Aqualisa shower arm, SKU 164613

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dpm_dpmartin

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I have this item in the wall, over a decade old, and the shower head itself has come away... in such a way that there is no thread to attach a new head to the arm. Water just falls out at the moment... not bad, but not ideal.

www.aqualisa.co.uk

Varispray Shower Head Metal Fixed Arm

A brass fixed shower arm available in Chrome Plated finish for use with a metal shower head shell, suitable for Varispray and Turbostream cassettes.
www.aqualisa.co.uk www.aqualisa.co.uk

So I'd like to replace the whole thing... am I correct in thinking that I go about this by finding a grub screw holding the cover plate on, loosen that and remove the plate, then unscrew the bracket and take the whole thing away... hopefully leaving a 15mm copper pipe sticking out of the wall that I could fit a new push-fit shower arm to? It doesn't have a chance of being threaded, does it?

Aqualisa stuff always seems rather expensive, but this came with the flat from new, so I didn't choose it... I'd like to go with something less expensive from Screwfix etc..

Appreciate any guidance.
 
Thank you for that, I wasn't aware there was a - much cheaper, almost alike - plastic option knocking-around. The brass Varispray is very expensive.

I noted the comment about non-standard screw-on heads being the game with Aqualisa, and I think it needs to come off first, so I can find out what's there and then see if I can get a non-Aqualisa arm put on there.

The base cover on my shower has a small line / nick cut in it, rather than any grub screw... I'm assuming I can remove the silicone holding this in place, yank it off, access any screws on the base plate, and just pull the arm off. The question is what will be underneath, if it's threaded then just pulling the arm off won't work, obviously. First time I've done this, so rather unsure whether I'll end up with a projecting piece of copper, or a thing inside the wall itself.
 
It is likely to be threaded, but you'd really need to have a look and see what is involved,

The plastic one will be a straight swap.
 
dpm_dpmartin said:
The base cover on my shower has a small line / nick cut in it, rather than any grub screw...
Click to expand...

Picture... what I thought was a nick / break looks like a pen line when zoomed-in. ;) This feels DIY, but maybe it isn't for me. :oops:

Shower-Arm-001.jpg
 
It should just pop off when the sealant is cleaned off. Then unscrew the arm fixings and it looks like the arm just pulls off.
 
That means I can treat the job as two separate parts then... first, concentrate on the removal of the arm, second, see what I've got (which is likely to be a metal pipe sticking out of the wall - not too dissimilar to what I have now - which is a spout, not a real shower) and then assess the best replacement - maybe Aqualisa as it will be like-for-like, but I'd prefer not. I will not be effectively be forced to assemble everything I need beforehand and try to do it all at once.
 

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