What the 53 3801 Is
Freestanding tubs sell on the faucet beside them. The 53 3801 riser is brass from foot to spout, PVD-tested, with hand shower and diverter as specified per project.
Built on EMPOLO's 53-series platform, this floor-standing shower/bath mixer shares tooling, cartridge and finish systems with its whole family — which matters commercially: one finish approval covers coordinated models, and one cartridge strategy covers your spare inventory across the catalog.
Freestanding Tub Faucet: How This Model Competes
Buyers comparing freestanding tub faucet options usually weigh three things: body material honesty, cartridge serviceability and finish durability. The 53 3801 answers with a solid brass body cast in our own foundry, a name-brand ceramic cartridge stocked as a consumable, and finishes that pass salt-spray validation before a color joins the price list. The result is product that survives its second and third year of guest use — when a bathroom fixture either earns reorder business or loses it.
Chrome; brass body; Sedal cartridge; floor-mount riser for freestanding bathtubs.
Typical Specifications
| Model | 53 3801 (series 53) |
|---|---|
| Product type | Floor-standing shower/bath mixer |
| Body material | Solid brass, copper content >59% |
| Cartridge | Sedal (Spain) ceramic disc |
| Standard finish | Polished chrome |
| Factory finishes | Chrome · chrome black · matte black · brushed gold · champagne gold · rose gold · gun metal (by series) |
| Testing | 100% air/water pressure & leak test |
| Warranty | 5 years body / 2 years cartridge |
| OEM | Laser logo · custom lever · retail packaging · new molds on request |
| Certification programs | cUPC · WaterMark · WELS · SASO · TIS · CE (per model/market) |
Finishes Available
- 53 3801 (chrome)
- 53 3801CB (chrome black)
- 53 3801BG (brush gold)
All finishes run through the same validation gate — salt-spray and adhesion testing per finish batch — because a finish is a specification, not a color name. Finish sample kits ship on request so your team can approve against real stone and tile under real lighting.
Who Buys This Model
Importers & wholesalers use it as an anchor SKU: one model family, seven finish points, retail packaging available. Hotel and residential project buyers coordinate it with our shower valves and bath mixers from the same finish batch, so golds match across the whole bathroom schedule. Private-label brands relaunch it with their own lever, logo and box — standard formats carry no tooling fee.
Applications
- Hotel guest rooms & public floors
- Luxury apartments, villas and serviced residences
- Commercial washrooms and healthcare-adjacent projects
- Retail and wholesale distribution under your brand
Packaging, Lead Time & Shipping
Neutral bulk cartons, retail color boxes or branded packages, each with protective caps and the full connection set. Stock-series models ship in weeks, OEM artwork adds the print lead; we quote FOB, CIF or DDP against your port, and provide loading photos and documents your clearance team will need. Flexible MOQs — new distributors start with mixed containers and scale on the reorder.
Sample & Trial Policy
Paid samples ship fast and credit against bulk orders. Physically verify the brass weight, the cartridge feel and the finish under your market's water before you commit a container — that test is the entire reason samples exist, and we speed it up rather than slow it down.
Buying freestanding tub faucet: What to Specify
Bath mixers are specified around the tub, not around the catalog. Deck-mounted bath fillers need spout reach that lands water inside the rim without splash against the far wall; wall-mounted mixers need the spout at trim height and the hand-shower bracket placed for the tub's length; floor-standing mixers need flange position against the drain layout and a freestanding-tub height that clears the rim with margin. Every one of those dimensions is a number we will confirm with you against the tub drawing before tooling a carton — the most expensive mistake in bath hardware is a beautiful faucet the installer cannot use. Function-wise, our bath mixers combine the filler with a diverter and hand shower on the same ceramic-cartridge platform that runs through the valve range, so a project standardizes on one cartridge inventory across basin, bath and shower. All bodies are solid brass from our foundry, all are 100% pressure and leak tested before packing, and the finish list matches the rest of the catalog, batch for batch.
How the 53 3801 Is Made
Every unit of this model starts as molten brass in our Heshan foundry. Sand-cast bodies are cut to profile, then machined on CNC centers that cut the waterways, the cartridge seat and the thread profiles to gauge — the cartridge seat is the single most important tolerance in the faucet, because a disc valve only seals as well as the surface it rides on. After machining, bodies move through the polishing line: hand-filed cast marks, graded wheel passes, then buffing to the level the finish requires — a mirror chrome shows every flaw the plating will magnify, so inspection happens before the bath, not after. Plating runs in our own lines under the same program as the rest of the catalog: copper-nickel-chrome for polished finishes, PVD for the golds, blacks and gun metal, each color batch released only after salt-spray and adhesion testing. Assembly is cartridge, seals and aerator; every completed unit goes on the test bench for a full air-and-water pressure and leak test — body, cartridge seat, connections — before it is dried, capped and boxed. That chain, casting to carton, stays inside our factory for this model, which is what a five-year body warranty is actually built on: not a policy, but eight inspection gates you can walk through in person when you visit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the 53 3801 really solid brass?
Yes. The body is solid brass casting with copper content above 59% — not a zinc shell, not brass-plated zinc. Weight and the parting line both prove it; we send an annotated macro photo of your actual sample on request.
Which cartridge is inside, and can we stock spares?
A Spanish Sedal ceramic cartridge drives temperature and volume control. It is a serviceable consumable: we quote spare lots in the same numbering as the faucet so your maintenance or retail side never hunts for parts.
What warranty do we get?
Faucet bodies carry a 5-year warranty; ceramic cartridges carry 2 years. Distributors get the same claim path we give hotel projects — photos in, replacement or parts out.
Can the 53 3801 carry our logo?
Yes: laser engraving on the body, custom lever options, retail box with your brand, and barcode. Packaging design support is included at no tooling cost for the standard formats.
Which certificates cover this model?
The 53 platform participates in our certification programs (cUPC, WaterMark, WELS, SASO, TIS, CE by model and finish). Send the destination market and we attach the applicable certificate with the quotation.
How is it packed for export?
Neutral bulk packing, retail color box, or your branded package — each unit with protective caps, complete connection set and installation manual, and every unit 100% pressure & leak tested before the carton closes.