House of Rohl

House of Rohl is a collective of heritage premium plumbing and architectural-hardware brands brought together under Fortune Brands' luxury division. The portfolio assembles five originally-independent makers — ROHL, Perrin & Rowe, Victoria + Albert Baths, Shaws of Darwen, and Emtek — and presents them as one curated platform for designers and homeowners building a high-craft kitchen, bath, or whole-house remodel. Each brand is operated as its own marque with its own factory, design language, and product specialty, but the brands share a single trade showroom network, a unified spec library, and the House of Rohl catalog program. The result is the broadest premium plumbing-and-hardware platform available in the US market — and a single place to source coordinated finishes, valves, and design-language across every room with water or doors.

The Sub-Brands at a Glance

ROHL — founded in 1983 in Irvine, California by Ken Rohl, the original American importer of European-built premium faucetry. ROHL today carries the Italian and Swiss-built faucet collections — Country Kitchen, Modern, Italian Bath, and the iconic single-lever Pull-Down kitchen faucets — engineered with ceramic disc cartridges, solid-brass cast bodies, and finish technology that lasts a generation. The ROHL platform is the spec foundation for designers who want a Continental-European silhouette with American distribution and warranty support.

Perrin & Rowe — the British heritage faucet house, built since 1979 in Birmingham, England by craftsmen who hand-finish every faucet body. Perrin & Rowe is the lineage spec for traditional and transitional kitchens and baths — the cross-handle bridge faucets, the Edwardian and Georgian bath suites, the Aquitaine, Holborn, Phoenician, and Contemporary collections — each available in the brand's full finish palette including English Bronze, Satin Brass, Polished Nickel, and Polished Chrome. The Perrin & Rowe content within the House of Rohl Collection Book is the deepest single source of British-traditional faucet imagery in the US market.

Victoria + Albert Baths — the Cape Town-based freestanding-tub specialist that invented the volcanic-limestone-and-resin composite material called QUARRYCAST, which gives Victoria + Albert tubs their distinctive stone weight, soft matte surface, and exceptional heat retention. The Victoria + Albert line covers every freestanding silhouette — slipper, double-ended, double-slipper, cigar-shaped, and modern flat-rim — in widths from 51 to 74 inches, plus a matched line of vanities and basins. The V+A Bathing Guide is the single most-requested freestanding-tub brochure among luxury bath designers.

Shaws of Darwen — Lancashire fireclay sink maker founded in 1897, and the original maker of the Belfast and Butler-style fireclay apron-front sink that defined the British farmhouse kitchen aesthetic. Shaws sinks are still hand-cast and hand-finished at the original Darwen, Lancashire factory using the same fireclay recipe — yielding a sink body with substantial weight (the largest single-bowl Shaws weighs 165 lbs), 100-year-plus longevity, and a surface that retains heat far longer than stainless. The Shaws Craftsmanship Guide documents every model in the line plus the manufacturing process and finish detail.

Emtek — the Los Angeles-based architectural-hardware brand assembled in California since 1983. Emtek joined House of Rohl in 2018 and is the portfolio's whole-house hardware spec — door knobs, levers, dummy sets, entry sets, multi-point lock trim for premium custom entry doors, cabinet knobs and pulls, appliance pulls, and bath accessories. Emtek's design library is the broadest in the premium-hardware category — most designers reach for Emtek because a single finish (Satin Nickel, Oil-Rubbed Bronze, Tumbled White Bronze, Polished Brass) can be run across every door lever, cabinet pull, towel bar, and robe hook in a whole-house project. The Decorative Door Hardware booklet, Multi-Point Lock Trim Pocket Booklet, and Cabinet & Bath Pocket Booklet together form the most complete consumer-facing hardware reference in the category.

House of Rohl Hospitality — the dedicated commercial division spec'd into luxury hotel and restaurant projects. The Hospitality Lookbook documents every brand in the portfolio applied to public-realm specifications — back-of-house Perrin & Rowe faucets, public-bath V+A tubs, kitchen Shaws fireclay sinks, and Emtek door hardware sized for high-traffic commercial use.

What's in the Catalog Program

The flagship publications are the House of Rohl 2025 Bath Collection Book and the Kitchen Collection Book — both 100+ page printed catalogs that document the entire ROHL and Perrin & Rowe faucet lineup across bath and kitchen applications, organized by collection and finish. The Designer Stories Book (issued at KBIS each year) is the trade-focused storytelling piece featuring designer-led case studies. The Sketch Book is the brand-narrative volume — covering each maker's history, factory, and craft tradition. The Emtek Curation Brochure ties Emtek hardware into the House of Rohl visual language. The V+A Bathing Guide is the freestanding-tub specifier's reference. The Shaws Craftsmanship Guide documents fireclay sink manufacturing in detail. The Hospitality Lookbook covers commercial spec.

Designing with House of Rohl

The House of Rohl spec advantage is finish coordination: a luxury kitchen-bath project can run Polished Nickel across Perrin & Rowe bridge faucet, Shaws fireclay sink trim, Emtek cabinet pulls, and Emtek door hardware in matched finish — without finish mismatch between separate maker palettes. Most other premium plumbing manufacturers limit a finish palette to a single category; the House of Rohl portfolio is the only US source where the same Satin Brass, Polished Nickel, English Bronze, or Tumbled Bronze can be specified across faucets, fireclay sink trim, cabinet hardware, door hardware, and bath accessories in one purchase order. That coordination is the single most-cited reason luxury kitchen-bath designers default to House of Rohl when finish consistency matters.

Trade Reach and Showroom Network

House of Rohl operates a dedicated trade-showroom network across the US — typically embedded inside premium kitchen-and-bath dealers and luxury plumbing distributors. The brand also runs a North American customer service operation out of Carson, California, with a dedicated trade-services group that supports designers and architects on every spec from quote to install. The product warranty is among the longest in the industry — lifetime mechanical and finish coverage on ROHL and Perrin & Rowe faucets, 25-year structural on V+A baths, lifetime on Shaws sinks, and lifetime mechanical on Emtek mortise locks and entry sets.

Free House of Rohl Catalogs by Mail

Every House of Rohl publication is mailed free to homeowners and trade professionals. The full-line Collection Books (Bath and Kitchen) are the right starting brochures for a comprehensive premium-plumbing project; the brand-specific guides (V+A Bathing Guide, Shaws Craftsmanship Guide, Emtek booklets) drill deeper into single-category decisions; the storytelling volumes (Designer Stories, Sketch Book, Hospitality Lookbook) anchor the brand narrative for design presentations and client books.