I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

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F

On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:20:21 +0000
F news@nowhere wrote:

I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have
to fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

Get a bit of chunky aluminium strip (or stainless steel, but aluminium
will be much easier to work with|) to bridge the gap between the
original fixings and the lowered shower rail.

On Monday, 11 March 2019 18:20:25 UTC, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...lished-chrome-
25mm-2-pack/9070v).
Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Conduit box at existing location, drop down in 25mm conduit, conduit box with dome lid and horizontal rail into 25mm dome lid. If you can't get chrome conduit stuff build it and take it to a chromium-plater.

Owain

On 11/03/2019 18:20, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).


Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

Depends on how "handy" you are. Personally, I would bite the bullet and
redrill and fill. But you could make a pair of fishplates, bits of sheet
material at least 10 mm thick, same width as the existing fitting, and
about 140 mm long. Round the ends to make it look neat. At the top,
drill three holes to take the existing screws. At the bottom, drill a
single hole to take the curtain rod. You would probably want to bed it
on a bit of silicone or similar to prevent it moving away from the tiles.

Materials: timber or plywood is most readily available and easy to work,
but you would need to varnish or paint it effectively. If you happen to
have any offcuts of Mermaid board or similar, that would be ideal. Or
you could buy sheet Polythene, PVC, Nylon, etc from a specialist
plastics supplier. Or a piece of brass or even stainless steel if you
have access to such things.

Much more work than drilling and filling, though.

F used his keyboard to write :
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around 100mm
but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to fill the
holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

I cannot really work out how you have used that particular fitting on a
tiled wall, to support a shower head rail. Surely the shower head rail
needed to be vertical, and on a wall that fitting will provide an
horizontal bar?

Am I misunderstanding the question?

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
...
F used his keyboard to write :
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

I cannot really work out how you have used that particular fitting on a
tiled wall, to support a shower head rail. Surely the shower head rail
needed to be vertical, and on a wall that fitting will provide an
horizontal bar?

Am I misunderstanding the question?

Looks like it. It appears he is talking about the shower rail that the
shower
curtain runs on, not the vertical one the shower head runs on.

Harry Bloomfield wrote in
:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...olished-chrome
-25mm-2-pack/9070v

Curtain rail?

On 11/03/2019 23:08, DerbyBorn wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote in
:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...olished-chrome
-25mm-2-pack/9070v

Curtain rail?

That was certainly my assumption too.

On 11/03/2019 23:22, newshound wrote:
On 11/03/2019 23:08, DerbyBorn wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote in
:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...olished-chrome
-25mm-2-pack/9070v

Curtain rail?

That was certainly my assumption too.

And you were not wrong!

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F

On Monday, 11 March 2019 18:20:25 UTC, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

There are too many unknowns in your question to effectively answer it


NT

Wrote in message:
On Monday, 11 March 2019 18:20:25 UTC, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

There are too many unknowns in your question to effectively answer it


NT


For some...
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Jim K


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On 11/03/2019 18:20, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).


Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.


Use a piece of 3mm or 4mm sheet aluminium. Make it the width of the
fittings and the necessary height to give the drop you require. The ends
should be exactly the same profile as the footprint of the fittings, so
use the fitting as a template for the rounded ends. Drill the holes at
the top to take the screws that will go into the wall. Countersink the
holes. To hold the fitting use self tappers with heads that fit the
countersink in the fitting. Use over-long self tappers then grind off
the excess length on the other side so it is flush with the aluminium.
The holes should be positioned so that the rounded end of the sheet is
exactly flush with the edge of the fitting.
Sand the completed aluminium to provide a key. Spray with aluminium
primer. Paint matt grey, at least six coats.

Bill

wrote in message
...
On Monday, 11 March 2019 18:20:25 UTC, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

There are too many unknowns in your question to effectively answer it

Not when you realise its a shower curtain rail.

On 11/03/2019 21:39, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
F used his keyboard to write :
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have
to fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).


I cannot really work out how you have used that particular fitting on a
tiled wall, to support a shower head rail. Surely the shower head rail
needed to be vertical, and on a wall that fitting will provide an
horizontal bar?

Am I misunderstanding the question?


Shower curtain rail? I can see no reason for lowering a curtain rail
apart from it being to high for the length of curtain.
--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On Monday, 11 March 2019 18:20:25 UTC, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

--
F

You can get telescopic rails with a spring inside.
Only works if the shower is in an alcove, ie tiles/wall on three sides.

On 12/03/2019 04:28, Bill Wright wrote:
On 11/03/2019 18:20, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have
to fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).


Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.


Use a piece of 3mm or 4mm sheet aluminium. Make it the width of the
fittings and the necessary height to give the drop you require. The ends
should be exactly the same profile as the footprint of the fittings, so
use the fitting as a template for the rounded ends. Drill the holes at
the top to take the screws that will go into the wall. Countersink the
holes. To hold the fitting use self tappers with heads that fit the
countersink in the fitting. Use over-long self tappers then grind off
the excess length on the other side so it is flush with the aluminium.
The holes should be positioned so that the rounded end of the sheet is
exactly flush with the edge of the fitting.
Sand the completed aluminium to provide a key. Spray with aluminium
primer. Paint matt grey, at least six coats.

Bill

Yes, that would do too.

On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:20:21 +0000, F news@nowhere wrote:

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Spring-loaded rail?


Thomas Prufer

On 12/03/2019 16:10, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:20:21 +0000, F news@nowhere wrote:

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Spring-loaded rail?


Thomas Prufer


Leave the original rail up and string, rope or wire or gaffer tape
another parallel rail below to hang the curtains on.

Inform management that the issue has been resolved with a workaround. Do
not leave promises to make better, ye could say 'monitoring the
situation' without much risk, and if the string/wire/tapes breaks just
repeat the original fix.

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Adrian C

On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:58:46 +0000, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

Leave the original rail up and string, rope or wire or gaffer tape
another parallel rail below to hang the curtains on.

Inform management that the issue has been resolved with a workaround. Do
not leave promises to make better, ye could say 'monitoring the
situation' without much risk, and if the string/wire/tapes breaks just
repeat the original fix.

.... or "extend" the holes in the curtain upwards with cable ties?

.... add extra length to the bottom of the curtain with gaffer tape and old Aldi
bags?


Thomas Prufer

On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:28:26 +0000
Bill Wright wrote:

To hold the fitting use self tappers with heads that fit the
countersink in the fitting. Use over-long self tappers then grind off
the excess length on the other side so it is flush with the
aluminium.

I'd countersink the back and maybe use domed nuts on the front, with
conical washers if necessary to seat them properly on the flange.

On 12/03/2019 07:44, harry wrote:


You can get telescopic rails with a spring inside.
Only works if the shower is in an alcove, ie tiles/wall on three sides.


And my experience they fall down shortly after fitting, and especially
when pulling on the shower curtain to close/open it.

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Thomas Prufer wrote:

On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:58:46 +0000, Adrian Caspersz

wrote:

Leave the original rail up and string, rope or wire or gaffer tape
another parallel rail below to hang the curtains on.

Inform management that the issue has been resolved with a workaround.
Do
not leave promises to make better, ye could say 'monitoring the
situation' without much risk, and if the string/wire/tapes breaks just
repeat the original fix.

... or "extend" the holes in the curtain upwards with cable ties?

... add extra length to the bottom of the curtain with gaffer tape and old
Aldi bags?


Thomas Prufer
The problem may be reaching the top of the curtain to pull it along
easily, rather than the length of the curtain.

--

Roger Hayter

On 12/03/2019 19:16, Roger Hayter wrote:
Thomas Prufer
The problem may be reaching the top of the curtain to pull it along
easily, rather than the length of the curtain.


Solved by attaching hanging poles to the curtain leading edges?

--
Adrian C

On Tuesday, 12 March 2019 17:15:04 UTC, Thomas Prufer wrote:
... or "extend" the holes in the curtain upwards with cable ties?
... add extra length to the bottom of the curtain with gaffer tape and old Aldi
bags?

Build up the rim of the bath or shower tray with discarded estate agents' "For Sale" boards.

Owain

On 11/03/2019 18:20, F wrote:
I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

Thanks for the suggestions: plenty to be thinking about there though I
have run out of Aldi bags and for sale boards.

--
F

On Wednesday, 13 March 2019 13:28:33 UTC, F wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions: plenty to be thinking about there though I
have run out of Aldi bags and for sale boards.

What did you use them for?

Owain

On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:46:39 +1100, Jac Brown, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rot Speed, wrote:


Am I misunderstanding the question?

Looks like it. It appears he is talking about the shower rail that the
shower
curtain runs on, not the vertical one the shower head runs on.

Afraid you are in Bloomfield's killfile, you ridiculous nym-shifting senile
Ozzie troll? LOL

--
"Anonymous" to trolling senile Rot Speed:
"You can **** off as you know less than pig **** you sad
little ignorant ****."
MID:

On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:42:18 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:


I'm under pressure from Management to lower our shower rail by around
100mm but I really don't want to have to drill the tiles and to have to
fill the holes for the existing fitting (as shown at
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-loc...-2-pack/9070v).

Is anyone aware of a fitting that would do the job?

Hanging the rail from the ceiling isn't going to be an option.

There are too many unknowns in your question to effectively answer it

Not when you realise it¢s a shower curtain rail.

Or when one is pathological know-it-all like you, senile Rot!

--
Richard addressing Rot Speed:
"**** you're thick/pathetic excuse for a troll."
MID:

On 14/03/2019 11:14, Peeler wrote:

**** off from polluting yet another thread.

--
F

On 13/03/2019 15:25, wrote:
On Wednesday, 13 March 2019 13:28:33 UTC, F wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions: plenty to be thinking about there though I
have run out of Aldi bags and for sale boards.

What did you use them for?

Owain

Wallpaper.

--
F

On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:28:18 +0000, F, another mentally deficient,
troll-loving, senile idiot, bitched:


**** off from polluting yet another thread.

Oh, look, the filthy psychopathic Ozzie troll actually has a senile friend!
LOL