Shower bar mixer fitting problem

jonnywells · 29 Jul 2010

Decided to add a shower bar to use with my bath but run into abit of a problem on how to secure the bar to the wall.

Its a stud wall and the pipes will run down inside it. But after cutting the holes for the pipes to feed the bar ive run into a BIG problem...i cant figure out how im going to secure the bar to the wall.

Its a Architeckt shower bar from plumbworld (http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/architeckt-profile-540-15900)

As you can see the bathroom is finished and i cant get access to behind the wall without making a right old mess of all my cladding.

Any ideas would be a REAL REAL help

picasso · 29 Jul 2010

your stuffed mate

, you will have to either take the tiles or the cladding off, there is no way (that I know of) that will support your bar mixer on top of the tiles.

jonnywells · 29 Jul 2010

nice

picasso · 29 Jul 2010

if you could return the shower you might be able to fit a shower that have a fixing in the middle something like this.

http://www.taps4less.com/PP/MIRA-FORCEV1C.html?ad=GoogleBase

Nige F · 29 Jul 2010

Get an arkiteckt to sort it

DeltaT · 29 Jul 2010

Only a DaftyDIY'er or a CC/CCC could do that!!

If the water pressure is good & you can get access from above or below, pull down/up 2 10mm pex pipes & fit a couple of these;

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/bar-mixer-valve-fixing-kit-293-16361

jonnywells · 29 Jul 2010

DeltaT said:
Only a DaftyDIY'er or a CC/CCC could do that!!

If the water pressure is good & you can get access from above or below, pull down/up 2 10mm pex pipes & fit a couple of these;

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/bar-mixer-valve-fixing-kit-293-16361[/QUOTE]

Yes i can get access from top and drop stuff down, looks like this might be my only option.

Abit expensive for what it is!

spareshunter · 30 Jul 2010

Toolsation: shower wall plate 27249 £ 19.75 inc vat.

Screw fix: Various from 30.88 upwards. page 540 Cat 12, spring.

DeltaT · 30 Jul 2010

Good call 'spareshunter'!!

daneski88 · 30 Jul 2010

DeltaT said:
Only a DaftyDIY'er or a CC/CCC could do that!!

If the water pressure is good & you can get access from above or below, pull down/up 2 10mm pex pipes & fit a couple of these;

http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/bar-mixer-valve-fixing-kit-293-16361[/QUOTE]As daft as it may seem, I have a couple of questions over this plan.

1/. These fxixng kits are for 15mm pipe, but you suggest 10mm pex. How would you get the reducer to work?

2/. The wall is cavity - I'm struggling to see how to get the pipe to bend through the holes without seriously kinking them, or how you could manipulate the end if it has an elbow and long enough offcut in it.

sooey · 30 Jul 2010

Don't worry, our dick could do it.....he's a master plumber....he's got "dark arts".

LeedsPlumber · 30 Jul 2010

Feed 2 pipes down the cavity with pushfit elbows on, line each pipe up with the hole and push a piece of copper in to each elbow

Then you will be left with 2 copper stalks and use the shower conversion kit suggested above.

daneski88 · 30 Jul 2010

Simple when you know how

I knew that all along, but I thought the op might be shy in asking

Just one more question on his behalf - how do you fix the leak back there

DeltaT · 30 Jul 2010

Don't worry, our dick could do it.....he's a master plumber....he's got "dark arts".............................And a sister in the WRENS......

Come sit with me, kiss my ring, don't speak as you are a foolish CC/CCC. Listen to the Master & he will teach you the Dark Arts.

DeltaT · 30 Jul 2010

You DaftyDIY'ers & CC/CCCs can thank me any time soon!!!

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