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Does anyone have a Speakman ADA slide bar? I need the diameter

AJCN
5 years ago

I am trying to buy a slide bar hand shower holder to fit a Delta 1-1/4" diameter slide bar. The one that came with my slide bar does not allow me to change the angle of the handshower, so the water pretty much shoots straight across the shower and hits the other wall. Delta was no help and Fergusons was no help. I found a Speakman one that looks like it will do what I want it to do, but the customer service person on the phone couldn't tell me the diameter of the hole. He said that it fits all their ADA slide bars. But he couldn't tell me the diameter of their ADA slidebars.


So...I am wondering if anyone has a Speakman ADA slide bar, and could you pretty please go measure it and tell me the diameter?


This is it:


https://speakman.com/slidebar-holder-vs-153-ada

Comments (7)

  • AJCN
    Original Author
    5 years ago

    Yes. here's a picture of mine installed.

  • pattyl11
    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Would the round knob on the other side of the hand held holder allow you to pivot the holder?

    AJCN thanked pattyl11
  • AJCN
    Original Author
    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Here it is after I unscrewed it and flipped it so the holder was on the other side, then I rotated it so that the "up/down" lever faces forward. In this position, I can pivot the angle of the showerhead downward so it no longer shoots straight across the shower. But I don't like it with the lever sticking out. I'll keep it this way until I find a new sliding holder. It's a little thing, but it bugs me.

    This bar is 1-1/4" diameter, so I'm looking for a sliding holder that will work with it and that I can buy al la carte.

  • AJCN
    Original Author
    5 years ago

    Pattyl11,

    I tried that and that knob just loosens the whole thing so that you can remove it or flip it the other way. I was googling like crazy and saw a product that might work, but there no spec that shows what diameter it fits.

    https://speakman.com/slidebar-holder-vs-153-ada


  • pattyl11
    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    If you click on the link for the Delta mount, there is a grey box that says Q &A . Other people have asked similar questions and Delta's answer is that the tilt is adjustable.

    https://www.deltafaucet.com/bathroom/product/U6500-SS

  • badgergal
    5 years ago

    The tilt is adjustable if you install it correctly like in your second picture. The installation instructions show it that way.

    The Home Depot website show the specs for the Speakman shower bar model VS-153-ada. It says the diameter of the bar is 1.25”. If your shower bar is 1.25” the holder should work.