Correct shower installation?

[CBF]

This appliance is not designed to be plumbed directly from the rear. For a
rear entry supply, add an elbow to the supply pipe and connect it as a rising or falling supply

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[seco services]

This appliance is not designed to be plumbed directly from the rear. For a
rear entry supply, add an elbow to the supply pipe and connect it as a rising or falling supply

Yes thats right.
This op's shower is not plumbed directly from the rear.
Directly from the rear is when the inlet connection is turned horizontal.

 

[CBF]

thats not how i read it, if you can connect an elbow directly onto the shower then it's rear entry whether the internal connection point can swivel or not, it says falling or rising supply neither of those can be called rear entry, like i said i think the shower unit is too slim to be able to fit a conex elbow without burying the nut in the wall, i agree that the installation looks pants but i think that is more the fault of whoever supplied the shower than the installer, unless there was enough room to solder the elbow & still allow enough pipe to go into a straight compression fitting & allow the whole lot to be consealed within the unit, he could of course have used a street elbow which would have been better

 

[seco services]

it says falling or rising supply neither of those can be called rear entry

Directly is when the inlet connection is turned horizontal and fitted directly to horizonal pipe. Which can't be done.

Falling/rising rear entry is when the inlet is vertical fitted to an elbow but all concealed within the unit.

Top/bottom entry is the pipe is exposed out of the unit.

like i said i think the shower unit is too slim to be able to fit a conex elbow without burying the nut in the wall,

Yes it has a standard 25mm from finished tile to centre of inlet.
Yes the nut does end up partially below the tile surface, And can be a bugger to tighten.

i agree that the installation looks pants but i think that is more the fault of whoever supplied the shower than the installer,

Why if i supply or customer supplies shower i fit pipework to the instructions. Everyone else manages to do it why can't he ?

unless there was enough room to solder the elbow & still allow enough pipe to go into a straight compression fitting & allow the whole lot to be consealed within the unit, he could of course have used a street elbow which would have been better

As i said earlier that's how i do it and the 15mm compression isn't a pig to tighten up then.
But it is tight on the vie cause of the curve bottom.

 

[CBF]

maybe it's the first one he's fitted or he fooked up the cable or water postion, but i must admit I wouldn't do a job that looked like that

 

[seco services]

maybe it's the first one he's fitted or he fooked up the cable or water postion, but i must admit I wouldn't do a job that looked like that

Got a feeling he's used a plastic pushfit thats slightly longer.

Many do find fitting electric showers a problem.

 

[Kennyb2013]

Thanks for all the replies. I've asked the builder to get the electrician to look at it again.

 

[seco services]

Thanks for all the replies. I've asked the builder to get the electrician to look at it again.

I thought the plumber fitted it ?

 

[Kennyb2013]

My mistake, I meant the the plumber.

 

[Charnwood]

If a street elbow had been fitted into the compression coupler fitted to the inlet pipe instead of a stub of pipe and FxF elbow it would probably have exited above the outer casing, negating the need to break off the bottom inlet blank.

PPPPPP!
Arrive at job;
Assess job;
What's in me box;
That'll do.

 

[Kennyb2013]

Thanks for the further suggestion.

 

[scoobydo123]

I owuld say street connection is the answer as well