Fitting taps to a bath with a small rim - bath or wall?

[matt84]

Hi

I bought an L shape bath from the internet and pretty much thought that getting taps on would be a breeze.

It's turned up today and the lip of the bath measures about 8cm all the way around.

The base of the taps are about 6cm square, I also need to get 9mm tiles and adhesive around the bath too.

Is this possible? The current bath has plenty of space for the taps but here it seems like I'll be drilling through the acrylic, then into the wood built into the rim of the bath unless I can remove the wood.

It seems tight, am I going to have to stick the taps in the wall? I'm chasing a shower mixer anyway so that might be the way forward if I can find a tap bar with 150mm centers.

Thanks

 

[matt84]

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• matt84
• 1 Apr 2015
• 1

 

[Gasguru]

How about a thermostatic triple valve on the wall, top does the shower flow, middle is the temp, lower does the bath....


http://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/...-Thermostatic-Shower-Valve-Chrome-JTY364.aspx


And fill the bath with a filler/overflow....

http://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/Premier-Round-Slimline-Freeflow-Bath-Filler-E316.aspx

 

[matt84]

Thanks but I've already bought the shower

I'll try and work with the 7-8cm I have.

I found these which might make things little more manageable

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