New shower pipes through cast iron bath?

IME it would be a whole lot easier to chase the pipes into the wall. Much easier than trying to drill cast iron accurately.

Look at it this way;

Screw up chasing pipes into wall - use some filler.

Screw up drilling cast iron bath - buy new bath.

Do the math :-)

Plenty....

Treat yourself to a nice SDS drill and chase the wall.

|!Hi there, |! |!I'm going to install a new mixer shower over an existing cast iron |!bath soon. I have the option of chasing the hot and cold pipes into |!the solid brick wall (yikes!) or running the pipes on the surface. The |!feed pipes will probably run under the bath..... |! |!As the shower is to be installed at the end of the bath, could I drill |!through the cast iron bath and run the pipes through there, to save |!all the mess and aggro of chasing? Any major drawbacks to this |!approach?

Drilling Cast Iron baths is a bad idea, because of the vitreous enamel (glass) surface on the inside. This chips and cracks if you do any work at all on it.

Perhaps a silly question as it appears so obvious but why are you not using the existing holes in the bath and replacing the taps with a tap/shower mixer bar like most of the hotels use?

Tony

Thanks for replies so far... guess I'll be chasing the wall then - as for using a combined shower / tap, I've already bought the mixer shower I want to install!

Cheers

Simon

On 11 Feb 2007 12:59:51 -0800 someone who may be "Simon" wrote this:-

Far better than trying to drill holes in a cast iron bath.

Sell it:-)