bar shower fixing kit

[klang]

I'm about to fit a grohe tempesta bar shower.

The pipework's already in place, using a shower pl8.

I gather the dog leg fixings supplied be grohe are worth avoiding, and I have a pair of connectors supplied with the pl8.

However, as an amateur, would I be better getting a mira fitting kit, to finish the job?

It's a fixed head shower, so I want it perfectly level, and the mira looks to be easy to adjust.

Suggestions please.

Cheers.

 

[klang]

Also, just been looking at the shower plate connectors and the threaded part which goes into the valve has a hex profile. ie, it's not round and doesn't make full contact with the valve's threads.

Is the seal just provided by the fibre washer/gauze?

 

[m1key00]

With the pl8, I believe you have to use the supplied fittings because you are connecting to 15mm copper tube rather than a threaded connection. I have never had a problem with the seals though, always been good. They are that shape so you can hold them with a spanner whilst doing up the compression nuts.