Lead-ing the way with Adesso MODE

The Adesso Mode range offers customers performance and style – all while complying with MBIE’s new low-lead regulations

In May 2022, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) consulted on acceptable solutions and verification methods for complying with the Building Code. One of the focus areas was plumbing and drainage.

As part of the change, Acceptable Solution G12/AS1 will limit the maximum allowable content of lead permitted in plumbing products to 0.25%. This includes products such as:

• Pipe fittings.
• Valves.
• Taps.
• Mixers.
• Water heaters.
• Water meters.

MBIE will also proceed with changes to Acceptable Solutions G12/AS1 to fill gaps in the compliance pathway for plumbing components in water supply systems.

Designers and builders may have to reevaluate the products they use when specifying and installing plumbing products. 

Standard beater

Thankfully, PlaceMakers can offer the Adesso Mode range, which doesn’t just meet the new low-lead requirements, it exceeds them – with less than 0.1% lead throughout its range of fixtures and fittings.

“Our Mode range is available across multiple styles – including bathroom mixers, spouts, showering and kitchen mixers – and five colour finishes,” says PlaceMakers NZD Category Manager Bathrooms Louise Cook. 

“We also have our Sol range, which covers multiple styles and finishes. Sol is just going through testing and will be available soon. The rest of the Adesso range is in the process of being transitioned over the next 12 months.”

Cook says PlaceMakers is pushing all customers to “future-proof themselves and their projects now” and specify and install low-lead products during the transition period, which ends on 1 September 2025.

Stock is “easily accessible and readily available”, adds Cook, and there are plenty of options available for builders and designers who want uniformity in their project.

Growing reputation

The brand has also become one of PlaceMakers fastest growing products and is seeing its popularity increase each year.

“We partner with well-known local and overseas manufacturers to produce quality ranges across all bathroom products at affordable pricing,” says Cook.

While the transition date is still years away, Cook says it’s important to start the conversation with builders and designers, who may not be aware of the changes or how they’ll impact jobs in the future.

“People are slowly becoming more aware of the updated legislation; however, we’re still seeing low engagement. PlaceMakers is very keen to lead the space in offering solutions now, well ahead of time to our customers, and is starting the conversations, so nobody is caught unaware in 2025.”