Replacing shower mixer

moneysaver1978

Just wanted to follow up - thank you all for your help and advice!

Replacing the mixer shower was a doodle! The hardest part was locating the stopcock, found it was stuck, so went to the water meter outside where there's a long handle turnkey to shut down the water supply.

Silicone grease was a great shout too (had to purchase from a local plumber as the ebay one is while a lot cheaper is coming from China and not due to arrive until October!).

ThisIsWeird

Well done - you are now a 'plumber'  

To really test yer mettle, you need to tackle that internal stopcock...

Photo?

lookbook

Plumbing is easy - just don't mess with electricity. Too dangerous IMHO.

moneysaver1978

ThisIsWeird said:

Well done - you are now a 'plumber'  

To really test yer mettle, you need to tackle that internal stopcock...

Photo?

For some reason, the internal stopcock was behind the fridge/freezer and we forgot to take photo before putting it back in.

It was really easy to shut off the water supply outside so we will leave the internal stopcock as it is - it seems more trouble and expense than worth.

But photos:


Oh, another lesson to learn: Check and check again the contents of the shower kit box! The soap tray bracket and hose retainer were missing so have contacted Triton - hopefully they will send out the missing parts.

Also a tip - we used the bubble wrapping (that came with the shower kit) for tightening up the fixings rather than cloth as it was easier to see and handle in a tight space.

lookbook said:

Plumbing is easy - just don't mess with electricity. Too dangerous IMHO.

100%!  

BarelySentientAI

lookbook said:

Plumbing is easy - just don't mess with electricity. Too dangerous IMHO.

I'm the exact opposite.  Never gone near plumbing.

FreeBear

BarelySentientAI said:

lookbook said:

Plumbing is easy - just don't mess with electricity. Too dangerous IMHO.

I'm the exact opposite.  Never gone near plumbing.

I don't have a problem with electrics or plumbing. What I won't touch is gas* - Not qualified, and a potential for a real big bang if I get it wrong.

*) Bottled gas (propane, CO2, argon, etc) not included.

moneysaver1978

BarelySentientAI said:

lookbook said:

Plumbing is easy - just don't mess with electricity. Too dangerous IMHO.

I'm the exact opposite.  Never gone near plumbing.

Actually came close to calling a plumber out for the shower repair and cartridge replacement as I felt there were too many unknowns including brand of the shower and location of the stopcock. I also had a nightmare where we bust a pipe somewhere and there was no way to stop the torrent of water!

Electrical stuff at least is easy enough but a big no-no for full rewiring!