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DIY newb
Hi all. Quite a newb here, looking for some competent help / advice!
Just moved to a new condo, with some 3-year-old renos. Both tubs have identical rainshower (RS) heads mounted very close to the ceiling (see pics). We're actually enjoying the heads, except for two things:
1) They're so close to the wall that you're almost standing on the drain to get under them. Tilting them helps a bit, but they only go so far.
2) We really miss our handheld (HH) shower heads.
We really don't want to open up the walls.
1st choice would be adding a HH, using a 'T' and some kind of shut-off / diverter, while extending the RS further out over the tub, maybe adding a brace to the ceiling to hold it up. I thought of adding a straight nipple from the wall, with some kind of T/diverter leading out to the RS and down to the HH, with a wall-mounted holder for the HH (T is diverter, b is brace):
Only problem with that plan is that the diverter would be so high it's a stretch to reach, especially for my wife. Could I run a pipe down from the T, with a valve at the bottom, and connect the HH there?
The plumbing store guys just shake their heads and shrug, like the parts I'm dreaming of don't exist.
2nd option is just to replace the RS with HH (could maybe try one of the new 2-in-one heads). Problem here is the pipe is so close to the ceiling that even if I could get a normal angled nipple screwed in without digging into the ceiling, there wouldn't be enough room for a HH shower head.
Any and all creative ideas appreciated!
Cheers... Perry.
Just moved to a new condo, with some 3-year-old renos. Both tubs have identical rainshower (RS) heads mounted very close to the ceiling (see pics). We're actually enjoying the heads, except for two things:
1) They're so close to the wall that you're almost standing on the drain to get under them. Tilting them helps a bit, but they only go so far.
2) We really miss our handheld (HH) shower heads.
We really don't want to open up the walls.
1st choice would be adding a HH, using a 'T' and some kind of shut-off / diverter, while extending the RS further out over the tub, maybe adding a brace to the ceiling to hold it up. I thought of adding a straight nipple from the wall, with some kind of T/diverter leading out to the RS and down to the HH, with a wall-mounted holder for the HH (T is diverter, b is brace):
Code:
______[U]b[/U]__
T |
| =====
| RS
to HH
The plumbing store guys just shake their heads and shrug, like the parts I'm dreaming of don't exist.
2nd option is just to replace the RS with HH (could maybe try one of the new 2-in-one heads). Problem here is the pipe is so close to the ceiling that even if I could get a normal angled nipple screwed in without digging into the ceiling, there wouldn't be enough room for a HH shower head.
Any and all creative ideas appreciated!
Cheers... Perry.