Hi,

My better half broke the plastic shower head holder on our shower riser
bracket.

The diameter of the pole is around 21mm.

I've been searching the 'net but I've only managed to find a bracket for a
25mm pole. Everything else is either a full shower kit, or they don't
specify the diameter of the pole in a riser kit.

I'd happily buy a cheap riser kit with a pole the right diameter so I could
pinch the bracket as it would be easier than replacing the whole lot.

Can anyone give me a steer here please?

Thanks

Martin

On 2006-09-17 11:24:05 +0100, "Schrodinger's cat" said:

Hi,

My better half broke the plastic shower head holder on our shower riser
bracket.

The diameter of the pole is around 21mm.

I've been searching the 'net but I've only managed to find a bracket
for a 25mm pole. Everything else is either a full shower kit, or they
don't specify the diameter of the pole in a riser kit.

I'd happily buy a cheap riser kit with a pole the right diameter so I
could pinch the bracket as it would be easier than replacing the whole
lot.

Can anyone give me a steer here please?

Thanks

Martin

Yes. Forget it.

In one of my guest room showers I had used various DIY shed riser and
and handset kits.

They are universally total rubbish and the failure mode always seems to
be one aspect or another
of the bracket holding the handset to the rail. Either they break
totally or the plastic splits or the detent on the tilt mechanism
fails. Spares are never available, mandating replacement of the whole
thing.

On the last replacement, I have gone for entry level Hansgrohe fittings
obtained from Screwfix.

Either one can buy the complete thing

42450 (£60)

or I bought


Riser Rail Kit 73393 (£35)
Hose 50924 (£13)
Handset 62400 (£33)

which has a better handset.

The construction quality is substantially better than the typical shed
products, there's a 5 year warranty and spares are obtainable from the
manufacturer.

I think that that makes a lot more sense than buying these cheap
things. So far it has lasted longer than one and shows no sign of
deterioration. If it lasts longer than two, shich I expect it to, then
it makes even better sense.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Schrodinger's cat"
saying something like:

I'd happily buy a cheap riser kit with a pole the right diameter so I could
pinch the bracket as it would be easier than replacing the whole lot.

Can anyone give me a steer here please?

Keep looking; cheapy replacement shower head brackets are available.
--

Dave