Rain Shower bar adapter for Slide Bar

[FabRDO]

Hello,

I have a bathtub with a slide bar hand shower unit, walls fully tiled with beautiful stone tile. I wanted to replace the hand shower with a rain shower head without having to brake through wall and remodelling the bathroom. Is there an adapter for the slide bar to install a rain shower head?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Zanne]

Hello,

I have a bathtub with a slide bar hand shower unit, walls fully tiled with beautiful stone tile. I wanted to replace the hand shower with a rain shower head without having to brake through wall and remodelling the bathroom. Is there an adapter for the slide bar to install a rain shower head?

Thanks in advance!

Do you have a picture of what you're describing? I think I can visualize it, but am not certain.

I would like to see how the showerhead currently comes out of the slide-bar and if there is room to screw on a different shower arm.

I'm guessing that the slide bar shower arm should have some means of detaching/attaching the existing showerhead (usually 1/2" IPS I *think*, but I could be wrong).

You may need to get a diverter of sorts to be able to have the handheld and the rain shower.

Sorry if I'm not being much help. I just am not certain what you are dealing with.

 

[frodo]

it can be done useing chrome plated pipes, ran exposed, nice elegant look


but as Zanne has suggested, a picture would be the ticket to assure accurate information.

we plumbers are a visual group of people

 

[FabRDO]

Hi Zane and Frodo,
Thanks for the feedback. I have edited the original post with picture.

Look forward to options.

 

[KULTULZ]

Do you know the manufacturer?

 

[FabRDO]

I don't know the manufacture and I found no marks. this was already installed when I moved in.

 

[KULTULZ]

The only thing I know to do is as was suggested using exposed plumbing. I doubt that you have access to behind the water wall or ceiling to plumb in a rain shower w/o breaking into the tile.

How do you regulate water temp on your current setup?

Read This- http://www.faucetlist.com/blog/Shower-Systems.html

 

[BB_sam]

I realize this thread is old... but I had this same question/issue. Ended up figuring out this solution -- see pic. In case it helps anyone else who happens upon this forum.

I found a new Moen 24" slide bar that happened to be very narrow diameter. Using the bar, I mounted it on the slide bar holder on my existing slide bar, and was able to place a new large (6") rainfall handheld shower head on it. Works like a charm! It isn't horrible looking either. The pic doesn't really do it much justice, but the actual shower head is not on an angle -- it's parallel to the ceiling so it acts exactly like a rainfall shower head would. Plus, i actually like the fact that I still have the flexibility of a handheld to facilitate cleaning the shower/tub.

 

[Zanne]

I will add that KES and PULSE make rainshowers with a slidebars.

My friend got one like this and got an adapter that lets him adjust the height of the rainshower. I'll have to dig up a picture...

 

[havasu]

I installed the slide bar shower head at my other house. Although I tightened it as hard as I could, it would begin to slide down the pole in mid shower. It must have looked like I was trying to do the limbo while taking a shower. I hope they have perfected the stop knob!

 

[Zanne]

The knob on my friend's slidebar showerhead works well. It keeps it in place and you turn it to make it go up and down. I wonder if the one you dealt with was defective.