Temp removal of sink and shower

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Hi Folks,

Need to remove a shower and taps from two bathrooms and need to blank them off.

Off the top of your head do you know the standard sizes of sink and shower blanks so I can order em on screwfix. Would prefer not to have to shut off the water then order then measure then reconnect etc.

Thanks

Baths are 3/4" standard and sinks are 1/2". I use brass pipe blanks which simply screw into the existing nut and olive and saves on modifying the end of the pipe. Can be reused.

embracingLife

If you are in Ireland do not get the pipe fittings in screwfix as they sell metric sized ones but in Ireland the pipes sizes are in unique Irish sizes ie the half inch Irish is really slightly less than 15mm UK size.

Instead go to your local hardware shop/building providers/plumbing suppliers who will stock all the Irish sized pipe fittings including the blanking end caps/nuts which can screw onto the pipe fitting or get Tectite end stops/caps to fit onto exposed pipe but put inserts if Qualpex pipe or none if copper pipes.

Then again if you don't know the pipe sizes tbh what are you doing?

You don't want to turn off the water before disconnecting the taps in bathroom...... so how do you think you're going to do it without turning off the water to the bathrooms? And you don't even know the sizes of the pipes. Instead of giving advice I'm concerned that tbh you don't know what you're doing.

Anyway it's half inch pipes for wash basin taps and showers. But what sort of shower? Electric or mixer type? Either of them use half inch mostly. If there's a bath it's pipes are three quarter inch sized.

You need to turn off the water outside the bathroom before attempting to disconnect the taps in bathroom wash basin - not sink- and shower, although it can be done "live", it's only when the person is knowledgeable and experienced but if you don't have any knowledge including what the pipe sizes are them you seriously need to turn off the water before attempting this job.

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Ah I've done it before so it'll be fine that way. I'll have to disconnect the water but I don't want to have to do it twice.

i.e. disconnect water, take off tap, measure, put back on, go get them, repeat.

mixer shower so I'm guessing 3/4

I also definitely won't be disconnecting live, traumatised from a previous experience 😁

embracingLife

What sort of mixer shower? Is it the bath tap type of mixer shower or a separate wall mounted mixer shower valve? They usually half inch while the bath tap type is 3/4 inch.