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Ah- ok, so the plug goes in flush with the surface of the board rather than into the wall behind the board? That would explain what has long been a mystery to me! Battens and glue sounds like a plan, I'll have a crack at that and report back.

Also- I still don't understand the fixing bit. If I need to get a 5mm plug through the board I need to drill a 5mm hole, in which case the 5mm screw head will pull through?

On the opposite wall I have used 2X3" timber to create a studwork frame that stands just in front of (and is attached to) the wall, but obviously creates a flat surface. I'm going to board this, then tile it. I don't have the room to do this on the the wall I am discussing here. Unless...

Ok, I am coming round to the idea of using tile backer board. When you say "mechanical fixings", could you please expand on that? I am assuming that you refer to screwing into the wall, but from my limited experience of these things I would think that I would need to use plugs, and have no...

It's flat grey if that helps? Top/facing layer that is, sand coloured for the (very thick) layer that is directly onto the cinder block.

If sand/cement render forms a bullet proof surface that barely dents when hit with a sledge hammer, then yep- sounds like it.

Ok, from the top: - The flat is in a 1930's Art Deco block - Poured concrete frame - External walls are brick - Internal walls are cinderblock - Pretty much no wall is square to another wall - Pretty much no wall is flat, many are "pregnant" The finishing coat plaster is so tough that...

I've divided the bathroom into teo rooms using studwork, the smaller room will be an ensuite for the bedroom. Where the shower will go is in a corner, two of the walls are aquapanel that I will tile directly onto, the third wall is original to the flat, and is cinder block with bonding and...

There is no threading in there at all, and from the exploded diagram they sent me (which was not of exactly the same item, but very close), the two pipes visible in the picture go into one single pipe that runs up the column and into the head. I think that the design calls for one pipe...

Ok, response from Crosswater Technical dept is that the Egon Shower Column EG500FC has been discontinued for some time now (although it appears to be still for sale on many websites), and therefore there are no longer any spare parts available for it. So, anyone who did buy one of these new...

Agreed. It looks like no-one on here has fitted one, so my hopes are resting with Crosswater tech services, if they come through then I'll post the information here in case anyone else ends up with one of these.

Fair enough, I have no experience of them- and like I said, I didn't pay that much for the shower. I'd still like to make it work, though.

You don't like Crosswater?

How can you say that- it's extremely shiny, that's how you tell a good shower I thought?

Me too! I paid rather less than that for it on eBay. Of course, any money that I spent on it is going to look silly if I cannot make the damn thing work.

I asked for those- they haven't got any for that shower. One of the ladies in the technical department is helping me at the moment, but she is finding it tough getting the information it would appear. The shower column cost £1,600 new, so you would hope that there are some spare parts for...

Let me guess, this would be a proprietary block connector, made only by Crosswater?

Thanks Admin! If no-one knows of the proper connector for this, would it be possible to use something to else to make the connection? Or am I looking at binning what is a fairly expensive shower due to this issue?

Ok, this is the shower: And this is the base: This is inside the base where the copper pipes need to be connected to the internal pipework of the column: Anyone seen anything like this before?

Hi, I recently won a Crosswater Egon shower column on eBay. It looks like I am missing the part that terminates the copper pipework and attaches to the pipework internal to the column which runs from the base to the head. I've spoken to Crosswater technical support about this and they...