Bath taps

[jdjcsw]

I have an older cast iron bath.
I wish to upgrade the old bath taps with a polished brass block with shower mixer.
I purchased one from screwfix.
Now that I'm ready to do up the bathroom, I checked the distance between centres.
The new block has 6 1/4 inches between centres.
The old taps on the bath are measuring 7 inches between centres.
Whats the story.
I thought (possibly wrongly) that the distance between taps on a bath were all standard.
Is there any way round this other than but brass taps rather than the block?

 

[madmattman]

not sure.
whatever you do you must keep the old taps.
they will be worth a lot of money.

 

[breezer]

not sure.
whatever you do you must keep the old taps.
they will be worth a lot of money.

depends how old bath taps are
what they are made of

if they are worth so much why don't you buy them?

 

[AdamW]

You may have some luck with various companies that produce original and replica bathroom fittings.

Try these guys, they have some sweet stuff on their website

If you still have no luck, then you could get one of the period shower enclosures from that company. Kinda makes me want to rennovate a big old pile of bricks in the country.