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Hello. I’m a newbie here, so I apologise in advance if, despite my good intentions, I breach any rules or etiquette.
I’m replacing a monobloc bath shower mixer tap (Ideal Standard - I.S.). Now I’ve got the old tap out, I discover that the cutout in the bath is about 51mm dia. Unfortunately, the replacement I.S. tap is slimmer than that; just slim enough, in fact, to fall into the hole. It’s too late to return the replacement tap, so I’m asking, please, whether it’s possible to buy an off-the-peg circular chrome plate/washer that would be strong enough to fix the tap through and that would bridge the cutout sufficiently, while allowing an inner dia. of about 32mm, to allow the tails and threaded bar to pass through. I see plenty of chrome-finish plastic shrouds, but that’s not what I need. Many thanks.
I’m replacing a monobloc bath shower mixer tap (Ideal Standard - I.S.). Now I’ve got the old tap out, I discover that the cutout in the bath is about 51mm dia. Unfortunately, the replacement I.S. tap is slimmer than that; just slim enough, in fact, to fall into the hole. It’s too late to return the replacement tap, so I’m asking, please, whether it’s possible to buy an off-the-peg circular chrome plate/washer that would be strong enough to fix the tap through and that would bridge the cutout sufficiently, while allowing an inner dia. of about 32mm, to allow the tails and threaded bar to pass through. I see plenty of chrome-finish plastic shrouds, but that’s not what I need. Many thanks.
