Hi Diynot,
In our bathroom we have a Triton Tesla Bar Mixer Shower. It's been on the wall since 2015. It started leaking once under guarantee - and got replaced in part or in whole - but now it's out of guarantee - so we need something new.
Foolishly I thought I could just buy any mixer valve set at 150mm and it would screw on and we'd be away. But it looks like I'm wrong.
Screwfix had one on offer, so I went with that:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/swirl-exposed-thermostatic-mixer-shower-valve-fixed-chrome/55206
But the give on the hex-nut isn't enough to fix onto the existing pipework.
Before I explain this in more details with pictures (below), in short: how do I sort this out?
I assume what I'm actually asking is how do I make sure that the next mixer unit I buy has enough give to fit onto the existing fittings. (Maybe the answer is simply going to B&Q and checking their display models - but I just wanted to check I wasn't missing something).
I am aware one answer is to remove tiles, remodel the copper pipe, fit new s-elbows supplied and use the current unit - but if possible I'd just like to screw a new unit onto the old fittings. Thanks.
In more detail, with 4 pictures:
Picture 1 and 2. Here are the existing fittings. Notice how the copper pipe is quite close to the end.
Picture 3. This doesn't matter with the old unit as the hex-nut has quite a bit of give and can just screw on as is.
Picture 4. But with the new unit, a part of it sticks out proud of the hex nut. This means when you try and fit it, it hits the copper pipe in pictures 1&2 and so it can't be screwed on.
Thoughts please on what I can do? Thanks in advance.
In our bathroom we have a Triton Tesla Bar Mixer Shower. It's been on the wall since 2015. It started leaking once under guarantee - and got replaced in part or in whole - but now it's out of guarantee - so we need something new.
Foolishly I thought I could just buy any mixer valve set at 150mm and it would screw on and we'd be away. But it looks like I'm wrong.
Screwfix had one on offer, so I went with that:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/swirl-exposed-thermostatic-mixer-shower-valve-fixed-chrome/55206
But the give on the hex-nut isn't enough to fix onto the existing pipework.
Before I explain this in more details with pictures (below), in short: how do I sort this out?
I assume what I'm actually asking is how do I make sure that the next mixer unit I buy has enough give to fit onto the existing fittings. (Maybe the answer is simply going to B&Q and checking their display models - but I just wanted to check I wasn't missing something).
I am aware one answer is to remove tiles, remodel the copper pipe, fit new s-elbows supplied and use the current unit - but if possible I'd just like to screw a new unit onto the old fittings. Thanks.
In more detail, with 4 pictures:
Picture 1 and 2. Here are the existing fittings. Notice how the copper pipe is quite close to the end.
Picture 3. This doesn't matter with the old unit as the hex-nut has quite a bit of give and can just screw on as is.
Picture 4. But with the new unit, a part of it sticks out proud of the hex nut. This means when you try and fit it, it hits the copper pipe in pictures 1&2 and so it can't be screwed on.
Thoughts please on what I can do? Thanks in advance.