Bar shower thread extensions.

[Chalked]

When you have installed backplate elbows for a bar shower, what does everyone use to extend the female connections to the cranked adapters.
Happens a lot when thick tiles are used.

i normally use 1/2 FI x 15 mm compression fittings ptfe these in.the trouble is they are parallel thread so don't tighten in too well.
been to a job of mine today where this had been leaking a while and I've had to re plaster and replace tiles. So looking to find a better option.
it would be better if manufacturers made the 1/2 thread longer.

 

[Kyle87]

Better to buy the quick fix kits. About 25 quid in toolstation.

I hate the hidden threaded joints. Better to have soldered elbow in wall and then external fixings

 

[Mike Jackson]

Same as Kyle for me. Use one of the easyfix kits and chuck the cranked elbows away.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

those cranked things are the devil's own work. as already said use the easy fit kits

 

[Killy Bing]

i use the shower pl8's from williams.

twice i used those elbows and twice they moved while fixing the shower.

 

[TomLane]

Another one for using the fixing plates! Get a firm fixing & can level it without the worry of it moving!