info needed regarding a thermostatic shower

[sammybass]

Sunday i plan to fit a thermostatic shower. i play to t off of the bath copper inlets which have an islotating valve so i can turn the water off there. then i plan to put in a t push fit fitting then attataching JG Speedfit P-EX Barrier Pipe, then here comes my head scratching. how do i attach the barrier pipe to the shower its self? what fittings do i need, a flexi hose???????

any info would be awesome, im using the barrier pipe as i dont really want to use 15mm copper pipe and the barrier pipe can be run up the wall easier, its just connecting up to the shower thats a problem at the moment. the shower that im buying is a swirl thermostatic shower from screwfix

all the best
sam

 

[seco services]

Is it a bar mixer your fitting ?
what is the wall stud, block etc ?

 

[sammybass]

the wall is stud plaster board and here is the link to the shower:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68169...wer/Swirl-Thermostatic-Mixer-Shower-Slide-Bar

 

[seco services]

bar mixer.
have you removed the plasterboard ?

 

[sammybass]

no just going to drill two holes for the shower to go in the remove abit of plaster board under the holes so i can connect the barrier pipe to the shower it self

 

[moggridgeplumbing]

All ok. When you feed up the barrier pipe fit an elbow pushfit fitting to the pipe (don't forget the insert) and put a short piece of copper tube to come out to the shower valve. It's a good idea to get a bar shower template for fixing purposes. Don't forget hot on the left cold on the right.

 

[seco services]

what about any noggins in the plasterboard wall that run horizontal
that maybe in the way of the pipe going through ?

you'll need to fit 2 wall plates to a noggin in the wall or fit a purpose made bar shower plate in the wall.

 

[seco services]

come on moggridgeplumbing
don't let the side down with pushfits in the stud wall

 

[sammybass]

ahhhhh i see, good idea about the short bit of copper pipe from the shower and a plastic push fit, iv got a length of 2x1 i the shed to fit the shower to.

i will remember about the cold and hot side's haha

 

[seco services]

Bar mixer do not fit on to the pipework like a normal mixer they fit onto
either doglegs or the bracket i've shown so forget the length of copper pipe in a pushfit ideal.

 

[sammybass]

how wont that work

 

[seco services]

Won't what work ?

 

[sammybass]

Bar mixer do not fit on to the pipework like a normal mixer they fit onto
either doglegs or the bracket i've shown so forget the length of copper pipe in a pushfit ideal.

 

[seco services]

If your thinking of just pushing a piece of copper pipe through a hole in the wall then hows the bar mixer going to be fitted/surported.

bar mixers come with doglegs
one end screws into the mixer the other end is screwed into wall plate
which is secured to a noggin
which takes a vertical pipe no need for elbow pushfits.
pushfits in walls is bad practice and not recommended.

doglegs

wall plate

 

[sammybass]

so if you were to do it in the way i have mentioned at the top of the page, how would you go about it?