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How do I connect this shower head to an existing shower arm?

sciencejelly
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How do I connect this shower head to an existing shower arm?

Hello,

 

I bought a new shower head for my newly purchased home. The old head is the standard aussie shower head, which connects to the adjustable shower arm via a piece of hardware and a horizontal wing nut and bolt. See pic below. 

 

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The new shower head seems to be made to connect vertically to a fixed shower arm, and seems to have a different type of connection to the piece of hardware that goes between the head and the arm (no tiny flat head screw/pin and looks bigger). See pic below for side view of the hardware (attached to old head) and  both shower heads) 

 

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Is there any way to attach it to the existing shower arm?

 

I was assured by the in-store team member when purchasing these new heads that it would be as simple as screw off the old head, screw on the new. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. 

 

The only potential fix I've thought of is to buy a new piece of hardware to join them, but so far I have not been able to find this piece (circled in red) 

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Appreciate any help, thank you. 

 

  

MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
Bunnings Team Member

Re: how do I connect this shower head to an existing shower arm?

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @sciencejelly. It's terrific to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about changing a showerhead.

It appears that your shower arm does not have a threaded section for rose attachment but rather a press-fit o-ring arrangement that is locked in with a screw. I do apologise for the incorrect information being provided to you. The two options would be to purchase an arm that has the thread to replace the existing one, such as the Flexispray All Directional Chrome Shower Arm, or pick up a complete kit like the Flexispray Bermuda 3 Function Hi Rise Shower WELS 3 Star 9L/min. In terms of effort and price, it'd be best to return the head and purchase the complete unit.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell
 

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Re: how do I connect this shower head to an existing shower arm?

Hi Mitchell, 

 

Thanks so much for this information. I'll return it and grab the complete kit. 

 

Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious before I went back! We all make mistakes, and this one has an easy solution. 

 

Thank you for your assistance. 

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