Electric shower plumbing

[Daniel27]

Hello, I have an electric shower with exposed electrical and plumbing and it doesn't look very good and i don't think it is safe. So I was thinking to put them into the wall, and tile over them but because i'm a diy not very advanced i don't know too much about plumbing. Could I replace the copper pipe with a speedfit plastic pipe? or should i keep the copper pipe i have and hide it into the wall somehow? Any ideea is welcome.

Regards,

Daniel27

 

[JON]

I dont like the look of it tbh it looks a bit of a bodge, the copper pipe is safe but id be sinking that cable into the wall thats for sure.

 

[JON]

cant you remount the shower on the wall where the copper and cable come through as it will hide them both

 

[Pipedream]

Aargh !


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[stevetheplumber]

im with jon move the unit onto the other wall if you look at your shower youll find the cable must always feed from the bottom but the is rom for a cable to come in behind drop down then up to the connections id just position it so the pipe you have is a direct fit to the internal connector with an elbow looking up

 

[Daniel27]

Thx for the replay JON, I'll be sinking the electric cable in the wall, that's for sure, but I was thinking if I could replace the copper pipe with a plastic speedfit one or a chrome plated one. If I could replace it with the plastic one I will be sinking it in the wall as well, but if I will replace with a chrome plated one I will leave it exposed.*
I cannot install the shower on the other wall because that is a cupboard and besides the fact that it will look bad, it will be 5 inch away from the bathtub...I don't have too many options.

 

[Daniel27]

Thx for your replay as well, Steve.