Hi:
i'm moving into a house over the next couple of weeks and I'm inexperienced and willing to learn in DIY. One of the things I'm going to do in the new house is to install a new shower.
I'll take feeds from the current hot and cold feeds to the bath, bury the piping in the wall above and install a mixer shower - I'm looking at a combi boiler system.
However, i have a couple of questions that I just can't get my head round:
What piping should I use from the bath feed to the shower? Can I just get 15mm copper piping, connect it to the bath inlet with these:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/74533/Plumbing/Copper-Push-Fit/Conex-Cuprofit-Equal-Tee-15mm#
and these:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/65863/Plumbing/Copper-Push-Fit/Conex-Cuprofit-Elbow-15mm
And then extend pipework up to the shower mixer (probably using another couple of elbows to bring it out of the wall at the top?
I intend to bury the pipework in the solid wall ( i will use a chaser to cut out channels), so I will put plastic pipe, then duck tape, then denso tape, then expanding foam around the copper piping before tiling the wall.
Then I'll mount the shower mixer using a standard backplate to fasten to the wall.
Please post your thoughts - what have I missed? Is it that simple?
Thanks,
Mike
i'm moving into a house over the next couple of weeks and I'm inexperienced and willing to learn in DIY. One of the things I'm going to do in the new house is to install a new shower.
I'll take feeds from the current hot and cold feeds to the bath, bury the piping in the wall above and install a mixer shower - I'm looking at a combi boiler system.
However, i have a couple of questions that I just can't get my head round:
What piping should I use from the bath feed to the shower? Can I just get 15mm copper piping, connect it to the bath inlet with these:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/74533/Plumbing/Copper-Push-Fit/Conex-Cuprofit-Equal-Tee-15mm#
and these:
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/65863/Plumbing/Copper-Push-Fit/Conex-Cuprofit-Elbow-15mm
And then extend pipework up to the shower mixer (probably using another couple of elbows to bring it out of the wall at the top?
I intend to bury the pipework in the solid wall ( i will use a chaser to cut out channels), so I will put plastic pipe, then duck tape, then denso tape, then expanding foam around the copper piping before tiling the wall.
Then I'll mount the shower mixer using a standard backplate to fasten to the wall.
Please post your thoughts - what have I missed? Is it that simple?
Thanks,
Mike