ᐅ Adding a Rain Shower Without Drilling New Holes: What Are the Options?

I would like to retrofit a rain shower in our 4-year-old rental house. It is important that the existing drill holes can be used, which of course significantly limits the options (90 cm (35 inches) distance between the two holes, top and bottom).

My research results so far:

Option 1: Retrofit the complete shower system with a hose connection. The problem I see here is that most systems have fixed distances for the mounts (e.g., Grohe or Hansgrohe) or require drilling four holes in the wall per bracket. Browsing on Amazon, there are some with adjustable mounts, but I can’t really imagine those €80 systems being reliable.

Option 2: Somehow install a rain showerhead parallel to the existing system and connect it to the current shower via a mixing valve device. However, that requires additional drill holes, which doesn’t help me. My idea now is to somehow connect the rain shower in a neat way to the existing shower system. Since the current shower is flexible, there is a part extending from the bar where theoretically, you could attach a rain showerhead. Here’s a picture of it (maybe someone familiar with this type of system can confirm that only one drill hole in the grout was used here and not two holes above and below):

Do you have any ideas for implementation? @ypg maybe you can share some long-term experience with a rain shower from Amazon.

DennisK schrieb:

Do you have any ideas on how to implement this? @ypg maybe you can share some long-term experience with an Amazon rain shower like this.

It still works perfectly.
The only downside for us is that we attached the old handheld shower head to the hose. However, it’s too heavy and keeps bending down.* Otherwise, the water flow is fine.
I think I uploaded a photo in the original post, right?
*I still plan to replace it with the old small one or a small one with LED.

Okay, that doesn’t sound unreasonable. Could you possibly send me the shower system via private message (if it’s still available, since things can change quickly on Amazon)? Also, is it secured with just one screw each time?

Yes, exactly, you added a picture at the end of your post.

Basically, I’m still open to suggestions for option 2, in case anyone has any ideas 🙂

When I’m at my computer later, I will check on Amazon which ones I had exactly. Private message is not possible, but I can still write it to you here.

One option would be to use the existing holes to attach an installation board. Basically, you screw a board in place and can then mount your rain shower flexibly on that board. I don't really have a good idea of what material to use for this at the moment. Wood could work, but it would probably look odd and degrade over time. Some kind of plastic would likely be the more durable solution.