Ok I know the name of this thread sounds crazy, but bear with me please.
I just moved into a new apartment in an old building. The tub is old as well, and while the landlord and building manager have clearly adapted it to modern use as a shower, there is no pipe coming out of the wall at head height for a shower head. What has been done is there is a modern shower hose attached to a spigot down in the tub, leading up to a detachable shower head on a handle, and the handle is held up by a simple metal mount screwed into the wall. The handle has at its base a metal loop that slides onto a metal peg. It *looks* modern, but I've never seen anything like it in Home Depot, and neither did the folks at Home Depot!
So the reason for this post is this: I want to change the detachable shower head/handle because the handle is curved and cannot be tilted backwards anymore than it already is - I have to stand practically right under the shower head in the drain area. And I need a model with a straighter handle that's easier to hold for proper washing (the curved handle is very very awkward), or a mountable metal base for the wall that sticks out further (or both, preferably!). But I have looked in hardware stores and online and I cannot find anything like this set up. Everything I find is geared for a modern setup with a pipe coming out of the wall at head height.
I would post photos of this set-up but I am at work right now and can't. I hope I have described this clearly enough. Can anyone help? Ripping out the wall to install a shower pipe is OUT. It has to be a variation of what the landlord has put in, just better.
I just moved into a new apartment in an old building. The tub is old as well, and while the landlord and building manager have clearly adapted it to modern use as a shower, there is no pipe coming out of the wall at head height for a shower head. What has been done is there is a modern shower hose attached to a spigot down in the tub, leading up to a detachable shower head on a handle, and the handle is held up by a simple metal mount screwed into the wall. The handle has at its base a metal loop that slides onto a metal peg. It *looks* modern, but I've never seen anything like it in Home Depot, and neither did the folks at Home Depot!
So the reason for this post is this: I want to change the detachable shower head/handle because the handle is curved and cannot be tilted backwards anymore than it already is - I have to stand practically right under the shower head in the drain area. And I need a model with a straighter handle that's easier to hold for proper washing (the curved handle is very very awkward), or a mountable metal base for the wall that sticks out further (or both, preferably!). But I have looked in hardware stores and online and I cannot find anything like this set up. Everything I find is geared for a modern setup with a pipe coming out of the wall at head height.
I would post photos of this set-up but I am at work right now and can't. I hope I have described this clearly enough. Can anyone help? Ripping out the wall to install a shower pipe is OUT. It has to be a variation of what the landlord has put in, just better.
