Hi All,

We are renovating our bathroom and have gone for one of those designs where all the plumbing is "in the wall". I am now in the final stage and need to fit the chrome outlet to which the shower hose is connected. In the wall I have a 1/2" elbow and the chrome outlet has a 1/2" brass thread to connect it to the elbow.

Now the problem....

Unfortunately, the thread on the outlet is a few mm too short. When I screw it into place, the end of the thread doesn't quite hit the "seat" in the elbow before the chrome outlet hits the tiles. Also, the outlet when it hits the tiles is at an odd angle (ie not pointing vertically down). Also, it doesn't seem to be possible to remove the thread from the chrome fitting to replace with a longer one.

So...

My question is... does the thread need to hit the end of the elbow thread/ "seat"? I am using thread tape so wondered whether this would be enough. I guess my logic is that even if it did sit into the elbow correctly, the chances of the outlet being perfectly vertical is fairly slim so you would have to bring it out a bit anyway.....

Initially I thought I should extend the thread with a combination of a male to male coupling followed by a female to female coupling. In theory this would work but I am them worried about the number of joints in the wall and prone to leaking. This coupled with the fact that I would need to mastic the hole in the wall to prevent water going back into the wall when using the shower....

Anyone have any experience of fitting these?

thanks in advance

Lee.