Please Help ! Will these wall mounted taps be okay to fit?

[hotuk]

Hi,

Can I please have some advice from you.

In an earlier thread I mentioned I wanted to install some wall mounted taps, I have now seen these in my local plumbing shop, Niagara Pixel tap, fourth on the page, Niagara Pixel 3TH Wall mounted Basin mixer.
http://www.discountedheating.co.uk/shop/acatalog/Niagara_Pixel_Tap_Range.html

The plumber came the other day and did some piping (he said was first fix) and will come to do the second fix again when the plasterboards and tiling is done.

He has taken two pipes out for hot and cold and there is a distance of 9 centimetre between the two.

The plumber was hired by the builder who is doing the extension work. The plumber I think is trying to make it easy for him rather than what I would like and was saying I would not be able to install a mixer and went into so much technical details so to confuse me as I have no knowledge of how plumbing works. He is advising me to have two individual taps and said only normal taps can be used and he will make them wall mounted.

Can you pleae advise if there would be a problem having this taps installed.

Thanks

 

[Lee-King]

I'm not sure how he would install normal taps as wall mounted ones without them looking a sight for sore eyes. What were the reasons for not being able to have normal wall mounted taps? If you have a stud wall it shouldn't be an impossible task.

 

[ChrisR]

there is a distance of 9 centimetre between the two.

Awoogah - dork alert!

What sort of taps would look vaguely sensible at that spacing??

Of course you can have those taps if you want them. Your contract is with the builder - give him grief, or, if your original contract/description of what you wanted was for something simpler, give him money!
Some so-called plumbers would not be capable of fitting them - not your problem.

 

[Jasonb]

The body for those taps needs to be fixed before the wall is boarded and tiled not after, you just fit the two handwheels and three cover plates after the tiling.

Jason

 

[ChrisR]

Quite so, it isn't a trivial job...