Shower feed pipes flush(just proud) with the wall brackets or the connectors?

[Joe Fixit]

As mentioned before - If this is the way the copper pipe is with the olive inserted and the 3/4"chrome compression fitting tightened, then it's fine. If anything the pipe on the right will need to be trimmed by a few mm so it's flush to the chrome fitting

View attachment 382265

As suggested - a manual or instructions are not needed. This is stuff we do without any thought or instructions needed as it very straightforward and only works one way.

Thanks. These are only dry fitted so the chrome fitting may push in a mm maybe more. But I'm guessing advice is to follow the installation manual and cut both pipes so they are 10mm-20mm proud of the gold bracket?

Currently the one on the right is 25mm and the left is about 22mm

This would probably mean the pipes won't be flush with the chrome fitting and be set back a little

 

[Madrab]

Thanks. These are only dry fitted so the chrome fitting may push in a mm maybe more. But I'm guessing advice is to follow the installation manual and cut both pipes so they are 10mm-20mm proud of the gold bracket?

I don't - I fit the bracket, olive and chrome compression nut, mark the pipe, take off the chrome nut and olive and then cut. Funnily enough it tends to be around the same length that the pipe slice cuts. As a DIY job then I guess it could all be fitted and the chrome nut tightened then a junior hacksaw cuts the pipe flush to the fitting.

As long as there is enough pipe to get the olive on fully over it with at least a few extra mm, then the olive will seal when the chrome nut is tightened.

 

[trojanhawrs]

First of all guys, I'm not micromanaging or criticising. Just curious if it's correct or not as it's not what seems to me what the instructions are saying.

Secondly, I have asked for him to cut it ready for it to be installed so he's not coming back to do this.

If you're planning on drilling fixings for your shower valve and stem and making off the compression joints, surely you can manage to cut a bit of pipe?
Why isn't the plumber doing the second fix?

 

[Joe Fixit]

If you're planning on drilling fixings for your shower valve and stem and making off the compression joints, surely you can manage to cut a bit of pipe?
Why isn't the plumber doing the second fix?

Yea, I'm debating whether to get a pipe cutter and do it myself but had decided to leave all Pipeworks and plumbing for the plumber.

I can drill holes fine as I have the tools and done it many times.

Not sure what you mean by compression joints but all I need to do is to hand tighten the chrome fittings and tighten with spanner 1/4-1/2 turn. Everything else is just a matter of drill and screw.

I asked the plumber to cut the pipes to the right length so that I can do that. But only when j was going through in detail the instructions, noticed this bit about the length of the pipes which to me seems to exceed the given max 20mm

 

[dilalio]

Where does it say that in the instructions ?

Say what?

 

[Elsa TLC]

Say what?

It was a first thing morning joke.

I have at least 3 boxes of these shower brackets on my van at all times, plus a couple of shower PL8s. They're a regular Plumber's fitting and we don't need to read fitting instructions for things we've installed hundreds of times.

It made me laugh.

However now it's afternoon the moment has gone. I cant even explain how and what.