ᐅ Adding a Rain Shower Without Drilling New Holes: What Are the Options?
Created on: 24 Sep 2021 10:57
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DennisK
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.
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.
Update: I went with option 1 and simply bought a shower system for about 100 euros from Amazon and installed it. It works better than I expected for the price. Interestingly, the old shower system (see the picture in the first post) had two holes drilled into the tiles. I would have thought there was only one hole in the grout line when placing it directly on the joints like that...
ypg schrieb:
And now you owe us a photo 🙂The square design wasn’t quite acceptable to the authorities 😉