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  • Mounting plate for a wall-mounted kitchen mixer tap

    From somewhere else@"somewhere else"@gmail.com to uk.d-i-y on Fri Sep 18 16:37:47 2026
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    SWMBO/A wants one of these https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/BW_MEDIAX_AVIF_MEASUREMENT_1306696-T4/images/I/61AHEEMvQAL._AC_SX679_.jpg
    so I'm looking for a way to plumb it in that gives good mechanical
    fixing to a concrete block wall. I could make something with a bit of
    steel plate and a couple of bib tap wall plates, but is there anything available (at a sensible price) that isn't designed for bathroom bar mixers? --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Theo@theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk to uk.d-i-y on Fri Sep 18 17:48:07 2026
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    Sparky <"somewhere else"@gmail.com> wrote:
    SWMBO/A wants one of these https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/BW_MEDIAX_AVIF_MEASUREMENT_1306696-T4/images/I/61AHEEMvQAL._AC_SX679_.jpg
    so I'm looking for a way to plumb it in that gives good mechanical
    fixing to a concrete block wall. I could make something with a bit of
    steel plate and a couple of bib tap wall plates, but is there anything available (at a sensible price) that isn't designed for bathroom bar mixers?

    Chase out the wall for the pipes and plaster over? Or are you planning on mounting it on a frame so the pipes are surface mounted rather than buried?

    Theo
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  • From The Natural Philosopher@tnp@invalid.invalid to uk.d-i-y on Fri Sep 18 18:15:52 2026
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    On 18/09/2026 17:48, Theo wrote:
    Sparky <"somewhere else"@gmail.com> wrote:
    SWMBO/A wants one of these
    https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/BW_MEDIAX_AVIF_MEASUREMENT_1306696-T4/images/I/61AHEEMvQAL._AC_SX679_.jpg
    so I'm looking for a way to plumb it in that gives good mechanical
    fixing to a concrete block wall. I could make something with a bit of
    steel plate and a couple of bib tap wall plates, but is there anything
    available (at a sensible price) that isn't designed for bathroom bar mixers?

    Chase out the wall for the pipes and plaster over? Or are you planning on mounting it on a frame so the pipes are surface mounted rather than buried?

    Theo

    I agree. If you want it neat make a fookin big 'ole, put in structure
    that really supports it [wood plate/metal plate, according to your skill
    set] and cement the structure into the wall.

    I cant remember how my similar fittings mounted, but I ended up tiling
    with some means of fitting them to the pipes afterwards.
    --
    "The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow witted
    man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
    thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."

    - Leo Tolstoy


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  • From somewhere else@"somewhere else"@gmail.com to uk.d-i-y on Fri Sep 18 19:06:11 2026
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    Theo wrote:
    Sparky <"somewhere else"@gmail.com> wrote:
    SWMBO/A wants one of these
    https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/BW_MEDIAX_AVIF_MEASUREMENT_1306696-T4/images/I/61AHEEMvQAL._AC_SX679_.jpg
    so I'm looking for a way to plumb it in that gives good mechanical
    fixing to a concrete block wall. I could make something with a bit of
    steel plate and a couple of bib tap wall plates, but is there anything
    available (at a sensible price) that isn't designed for bathroom bar mixers?

    Chase out the wall for the pipes and plaster over? Or are you planning on mounting it on a frame so the pipes are surface mounted rather than buried?

    Theo

    I should have been clearer (again!) This will be buried in the wall and plastered/tiled over. Since asking, I've found this: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/BW_MEDIAX_AVIF_MEASUREMENT_1306696-T4/images/I/61Pa6YxELCL._AC_SX300_SY300_QL70_ML2_.jpg
    which is more-or-less what I was thinking of. Any other suggestions?
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