Mixer valve on wrong wall...help please.

[mbsun]

Hi all.

 

I'm about to start redoing our bathroom and have a bit of a challenge to overcome with the new shower set up. Currently, the shower is in the corner and has a mixer valve attached to the two outlet pipes.

 

The idea is to keep the shower in the same place but making it bigger. However, I am hoping to move the shower heads from one wall to the other. However, I'm not sure my plumbing skills stretch to relocating the outlet pipes. 

 

Ideally we are looking for a shower with two heads - one small on a flexi pipe and the other large and fixed. Yet every example I can find has the large fixed head attached to the mixer valve and running straight up.

 

A bit like this: https://www.bathroommountain.co.uk/galway-premium-matt-black-square-thermostatic-shower-set-23015?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-JXmq6uR_wIVGfntCh38iQISEAQYCSABEgLwb_D_BwE

 

Which obviously wouldn't work. 

 

One idea I had, is to fit a riser type shower head to the wall we want the shower head on….

 

Like this: https://www.bathroommountain.co.uk/lismore-square-matt-black-shower-riser-kit?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4Jyj7KuR_wIVkP_tCh1-sgLSEAQYAiABEgKDUvD_BwE

 

And then fitting a mixer valve like this: https://www.plumbworld.co.uk/hansgrohe-vernis-blend-exposed-mixer-shower-valve-matt-black-71640670-1738-1269663?utm_source=organic&utm_medium=shoppingfeed&utm_campaign=googlebase&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjc7LiayR_wIVAe7tCh19tAW3EAQYASABEgKVnPD_BwE

 

Would I be able to connect them? If I can, how would I keep the pipe from just dangling across the shower?

 

Any other ideas or advice much appreciated. 

[ToughButterCup]

1 hour ago, mbsun said:

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Would I be able to connect them? If I can, how would I keep the pipe from just dangling across the shower?

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Have a qiuck look at this ....

 

 

I installed an iBox behind the mixer / controller . (I bet there are others that do the same) . You can have an outlet for the fixed shower head separate from the flexible hose - and you can duct both of them anywhere.  The main point is to be able to switch on either outlet without getting soaked . 

 

I put the flexible outlet low down anticipating life in a wheelchair at some stage. And for a few days after my hip operations, I was very grateful for that ....

[mbsun]

Thanks for the advice ToughButterCup - this certainly looks like the solution I am looking for. 

It may be a little beyond my current plumbing skills, but I think with a little research I would be able to do this! 

[Nickfromwales]

5 hours ago, mbsun said:

Thanks for the advice ToughButterCup - this certainly looks like the solution I am looking for. 

It may be a little beyond my current plumbing skills, but I think with a little research I would be able to do this! 

The concealed shower valves need to be at a very specific depth, to allow for the facias to be fix on after tiling / other. Be sure to do some YT surfing and make yourself familiar with what needs to be observed before you go jumping in.

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