Wall Mounted Bath Taps

[rsimpson23]

Help !!

I have purchased a set of Deva Vision Wall Mounted Bath Mixer Taps, an am having difficulty getting advice from anyone on the correct way t install them. I obviously need to channel the wall to accept th recessed pipe work, but I am concerned on how to secure the taps an pipework onto the wall. I have read somewhere to use gardens ta elbows, which seems agood item, but is there a correct way out ther somewhere.

Also, once I recess the pipes, how do I correctly fill the gaps aroun the pipes so I can then tile over them. Again, I have read soemwher to use expanding foam and then plaster.

I would greatly appreciate an experts opinion.

Robin

-- rsimpson23

[John Stumbles]

I assume the tap has 3/4" BSP threaded (male) tail pieces which connect via unions with rubber or fibre washers to the body of the tap, just like a telephone-type bath mixer tap.

I'd set wall-plate elbows (like those used for garden taps except you'll need 3/4" x 22mm) into the wall at a suitable depth, attached with a screw or 2 if possible to give some rigidity while the plaster sets, and plaster them in with 1-coat plaster. Obviously, test the pipework for leaks before plastering everything up! You'll can probably plaster up with the taps attached but I guess you'll need to remove the taps and tails to tile and then refit them when done, so leave a little gap around the female socket of the elbow to allow yourself to reinsert the tap tails all bound up with PTFE tape when you finally refix them.