SoniaP
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Hello
We are having our shower stall re-tiled. We purchased a American Standard Cadet Shower Faucet kit. It includes the shower head, the valve, and the tub spout. Although there is no tub, we intend to use the spout in the shower.
The spout is a screw-on type. According to the kit's instructions, it screws on to a 1/2" NPT pipe.
We gave the kit to the plumber when he came to install it. He installed the valve. But he soldered a piece of 1/2" copper tube for the spout.
Now the re-tiling has been done, and the 1/2" copper tube sticks out of the wall, for the spout. Obviously, the spout doesn't even fit snugly on the copper tube, never mind screw on. (I think it's a 1/2" copper tube. A piece of 1/2" NPT pipe fits loosely over the copper tube.)
I am wondering whether the plumber made a mistake of not installing a 1/2" NPT pipe for the spout because he didn't bother to look at the spout in the box, or he had other ideas. Did he not install a 1/2" NPT pipe because he could not judge the needed length before the tiling was done? Did he have in mind an adapter with a thread that would fit over the 1/2" copper tube, upon which the spout would then be screwed onto? Do such adapters exist?
Thanks for your advice.
We are having our shower stall re-tiled. We purchased a American Standard Cadet Shower Faucet kit. It includes the shower head, the valve, and the tub spout. Although there is no tub, we intend to use the spout in the shower.
The spout is a screw-on type. According to the kit's instructions, it screws on to a 1/2" NPT pipe.
We gave the kit to the plumber when he came to install it. He installed the valve. But he soldered a piece of 1/2" copper tube for the spout.
Now the re-tiling has been done, and the 1/2" copper tube sticks out of the wall, for the spout. Obviously, the spout doesn't even fit snugly on the copper tube, never mind screw on. (I think it's a 1/2" copper tube. A piece of 1/2" NPT pipe fits loosely over the copper tube.)
I am wondering whether the plumber made a mistake of not installing a 1/2" NPT pipe for the spout because he didn't bother to look at the spout in the box, or he had other ideas. Did he not install a 1/2" NPT pipe because he could not judge the needed length before the tiling was done? Did he have in mind an adapter with a thread that would fit over the 1/2" copper tube, upon which the spout would then be screwed onto? Do such adapters exist?
Thanks for your advice.