Bobrick B-818615 Surface-mounted Soap Dispense

The container on the B-818615 is Type 316 stainless steel with a satin finish, and the valve is corrosion-resistant, so it stands up to the cleaning chemicals and constant use of a public washroom better than a plastic-bodied dispenser. Type 316 is the grade specified where humidity and chlorides are a factor, which is the normal condition in a restroom. Surface mounted, so it goes on a finished wall without cutting into it.

Capacity is 40 fluid ounces (1.2 L), and it fills from the top, so staff pour in bulk soap without removing the unit from the wall. There is a low soap indicator on the dispenser, so a cleaner can tell at a glance which units need topping up instead of opening every one on a walk-through.

It takes commercially marketed all-purpose liquid hand soaps, which is what a facility buys in bulk gallons. It is a liquid dispenser, not a foam or a gel-cartridge unit, so if your building is standardized on foam soap or on a proprietary sealed cartridge, this is the wrong dispenser for that program.

The unit measures 7 x 6-1/8 x 3-5/16 inches, with the 3-5/16 inch figure being the depth off the wall. That projection matters next to a lavatory or in a narrow toilet compartment, and it is the number to check against a countertop backsplash or a mirror frame before you set the mounting height.

The B-818615 is listed as ADA compliant. It is a manual push-valve dispenser, and mounting height and reach range are set by where you install it, so the compliant result depends on locating it within the reach range at the accessible lavatory.

Surface mount is the choice for a retrofit or for any wall you cannot open up: block, tile over solid backing, or a finished wall in an occupied building. The B-818615 fastens to the face of the wall, so there is no rough-in and no patching. A recessed or semi-recessed dispenser only makes sense when you have the wall cavity and are doing the work before finishes go on. It projects 3-5/16 inches, which is the trade-off you accept for not cutting the wall.

No power at all. It is a manual dispenser, so there is nothing to wire and no batteries to change, and it keeps working through a power outage. If you want hands-free operation for an infection-control spec, this is not that unit.

Satin stainless steel, the standard brushed finish that pairs with satin grab bars, paper dispensers, and mirror frames from the same washroom line. It ships in that one finish, so there is no finish option to specify when you order.