Taking tapware by Storm

The minimalist Storm tapware range launched by Voda Plumbingware last year features stunning finishes that perform as good as they look. To meet customer demand, Voda has released a new finish across the range: brushed brass. Constructed with hard-wearing components and finished in high-quality coatings, the Storm range offers a high standard of performance backed by impressive warranties

Managing director Jon Doherty of Voda Plumbingware established the company just six years ago with the aim of offering niche tapware with a point of difference.

He explains: “Rather than trying to be all things to everyone, we saw an opportunity to provide high-end products that would only be available from selected premium plumbing merchants and showrooms nationwide.”

While Voda Plumbingware is a young company, Jon and his passionate team have more than 150 years of combined experience in the plumbing industry. They focus on products that blend performance, reliability and design innovation. To do so, they take the best of international trends and combine it with their local design team to create premium products.

And while a lot of imported taps sacrifice quality for price, Voda Plumbingware design, assemble and test in New Zealand and include high-quality European ceramic cartridges so they are built to last.

The Storm range is a good example of what they’re trying to achieve. It’s designed in an ultra-sleek, minimalist style, “a timeless design that’s still very much in vogue”, says Jon.

Unlike some taps that can be constructed from “cheap forms of brass”, the Storm range is constructed from 304 stainless steel and DZR brass, and comes in a large range of finishes: brushed copper, brushed gunmetal, brushed nickel, chrome, brushed stainless, and the latest to be launched—brushed brass, which is getting great feedback from customers.

“Brushed brass and brushed copper are stunning finishes, and the response has been huge,” Jon confirms.

“In the past,” he says, “a lot of tap finishes were powder-coated or in the case of matte black, electroplated. These coatings sit over the top surface of the product and they’re not particularly strong, so they tend to chip or scratch over time if misused.”

In contrast, the Storm range has an advanced surface coating system called PVD or physical vapour deposition, which makes them highly resistant to tarnishing and corrosion, making them ideal for plumbingware. PVD is used for a wide range of decorative finishes with colours that don’t fade, making surfaces less susceptible to superficial damage and wear.

The other advantage of the Storm range is that the products work on all water pressures. He says, up to 50% of homes in New Zealand are still on low water pressure so they require taps that can work on mains, low and unequal water pressures. The Storm range is suitable for all water pressures so it can be installed in just about any home or renovation project.

Being constructed of 304 stainless steel and DZR brass, and coupled with a durable PVD coating, the range carries a full 10-year labour and replacement Warranty, with a five-year labour and replacement Warranty on the coloured PVD finish. And as with all Voda products this is combined with a NZ-based after-sales support team for total peace of mind.

The Storm range is now available in standard and high-rise mixers, as well as wall-mounted basin mixers and slide shower. 

“We’re always listening to customer feedback and looking to improve our range, and we recently added a three-function slide shower, and all new double head shower to the Storm range, along with the stunning new brushed brass PVD finish available across the entire range. And if customers want other options, individual styles can be mixed and matched with other Voda products, including the recently launched Voda Gooseneck Pull Out Sink Mixer in brushed brass.”

Learn more about the new finishes and performance benefits available in the Storm range.