Fittings needed for freestanding taps

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Dave Johnson

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• May 9, 2019

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Bought this discontinued bath and freestanding bath taps from Wickes. The taps were quite discounted mainly due to the fittings that couples the unit to the hot/cold water pipes have been misplaced. So I'm trying to find/buy the correct fittings so I can connect this to the hot/cold water piping.

Measured the bore of the pipe with my calipers and they are 1/2 inch. Here are a couple of photos:

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Any help is appreciated

 

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Looks like your missing the base plate / fixing plate

 

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Get on to manufacturer and ask if you can buy the appropriate parts.
Don’t try and bodge it, it could prove a very costly mistake as your ceiling falls in

 

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Looks similar to a grohe fixing. You need the base plate that attaches to the floor and your pipework connects to it.
The grohe base plate is nearly £200 so might be better getting a new tap.

 

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• May 9, 2019

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We're going into Wickes on Saturday and see if we can get details of who made it.

 

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• May 9, 2019

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Dave Johnson said:

We're going into Wickes on Saturday and see if we can get details of who made it.

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If they can't give you any details regarding spares etc then I doubt you will be able get this tap working.

 

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• May 10, 2019

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Hi Craig, not going to do any fudging to try get it working, flooding is not for me. Hopefully we'll something from Wickes, if not the bath is great. It looks like a boat and looks great in our new bathroom after the extension. Positioned slap bang in the middle of the bathroom. Was priced at £1000 originally and we paid £500. Best thing is that all the money Wickes are making on ex display stock at the moment is going to the Alzheimer's Society and my Mum who died in February had advanced dementia. So if the tap which we paid £50 for and was originally £300 ends up useless it was a chance worth taking anyway. Thinking of it as us giving the Alzheimer's Society an extra £50.

If something does get sorted I'll update this thread

 

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Good attitude