Pfister shower / tub body sticking out too far

[Gd31]

So this is obviously too far out. Can I push this back 1" and some how make it work? If so how?

 

[Cacher_Chick]

You either take the shower wall down and move the valve, or you open up the wall on the backside of the room and move the valve.

Installation instuctructions

 

[Sponsor]

 

[hj]

That is an old drawing. The new cartidge has the balancer and cartridge as a single piece.

 

[Jadnashua]

On a new valve, there's often what is referred to as a plaster guard, or some plastic piece with min/max markings on it. The finished wall MUST be within those markings for the trim to fit, and while it might fit, you may not like how it looks at one end or the other, so to get the positioning you prefer, you'd have to mock it up then set the valve body where it needs to go. But, as I said, the trim will fit if you're between the min/max.

You have to remove the blocking, and recess the valve some to get things to fit. You should not try to bend the pipes. It appears you have what is often referred to as a 'thin wall' installation, and that often relies on the plaster guard being used (it's often discarded after the wall is up) as a brace on the back side of the wall to help anchor the valve to the thin, often flexible wall.

 

[Robert.artzt]

That is an old drawing. The new cartidge has the balancer and cartridge as a single piece.

Pfister has a new shower cartridge that is two piece. 974-3210 looks like the older two piece.