Heights for shower outlets

[crispy_wafer]

Hi All

 

I'm running in some first fix pipework for the shower,

 

What would be a good height to mount,

Wall mounted Shower handset outlet, before it attaches to a hose, Similar -->

 

&

Wall mounted rainfall connection arm similar -->

Ta

 

Marek

[markc]

How tall are you or other users? Shower head needs to be above your head and valves/handset at a height convenient for all

[crispy_wafer]

Height, about 1.8 ish

Thinking of mounting the arm at about 2-2.1m, Haven't got it yet, but I guess I ought to see how much of a curve it has before the shower head.

 

The handset will be attached to a riser. 

 

I wondered if there was a general rule of thumb?  If I mount at the same height as the main valve control box then it shouldn't look too out of place!  The V box is on another wall out of the main shower area.

[Thorfun]

we held up our riser bar while we were both standing in the area and said 'about there will do'. very scientific! for our iBox controls we were a bit dictated by the noggin in the timber wall at about 1200mm and I couldn't be bothered to move it so we plumped for the controls to be at about 1100mm. seems about right for us but we're all pretty short! 😆

[crispy_wafer]

4 minutes ago, Thorfun said:

we held up our riser bar while we were both standing in the area and said 'about there will do'. very scientific! for our iBox controls we were a bit dictated by the noggin in the timber wall at about 1200mm and I couldn't be bothered to move it so we plumped for the controls to be at about 1100mm. seems about right for us but we're all pretty short! 😆

 

Spot on!  I'm just roughing pipework in at the moment, and ready to put some noggins in for the wall plates elbows.  I may toddle off to a bathroom showroom aswell and measure what their outlets are set at, I'm also thinking that housebuilders dont always get to see end customers so must have a rule of thumb regarding heights too.  

 

How did you work out depth for the wall plate elbows for the outlets taking into consideration tiles, adhesive, backer board?

 

I think that now I'm onto using 20mm backer rather than PB, I've got to move my control box forwards a touch, trivial but another task on the list.

[Thorfun]

1 hour ago, crispy_wafer said:

 

Spot on!  I'm just roughing pipework in at the moment, and ready to put some noggins in for the wall plates elbows.  I may toddle off to a bathroom showroom aswell and measure what their outlets are set at, I'm also thinking that housebuilders dont always get to see end customers so must have a rule of thumb regarding heights too.  

 

How did you work out depth for the wall plate elbows for the outlets taking into consideration tiles, adhesive, backer board?

 

I think that now I'm onto using 20mm backer rather than PB, I've got to move my control box forwards a touch, trivial but another task on the list.

I tried to get the elbow to finish a few mm back from the finished tile face which was recommended on a thread on here.