Three way shower/bath tap mixer

pixel1985

Hi there,

I'm hoping someone with a bit of experience of bathrooms can help me. We're hoping to get a new bathroom, or even just taps - we don't want to move any plumbing or pipes, ideally replace the bathroom we have with our own style.

Currently, we have a bath with a shower/tap mixer, which just comes out of the taps in the bath, nothing plumbed into the wall. We'd like to replace this with a three way tap mixer, with a diverter at the bottom for shower/bath, and then an additional diverter between a traditional style rigid riser shower and hand held shower to the side.

We've scoured what feels like every bathroom site imaginable and can't find anything which seems to have everything all just plumbed through the taps - everything I've seen seems to have to be plumbed into the wall behind the shower, which we don't want to do, and I don't even know if we're able to. We've seen a rigid riser which is attached into the taps, but it doesn't have an additional shower head and diverter, which is essential for us. I don't just want the fixed shower.

Does anything know if there are taps which can connect in to a rigid riser and additional pipes you can buy to fit it all in, so it doesn't have to go into the wall? I'm quite surprised that I can't seem to find what I'm looking for off the shelf, as I would have thought it would be quite popular...

Thanks in advance for your help - I hope this makes sense...

Inner_Zone

Can't help with a three way device but I have this installed on my bath, suppose you could attach a divertor to the shower output to give three way operation:


https://www.ideal-standard.co.uk/product-details/thermostatic-two-hole-bath-shower-mixer/A5635.html

troffasky

Is there a reason why you wouldn't just buy a rigid riser with a diverter, then attach that to your thermostatic mixer tap of choice?


ETA: this was literally the first thing I found on ebay when searching for 'rigid riser kit' and seems to match what you've asked for [if I've understood you]:


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrome-Waterfall-Bath-Shower-Mixer-Tap-With-3-Way-Square-Rigid-Riser-Shower-Kit/192473828269

SteveJW

Not sure if I've understood your requirements.

But I have just purchased this. I to wanted a handeheld shower and a fixed shower
Already had a mixer tap with a outlet for a shower, pull up to divert from bath to shower, just insert the valve between the mixer tap outlet and the shower hose (s)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrome-Shower-Head-Diverter-3-Way-Adapter-for-Bath-Thermostatic-Valve-Mixer-Tap/113175543296?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=413479786520&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649


None of the local plumbers merchants could understand what I wante