Hi Everyone!
So I recently purchased a new set of taps for my shower and came across a problem being that the sleeve and flange won’t sit flush against the end of the locknut and/or the wall respectively 🙁
The first time I tried to install it the sleeve screwed too far in, leaving the locknut exposed and the flange barely attached to the sleeve (see below)
The instructions said that if this was an issue spindle extenders could be purchased however I could only find one size and that was too long so the flange wouldn’t sit flush with the wall (see below)
The instructions then said that this issue could be resolved with flange extenders. However if I purchase those and leave it as it is above then the lever handle won’t attach to the spindle properly.
So with this in mind I came up with some possible solutions so I thought I’d propose them here or see if anyone else had any ideas:
1. Use some nuts and/or washers to shorten the locknut to the desired length so that the sleeve sits flush with the end of said locknut and the flange is flush against the wall
2. I’m not sure if this is a possibility or the product even exists but use the spindle and flange extenders and then see if there’s a way to extend the inner part of the spindle so the lever handle can actually attach properly (however this seems impractical for our small shower space not to mention expensive to buy all those extra parts)
3. Screw the sleeve in just enough so it’s flush with the end of the locknut (see below) However this means it will be quite loose which I didn’t think was a good thing 😅
Please let me know if any of these are good ideas or if anyone knows of a better solution I’d love to hear it 🙏
