Struggling a bit to find an adapter/fitting I need. I'm setting up a
temporary shower fitting for somebody as a simple bodge... currently
there's a fixed shower head at head height (a bit like this:
http://tinyurl.com/jlqke27) which I want to remove and replace with a
standard hose and hand-held shower head.

The existing shower head comes off by unscrewing the plastic spray head,
which reveals a female hex socket; that lets you hold the thing rigidly
with a large Allen key while you unscrew the 1/2" BSP compression fitting
on the pipework.

So what I want is an adapter with a standard 1/2" compression fitting on
one end, and a flat 1/2" BSP (?) thread on the other, for the shower hose;
presumably ideally with the internal hex socket or similar to hold it while
I tighten the compression fitting. Doesn't have to be pretty! It's a just
a temporary solution, rather than fitting a proper wallplate for the shower
hose.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

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David

Lobster wrote:
Struggling a bit to find an adapter/fitting I need. I'm setting up a
temporary shower fitting for somebody as a simple bodge... currently
there's a fixed shower head at head height (a bit like this:
http://tinyurl.com/jlqke27) which I want to remove and replace with a
standard hose and hand-held shower head.

The existing shower head comes off by unscrewing the plastic spray head,
which reveals a female hex socket; that lets you hold the thing rigidly
with a large Allen key while you unscrew the 1/2" BSP compression fitting
on the pipework.

So what I want is an adapter with a standard 1/2" compression fitting on
one end, and a flat 1/2" BSP (?) thread on the other, for the shower hose;
presumably ideally with the internal hex socket or similar to hold it while
I tighten the compression fitting. Doesn't have to be pretty! It's a just
a temporary solution, rather than fitting a proper wallplate for the shower
hose.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

A standard 15mm compression to 1/2" male iron should do what you want.
I've got one in my shower and managed to find a chrome one.

toolstation 46733 £1.78

On 29 Feb 2016, Bob Minchin
grunted:

Lobster wrote:
Struggling a bit to find an adapter/fitting I need. I'm setting up a
temporary shower fitting for somebody as a simple bodge... currently
there's a fixed shower head at head height (a bit like this:
http://tinyurl.com/jlqke27) which I want to remove and replace with a
standard hose and hand-held shower head.

A standard 15mm compression to 1/2" male iron should do what you want.
I've got one in my shower and managed to find a chrome one.

toolstation 46733 £1.78

Excellent! Thanks, Bob that's just what I was looking for. (And I tried
toolstation.com!)

--
David