Wingedcat wrote:
Spat wrote:
more gravity fed shower fitting questions! I need to cut pipes to
branch off to the shower but have very limited space, what's the
professional's approach? the space in which to use a pipe cutter is
about 1cm from other pipework that can't be moved and obviously I'm
loath to pull the pipes about too much.

Also, I'm planning to branch off existing bathroom pipework, the
instructions for a mira realm says cold must come from a cistern, I'm
not sure if the cold is from mains or not, is that likely, or even
something to worry about? It's certainly at higher pressure than the
hot water.

lastly (ahem) anyone got experience with a waterford? I want a decent
unit, but Mira's are too expensive. Thanks.

I would certainly answer your second question before worrying about
your first - that is, what sort of shower you are going to end up with,
as each have different (and v. specific) requirements regarding the
type of water supply. For instance you certainly could not connect
mains cold water to a pumped shower.

Regarding the pipe cutting dilemma, if you are joining copper to copper
with soldered fittings I would have no hesitation in using a hacksaw or
other primitave cutting device, anything that doesn't distort the
roundness of the pipe basically. (Make sure you wash out swarf first
though before connecting to your new shower).

(Sits back and awaits furious admonishings...)

Only on the basis of the burrs sawing introduces, and the difficulty of
removing them in a tight area. Its bad enough cleaning up the pipes with
wire wool, in a tight place, let alone BURRS.



If you've got plastic pipe or are going to be using push-on fittings, I
would recommend the use of a proper pipe cutter, which will necessitate
(it seems) some rearranging (or further disconnecting downstream
perhaps?) of the pipes. Often if you make one cut further back in a
pipe run, the pipe will flex giving you plenty of room to get a pipe
cutter to it.

Yup.