fitting a thrmostatic shower mixer bar to stud wall?

[antsbradley]

Hi,

Building a new bathroom (extension), inc shower. Need to fit the shower mixer bar such as this

onto partition wall (presuming thats better than knocking into blockwork wall?). Am I right in thinking that I need to install something like one of these as part of first fix:

resessed into the studwork so the front of the plate is flush with the studwork face, then place the aquaboard over the front of it so the back of the aquaboard is pretty much touching the face of the metal plate? Or does the plate go on the front of the aquaboard (but that seems like a nightmare to tile over)

Thanks!

Ants

 

[Whitespirit66]

I've always found that Bristan mounts are the easiest to fit.

http://www.homesupply.co.uk/bristan_surface_wall_mount_fixings_for_bar_shower_valves__mm=WMNT10C.htm

 

[dextrous]

The one you have shown is intended to sit on top of the tiles - as indicated by it's chrome plate and short tails.

Look here for similar fixings