I'm in the middle of a bathroom renovation and am ready to put in the Shower rough-in valves. The problem is, the feed pipes coming up through the sub-floor bottom plate have been really sloppily done. Please refer to the picture. As you will see, the hot feed coming up through the bottom plate is about 1/2" off center...no biggie. But the cold water feed comes up a full inch off of center.
I'm going to be putting my shower valve at about 38" up. My question is, when attaching the valve to the stringer, to make up for this pipe offset, I will have to "twist" the valve counterclockwise, then attach it at this pipe twisted (but valve face-on straight) angle. Is this going to place too much strain on the pipes? I've thought about using PEX, but I don't have the tools and really don't feel like going that route (or for that matter, CPVC).
It would be a real hassle, but I could redo the pipes under the sub-floor and move the cold water entry point hole 1" back from where it is now, and thus even with the hot water pipe.
Thanks for your help.
I'm going to be putting my shower valve at about 38" up. My question is, when attaching the valve to the stringer, to make up for this pipe offset, I will have to "twist" the valve counterclockwise, then attach it at this pipe twisted (but valve face-on straight) angle. Is this going to place too much strain on the pipes? I've thought about using PEX, but I don't have the tools and really don't feel like going that route (or for that matter, CPVC).
It would be a real hassle, but I could redo the pipes under the sub-floor and move the cold water entry point hole 1" back from where it is now, and thus even with the hot water pipe.
Thanks for your help.