Hi,
We have a mains shower mixer. It used to be a Mira but I replaced the mixer tap some years ago. Just recently I thought I'd replace the shower head too because it's getting long in the tooth and the swivel ball joint is rather corroded and has lost some of its chrome plate. So I purchased a new head, but the fittings are different - it has a female 1/2" BSP thread on the back of the swivel joint, to screw onto a threaded pipe (the existing one has a flange on the end of the pipe and a female nut into which the swivel joint screws). I bought a new pipe as well, but it turns out that is a bigger diameter than the current piping, which is 15mm chrome pipe. The new shower pipe looks to be around 18mm dia, so while it fits the shower head, it won't fit the wall bracket. Everything from the mixer tap up to the shower head is currently 15mm. Is there some way I can convert between the two, or do I have to either buy a new mixer tap or just abandon the idea and stick with the old fittings?
Many thanks
Nick
We have a mains shower mixer. It used to be a Mira but I replaced the mixer tap some years ago. Just recently I thought I'd replace the shower head too because it's getting long in the tooth and the swivel ball joint is rather corroded and has lost some of its chrome plate. So I purchased a new head, but the fittings are different - it has a female 1/2" BSP thread on the back of the swivel joint, to screw onto a threaded pipe (the existing one has a flange on the end of the pipe and a female nut into which the swivel joint screws). I bought a new pipe as well, but it turns out that is a bigger diameter than the current piping, which is 15mm chrome pipe. The new shower pipe looks to be around 18mm dia, so while it fits the shower head, it won't fit the wall bracket. Everything from the mixer tap up to the shower head is currently 15mm. Is there some way I can convert between the two, or do I have to either buy a new mixer tap or just abandon the idea and stick with the old fittings?
Many thanks
Nick