Nikita
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I have two bath+showers at home with seemingly existing identical fixtures - in master and second bedrooms. Am in the middle of replacing trim in the master and ran into a problem with installing a tub overflow cover of all things:
Currently, there is no overflow cover in the master tub, but the hole looks like this:
Without thinking much (a recipe for SNAFUs) I bought what I understood to be a 'standard' , however the 1/4-20 x 2" screw therein does not reach the above thread and is also nearly twice in diameter.
For comparison purposes, I unscrewed the overflow cover in the second bathroom and the overflow looked differently: the thread is noticeably closer to the front and is larger in diameter. My replacement kit fit that second perfectly.
So back to my master overflow (pictured above). I am unsure what kind of overflow cover thread I have and how to find a matching cover for it
Thank you,
-nikita
Currently, there is no overflow cover in the master tub, but the hole looks like this:
Without thinking much (a recipe for SNAFUs) I bought what I understood to be a 'standard' , however the 1/4-20 x 2" screw therein does not reach the above thread and is also nearly twice in diameter.
For comparison purposes, I unscrewed the overflow cover in the second bathroom and the overflow looked differently: the thread is noticeably closer to the front and is larger in diameter. My replacement kit fit that second perfectly.
So back to my master overflow (pictured above). I am unsure what kind of overflow cover thread I have and how to find a matching cover for it
- thread it's clearly thinner than 1/4"
- also seems like at least 2.5" screw is needed - the thread is that far back
- the front of the thread 'face plate' feels slightly uneven - I wonder if there was more of it and the overflow cover was simply broken off at some point
- this is a San Jose, CA townhouse, built in 1992
Thank you,
-nikita
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