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Volunteered to fit my daughters bathroom as she doesn't have the money to pay a tradesman and as I had done similar quite a few times my name was in the frame!
I have come up against something a bit confusing and I'd be grateful for some opinions please.
On removing the wet wall and (apart from being a mess) looking at the shower water connections, the hot feed is connected to the bath hot pipe with a service valve and the cold feed goes up into the loft. I have followed the pipe in the loft and it is attached to a 15mm copper pipe which goes right to where the combi is fitted below. on looking at the boiler, there is a 15mm pipe is going into the wall and I am assuming straight up into the loft with nothing else attached!
I am a bit confused as to why the cold mains feed is being taken all the way from the boiler, if indeed it is, when it can be tee'd off the bath cold mains which is only 3 feet away.
I could just connect it all up as is but apart from wondering why, I am concerned that there will be no cold water service valve for the shower whereas the hot one is easily accessed behind the bath panel. I'm inclined to cap off the loft pipe and take the feed from the bath cold water pipe.
I've attached some pics and I'd be grateful for some opinion please.
Thanks in advance.
I have come up against something a bit confusing and I'd be grateful for some opinions please.
On removing the wet wall and (apart from being a mess) looking at the shower water connections, the hot feed is connected to the bath hot pipe with a service valve and the cold feed goes up into the loft. I have followed the pipe in the loft and it is attached to a 15mm copper pipe which goes right to where the combi is fitted below. on looking at the boiler, there is a 15mm pipe is going into the wall and I am assuming straight up into the loft with nothing else attached!
I am a bit confused as to why the cold mains feed is being taken all the way from the boiler, if indeed it is, when it can be tee'd off the bath cold mains which is only 3 feet away.
I could just connect it all up as is but apart from wondering why, I am concerned that there will be no cold water service valve for the shower whereas the hot one is easily accessed behind the bath panel. I'm inclined to cap off the loft pipe and take the feed from the bath cold water pipe.
I've attached some pics and I'd be grateful for some opinion please.
Thanks in advance.