuda standard waste has 100mm and 80mm outlets. Megaflex Bermuda squares use a 50mm outlet. The channels use an 80mm outlet. The bath wastes are 40mm and the basin wastes are 32/40mm. These are the numbers to confirm against the plumbing plan or the existing pipe before ordering.
Care and cleaning
A pop down waste is the easiest bath or basin waste to keep clean. Lift the stopper out, rinse the cartridge, wipe the seat and press it back. The maker's inverted cartridge keeps grit away from the key-way, and if the cartridge ever wears, the top button unscrews and a new one fits. Clean chrome and stainless with a soft cloth and a mild detergent. Avoid abrasive pads on plated and PVD finishes, and avoid vinegar and acidic cleaners on PVD in particular.
Floor drains collect hair, soap and grit. Lift the grate or the tile insert, clear the strainer and rinse. A stainless grate takes a mild cleaner. Raw brass, as on the Organics waste, can be rubbed back with a brass polish if the patina is not wanted, though the patina is part of the finish.
A short decision path
Start with the room. A bathroom floor with a single drain wants a Bermuda tile insert if the drain should blend into the floor, or Square on Square or an Organics grate if the drain is a feature. A shower with a wide floor and large tiles wants a channel. An outdoor shower, a pool surround or a coastal bathroom wants 316 stainless steel. A bath wants the 40mm Pop Down, with an overflow if the bath has an overflow port, and a Bath Bend if the waste and the floor pipe do not line up. A basin wants the 32/40mm universal Pop Down, with or without an overflow to match the bowl.
Then check the numbers: outlet size, face size and depth below the finished tile. Then pick the finish, remembering that chrome is plated, that PVD is a coating with its own care needs, and that raw brass will change over time. A buyer who works through those four steps, in that order, reaches a product that fits the plan and does not need a second visit to the supplier.
