Hi all.
I have had a plumber to re-do my bathroom. New bath, toilet, shower, tiling etc. - the whole room. When he installed our new Grohe mixer shower into a very narrow partition wall, he said the wall was in such a state that he could not fit it acoording to the instructions - the only two places it fits to the wall are from the hot and cold pipes and though he put up aqua board and tiling, he said he would have to secure it to the wall with a metal plate (over the tiling) with two holes and screwed into the walls (he had this metal plate on his van).
The plate is scatched and the screws are awful (I can sort the screws out) and he took the other pieces of the shower away with him. I am disappointed that I couldn't have the shower fitted according to its design or that he didn't mention that before fitting the metal plate (I would have bought one that could be installed there) but, worse still, the shower has leaked slightly since it was fitted three weeks ago. He has been back twice and I checked today and the leak is still there.
Our plumber is adamant that without the metal plate, because of the bad state of the wall underneath the tiles and aqua board, if the shower is fitted according to the instructions they will eventually pull down and out the wall. I have no idea whether this is true but I am beginning to think that not having the proper fittings is causing the leaks.
Can any plumbers or experienced DIYers advise? I am completely in the dark here but with another leak coming from my cold water pipe to my basin as well, I am beginning to doubt this plumber's expertise. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks all.
Walnut
I have had a plumber to re-do my bathroom. New bath, toilet, shower, tiling etc. - the whole room. When he installed our new Grohe mixer shower into a very narrow partition wall, he said the wall was in such a state that he could not fit it acoording to the instructions - the only two places it fits to the wall are from the hot and cold pipes and though he put up aqua board and tiling, he said he would have to secure it to the wall with a metal plate (over the tiling) with two holes and screwed into the walls (he had this metal plate on his van).
The plate is scatched and the screws are awful (I can sort the screws out) and he took the other pieces of the shower away with him. I am disappointed that I couldn't have the shower fitted according to its design or that he didn't mention that before fitting the metal plate (I would have bought one that could be installed there) but, worse still, the shower has leaked slightly since it was fitted three weeks ago. He has been back twice and I checked today and the leak is still there.
Our plumber is adamant that without the metal plate, because of the bad state of the wall underneath the tiles and aqua board, if the shower is fitted according to the instructions they will eventually pull down and out the wall. I have no idea whether this is true but I am beginning to think that not having the proper fittings is causing the leaks.
Can any plumbers or experienced DIYers advise? I am completely in the dark here but with another leak coming from my cold water pipe to my basin as well, I am beginning to doubt this plumber's expertise. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks all.
Walnut