Salamander shower couplers
Reviewed 8 years ago
by Mark Denny
These couplings come in a bag and DO come with new rubber washers.
I read in the review of the single coupler that they didn't come with washers so purchased some unnecessarily.
My salamander pump has been giving good service for 15 years now and still runs perfectly. However in the intervening years these hoses have been slightly re-designed and the installed length is about 8mm longer than the originals, so I had to trim the pipes to stop the new pipes kinking. If you pump is old (likely if you are replacing the hoses) you'll likely experience the same problem.
I replaced my hoses because they started leaking around the stems of the valves, however on taking the hoses off, I discovered you could repair them very easily for a few pennies, by just replacing the internal o-rings.
8 o-rings in total so about £1. much cheaper option, and no pipes to trim to length.