Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jun 04, 2013 9:41 pm Hi, Just wondering if there is a recommended height for a shower head? We have just had one installed and it looks abit low, but the builder is telling me that it is at the standard height, so was wondering if someone could tell me what that is. Thanks Tweety Re: Height of shower head? 2Jun 05, 2013 10:24 am Sorry, I don't know if there is a standard. It probably depends on your height and what type of shower head you are going to install, i.e. fixed or adjustable. Our house has the common type of shower head on the adjustable arm and they are set at 1750mm to the water outlet and they are fine for us. In our extension the plumber originally set the new shower water outlet at 2000mm which was too high so we got him to lower it to 1800mm which works fine with our new shower head (http://www.methven.com/au/range/futura/hi-rise-shower/). Re: Height of shower head? 3Jun 05, 2013 10:51 am There is no standard. Some people are tall some are small. Bad communication between both contractor and yourself. The contractor should have consulted with you on the height you wanted, instead he just guessed. Re: Height of shower head? 4Jun 05, 2013 12:15 pm We made ours 2m. I'm short and it's perfect even though it's higher than the usual 1800. DH always had to bend a bit in all the rentals and he is only 5"10. He loves our shower now. If yours is a bit low just get the shower head that's fixed but can move up and down, it'll be better than a handheld. GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: Height of shower head? 7Jun 05, 2013 11:11 pm Thanks everyone, looks like we are going to have to choose a different shower arm so that we can hopefully get the height that we want. I did ask him on at least 2 occasions about the height of the shower( before the tiles were put in) and he assured me that is was the right height. Of course once the shower arm/rose were installed he realized that it should have been higher. And now instead of taking everything apart we are hoping to find an arm that will work, without sticking up too high over the shower screen. Thanks again. Re: Height of shower head? 9Jun 09, 2013 8:33 pm Make them pay the difference. It's not as if you weren't clear that it wasn't high enough.. GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: Height of shower head? 10Jun 10, 2013 1:48 pm Just buy a nikles shower twin rail all or porcher or the ideal standard twin heaps better unit than the normal boring standard type or the weekend warrior that will fix it ohh 1800 standard Cheers I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9564 If you can calculate the reasonable charged head from let's say 100mm below the gutter to the top of where the vertical riser's horizontal discharge pipe will be, that… 11 17530 ok thanks - yes was wondering if that should have been listed as Option Three! 2 7742 |