I know this has been asked, and I've searched in vain for the exact right answer I'm afraid.
I've built a stud wall (against an exterior wall) to house pipework for a valve, bath filler and shower head. The valve seems simple enough as there's some degree of flexibility in how far the taps slide on.
However, the filler and shower head are the issue. I've bought wall plate elbows (which I'll mount securely in the stud wall) to attach them to but :
a) there doesn't seem to be enough room to fit in the plasterboard and tiles - so, when fully screwed on, the gap between the back of the filler and the elbow is only around 15mm. Does it have be screwed fully on? I could extend with another connector, but then surely the weight of it, is on that rather than the wall plate?
b) how can you possibly work out where the rotation will end up? Obviously, both need to finish perfectly horizontal.
Thanks in advance for advice.
I've built a stud wall (against an exterior wall) to house pipework for a valve, bath filler and shower head. The valve seems simple enough as there's some degree of flexibility in how far the taps slide on.
However, the filler and shower head are the issue. I've bought wall plate elbows (which I'll mount securely in the stud wall) to attach them to but :
a) there doesn't seem to be enough room to fit in the plasterboard and tiles - so, when fully screwed on, the gap between the back of the filler and the elbow is only around 15mm. Does it have be screwed fully on? I could extend with another connector, but then surely the weight of it, is on that rather than the wall plate?
b) how can you possibly work out where the rotation will end up? Obviously, both need to finish perfectly horizontal.
Thanks in advance for advice.