Hi, I have recently had a loft conversion and on the 1st fix the plumbers installed a shower plate called the showerpl8. This has a plate behind the wall and leave a piece of pipe coming out that you attach a male coupling to after tiling. (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARFLOW-S...LVE-FIXING-150mm-FAST-FIX-PLATE-/221952395934)
Because I enjoy a bit of diy and to save a few quid, I said I would fit the toilet sink and shower in. I have done it before but always used the stuff that came from grohe with wall elbows instead of a plate.
Anyway I have a bit of a problem in that the coupling doesn't appear to be long enough. Well it doesn't have enough thread on it for me to fully tighten the nut, have enough thread to screw the cover to ( on the right of the pic) and get a thin spanner in.
I would be grateful for any advice. As you can see from the pic, the grohe part has a bit more thread on it.
As it's past 5 I wont be able to call the manafacturers of the plate until tomorrow but was wondering what I could do?
I was thinking of packing it with an extra fibre washer or 2 or maybe just trying to seal it with ptfe and not pushing it all the way home, though this could be tricky as it is hexagonal.
Would either of these be suitable so I can get maybe another 3mm of thread?
Thanks for any advice.
Because I enjoy a bit of diy and to save a few quid, I said I would fit the toilet sink and shower in. I have done it before but always used the stuff that came from grohe with wall elbows instead of a plate.
Anyway I have a bit of a problem in that the coupling doesn't appear to be long enough. Well it doesn't have enough thread on it for me to fully tighten the nut, have enough thread to screw the cover to ( on the right of the pic) and get a thin spanner in.
I would be grateful for any advice. As you can see from the pic, the grohe part has a bit more thread on it.
As it's past 5 I wont be able to call the manafacturers of the plate until tomorrow but was wondering what I could do?
I was thinking of packing it with an extra fibre washer or 2 or maybe just trying to seal it with ptfe and not pushing it all the way home, though this could be tricky as it is hexagonal.
Would either of these be suitable so I can get maybe another 3mm of thread?
Thanks for any advice.
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