I want to fit a mixer tap with shower head in place of the separate hot and cold taps. Will the holes be in the right place? (I can't measure the pitch right now.)
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Do standard modern plastic baths have same pitch between hot and cold taps?
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Do they come with tap holes? The last bath I bought didn't but then it wasn't a "standard bath" but a shaped one.
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If they have the holes ready drilled, then yes, typically 180mm iirc.
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I've seen 180mm mentioned elsewhere in conjunction with mixer taps, so it d= oes look as if this is the standard. The tap I'm considering is "Cambridge = Bathroom Taps - Traditional Chrome Bath Filler Mixer Tap with Handheld Show= er" from iBath on Amazon,co.uk. (Sorry, I can't add a link right now, as I'= m using a relative's laptop and cannot get to grips with the ruddy awful mo= usepad!!!)
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The last bath I bought was a pretty standard shaped one, and it didn't. Drilling those holes was kind of scary. I measured about 5 or 6 times.
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look as if this is the standard. The tap I'm considering is "Cambridge Bathroom Taps - Traditional Chrome Bath Filler Mixer Tap with Handheld Shower" from iBath on Amazon,co.uk. (Sorry, I can't add a link right now, as I'm using a relative's laptop and cannot get to grips with the ruddy awful mousepad!!!)
When I was measuring my sink for new taps (eventually got a pair of beautiful bib taps, so hole spacing became irrelevant) the pitch was 180mm. The sink was fitted about 40 years ago, so it seems to be an old standard.
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Depends on how far you go back...
Generally they will fit - assuming the new bath has holes at all - many you need to drill yourself.
You may find some sufficiently old Victorian cast iron baths which will need a bit of filing to get modern taps on.
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