raindance showerhead support

[Alan Wood]

showerhead support is loose. how do I remove it from the slider bar and remove bar from wall?

 

[Phil]

Let me guess Hansgrohe? are the and grub screws top and bottom? Allen key required.

 

[Alan Wood]

Hi Phil....Thanks for your reply. Yes it's a Hansgrohe. The top and bottom 33mm of the slider bar are obviously detachable. There are 3 holes underneath the bottom one and it's difficult to see what's inside so I probed them all with a 3mm Allen key. I could insert this 13mm and with a bit of wiggling a further 15mm in the outer two. But when I tried turning the key it didn't seem to be moving the grub screw, just clicking every 60 degrees. A 4mm key won't fit in the hole and when I looked up the standard key sizes there doesn't seem to be anything between 3 and 4mm. Can you suggest my next move, please?

 

[PlumbBobBob]

try imperial allen keys instead of metric

 

[Phil]

I think its a 2.5mm allen key needed. They come with showers and litter the bottom of my toolbox like a little metal carpet.

 

[stevetheplumber]

I think its a 2.5mm allen key needed. They come with showers and litter the bottom of my toolbox like a little metal carpet.

im not alone in being to mean to throw them in with the rubbish

 

[Masood]

try imperial allen keys instead of metric

Or a 3.5mm. Hansgrohe being German are unlikely to be imperial...

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Or a 3.5mm. Hansgrohe being German are unlikely to be imperial...

true, it's just that if one doesn't fit the other will fit better

 

[Masood]

true, it's just that if one doesn't fit the other will fit better

Good point, actually! I was being too literal!

 

[Alan Wood]

This is a very belated follow up to the comments from Phil, Steveb, stevetheplumber and Masood. Thanks very much to all of you. Unfortunately I've not resolved the problem yet but now have a much more urgent one. I have a hot water underfloor heating system in a 9 year old 2 bed flat. I'm very pleased with it and would never look at anything else in the future. But -- one bedroom is in deep trouble. It's permanently on, full power! In case you think this a sudden emergency I have to tell you that I am a serious procrastinator. The problem has been there since we bought the flat in Oct 2012 but since it's my bedroom, not my wife's , I just do without bedclothes until the heating can go off again. I'll write an account of my investigations so far and start a new thread as soon as possible (don't hold your breath!}. Once again thanks for your interest and I do enjoy reading other members' cliff-hanging who dunnits!