Sabatnoogen
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Hi All,
I'm new here, so I'm not sure if I'm stepping on any toes by starting a new thread, but I was searching around, and this seems like the best venue to ask my question.
I just moved into a new apartment, and my bathroom has a bathtub, but no shower. Since it's an apartment, I don't want to rip up the walls and add a new shower, so I'm looking to pull off the old 5" spout, and replace it with a diverter with an external shower output.
This shouldn't be an issue, but for the fact that the nipple extends 4" from the wall. The current 5" spout has a 4" (1/2" FIP) inset to receive the nipple, but I can't find a diverter spout with the same inset. The best I can do is 3 1/4".
The way I see it, I have one of three options:
1) Look around for a diverter spout with a 4" inset (which I've tried and can't find)
2) Replace the nipple with a shorter nipple (which I'm not sure how to do, since it extends behind the wall, and I've got maybe a 1" hole around the nipple to work with. For all I know, it's soldered in)
3) Find some sort of shielding to extend the 3/4" from the rear-end of the spout to the wall, covering the nipple.
Do y'all have any suggestions on what I should do? I'm pretty sure I can't be the first person to ever have this problem, but you never know.
Thanks so much in advance, all!
Sav
I'm new here, so I'm not sure if I'm stepping on any toes by starting a new thread, but I was searching around, and this seems like the best venue to ask my question.
I just moved into a new apartment, and my bathroom has a bathtub, but no shower. Since it's an apartment, I don't want to rip up the walls and add a new shower, so I'm looking to pull off the old 5" spout, and replace it with a diverter with an external shower output.
This shouldn't be an issue, but for the fact that the nipple extends 4" from the wall. The current 5" spout has a 4" (1/2" FIP) inset to receive the nipple, but I can't find a diverter spout with the same inset. The best I can do is 3 1/4".
The way I see it, I have one of three options:
1) Look around for a diverter spout with a 4" inset (which I've tried and can't find)
2) Replace the nipple with a shorter nipple (which I'm not sure how to do, since it extends behind the wall, and I've got maybe a 1" hole around the nipple to work with. For all I know, it's soldered in)
3) Find some sort of shielding to extend the 3/4" from the rear-end of the spout to the wall, covering the nipple.
Do y'all have any suggestions on what I should do? I'm pretty sure I can't be the first person to ever have this problem, but you never know.
Thanks so much in advance, all!
Sav