Hi,
I'll be installing a shower valve on a tiled, drywall. The shower valve has compression fittings for the hot and cold supply. I'm wondering if I can save myself some trouble by using flexible hoses fitted with a copper pipe end for the supply so I don't need to be so accurate with the position / angle of the supply pipes as they come out of the wall and into the shower valve.
I was thinking about teeing off the hot and cold pipes, then using copper pipes to take the supply within a foot or so of the shower valve, then connecting some flexible hoses, then connecting some further small pieces of copper pipe to the hoses in order to connect them to the compression joints on the shower valve.
Questions:
1) Is it legal to fit a flexible hose within a drywall partition?
2) Will the hoses be able to breath to prevent the rubber from rotting?
3) Is it a reasonable idea or is lining up the supply pipes with the valve not all that bad?
Many Thanks.
I'll be installing a shower valve on a tiled, drywall. The shower valve has compression fittings for the hot and cold supply. I'm wondering if I can save myself some trouble by using flexible hoses fitted with a copper pipe end for the supply so I don't need to be so accurate with the position / angle of the supply pipes as they come out of the wall and into the shower valve.
I was thinking about teeing off the hot and cold pipes, then using copper pipes to take the supply within a foot or so of the shower valve, then connecting some flexible hoses, then connecting some further small pieces of copper pipe to the hoses in order to connect them to the compression joints on the shower valve.
Questions:
1) Is it legal to fit a flexible hose within a drywall partition?
2) Will the hoses be able to breath to prevent the rubber from rotting?
3) Is it a reasonable idea or is lining up the supply pipes with the valve not all that bad?
Many Thanks.