Mixer shower over bath

[katmadalex]

Could anyone give me advice about fitting a mixer shower over the bath please.
I have to fix the shower at the wrong end of the bath that directly butts up against an outside wall, so the pipework will be exposed. Is it possible to drill the two holes for the 15mm copper pipe that will feed the shower through this end without causing any damage to it?

Kathryn
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[Newboy]

Sorry to ask thed obvious question - why do you have to fix the shower at 'the wrong end of the bath' ?

If you have no choice then it would be better if you could drop the supply to the shower mixer down from the ceiling (if you have access to the roof space)

If you do decide to drill two holes through the bath to supply the shower then

1) It's just about the worst solution I can think of !
2) It will almost certainly look awful (at the least very unusual)
3) It will be difficult to make the holes watertight
4) It depends what your bath is made of (you can drill acrylic and steel bath)

 

[katmadalex]

Hi, I'm afraid that without doing major changes to the bathroom, I have no choice about putting it at the wrong end of the bath because there is no wall at the other end. It was badly thought out in the first place. Unfortunately, I don't have the expertise to tackle changing the whole bathroom but want a useable shower.
There is no roof space as the bathroom seems to have been an add on at some time and has a flat roof.
The emmersion heater sits in the airing cupboard with the cold water tank above it. The central heating/water system works off what appears to be an unvented system.
PS the bath is acrylic.

 

[tryitandsee]

Just a quick observation, is the cold water tank in the airing cupboard high enough to give you a decent 'head' of water for the shower, (the distance between shower rose to tank) you may have to think about a pumped supply. Just a thought.

 

[tryitandsee]

Just a quick observation, is the cold water tank in the airing cupboard high enough to give you a decent 'head' of water for the shower, (the distance between shower rose to tank) you may have to think about a pumped supply. Just a thought.

 

[katmadalex]

I hope so, its about 3.5m from the cold tank, but not much higher. I did think I might need a pump but thought I would see what happens and sort it after. I would have to get some one to fit it I think as I would be nervous doing it myself. The system in the airing cupboard looks complicated and wouldn't it also need an electrical supply to run it?

With regards to drilling holes through the bath, I didn't really think that much about how it would look, perhaps I should try and pull the bath forward a bit and box the area in behind it where the pipes will go through.
Any ideas, anyone? My other thought would be to try and bury the pipes in the wall.