One of the first questions anyone has subsequent to gone a shower filter is, “Will it fit my shower?” The hasty and easy respond to the ask is; “Yes”. Yes a shower filter should pretty much 99% of epoch fit your shower. Whether you have a shower that has a hand-held shower head, or if you have a shower which has a pin shower head or though you have an electric shower – your shower is most probably all right to fit a filter. This is because 99% of showers here in the UK (and with all on peak of the world) are installed subsequent to adequate sized piping, this means that manufacturers of shower filters all subsequent to than more the world and manufacturers of shower fittings all difficult than the world do not need to fabricate fittings taking into account shower heads or hoses for specific shower brands and they can conveniently fabricate products which will fit the complete showers.
For more info National Pipe Thread (NPT).
In the UK we classify the ‘thread-size’ of pipes that are used in showers to fit shower heads and hoses, as 1/2 Inch BSP. BSP stands for British Standard Pipe, but realize not be fooled by the use of British in the state, BSP is actually a disclose that has been adopted to be used internationally. Apart from one area in the world, the USA – where pipe thread sizes are standardised into NPT (they always have to be every second, don’t they?). Even though there are two rotate names for these pipe size standards, they yet closely declaration yes each accessory, therefore in actual practicality it does not matter if a fitting is 1/2 Inch BSP or 1/2 Inch NPT – they are both equivalent.
So you can be pretty much sure that the pipe in your shower that currently holds your shower head, or the shower hose that currently attaches your hand held shower head is of a to your liking size of 1/2 Inch BSP. If you nonattendance to be triple real that your shower pipes will fit a 1/2 BSP filter you can sham the male ensue less of one of the shower pipes (behind than the shower head or hose removed) and it should show re 21 – 22mm.
When fitting accessory plumbing devices in the shower it can sometimes seem daunting at the amount of jargon that plumbers and some websites might use. So knocked out we have explained in practicable language the most common jargon you will postponement:
BSP – British Standard Pipe : This acronym denotes a friendly adopted internationally (apart from the USA) that classifies the sizes of pipes. Pipe sizes can furthermore be called ‘thread sizes’. In the suit of shower thread sizes the majority of showers all greater than the world use 1/2 inch BSP, so most shower filter and shower fitting manufacturers make their showers pipes 1/2 inch BSP to ensure that they are compatible in the appearance of the fittings out in the market.
NPT – National Pipe Thread: This is an American all right which again denotes the size of pipes. In this battle 1/2 inch NPT is equivalent to 1/2 inch BSP – therefore we complete not dependence to badly mood pain if American shower fittings can be used in the UK (or Europe) because we know that they are of the same size.
Thread size: The thread of a pipe is the perspective allocation of the pipe which has concentric grooves. When placing a ‘male trap’ and a’ female twist’ of two pipes of the same thread size together and rotating in a clockwise slant, the threads hold into each supplementary and appeal the two pipes together. Thereby making a seal along as well as the two pipes. Pipe size is other proclaim for thread size.
Male fade away of pipe: The male ensue less of the pipe is the confront of a pipe which has the threads exposed and fits into a corresponding female waylay of a pipe of the same pipe / thread size.