Replace thermostatic mixer shower where surface pipes are only 3.5cm apart

[Lozenge]

Hi

I need to replace a thermostatic mixer shower, but the surface water pipes are only 3.5 cm apart - I believe they are mainly 150 mm apart nowadays?

I would like to do this with minimal disruption - does anyone know if anyone manufactures a shower with such a clearance? If not, what would be the best solution for replacing the shower (bearing in mind I would like minimal disruption and the pipes aren't easy to get at in the loft!)?

Thanks

 

[Harvest Fields]

You say a thermostatic mixer shower. Is it a power shower? or standard shower? Do you have a picture?

 

[Lozenge]

It is connected to a shower pump in the airing cupboard - the pump has only recently been replaced. Sorry, don't have a picture, but it is a New Team shower which was installed in the 80s

 

[Harvest Fields]

Do the pipes come down from the ceiling?
As the pump is in the airing cupboard and the pipes are surface mounted. I would adjust the pipes to fit into a set of external pipework elbows. Then fit the shower onto these elbows

 

[Harvest Fields]

They look like these

 

[Lozenge]

Yes, the pipes come down from the ceiling. Thanks, those connectors look very useful, but what would I use from the connectors to the shower as the connections on the shower itself would be much further apart? Could I use flexible pipes, or would this affect water flow?

 

[Harvest Fields]

You would need to adjust the pipes so that they matched the unions on the shower valve.

 

[Lozenge]

Thanks for your help

 

[Harvest Fields]

No worries. Let us know how you get on.