Hello, everyone,
My home was built about 5.5 years ago. At the time we had a rainfall-type (Down Under Wonder) shower-head put in our upstairs shower. This was connected by a (3-inch I believe) nipple. At some point we also added a Sprite slimline filter between the nipple and the shower-head fixture.
Recently, we decided to replace the shower-head with an inexpensive hand shower fixture, the type that has a bracket so that you can use the hand shower as a fixed overhead head and take it off to use it as a hand-held. However, to use it in its fixed position without directing all the water at the opposite wall, of course we needed to replace the nipple with a regular shower arm.
Having bought one of those the other day, today I removed the nipple, quickly cleaned and dried the threads in the Sprite filter and the female receptacle in the wall, taped both ends of the arm with pipe-sealing tape, and installed it. It was very difficult to screw in, and I could barely turn it a full turn, which only brought it to about the 4-o'clock position. With a lot more work I finally got it to the desired 6-o'clock position.
I connected the filter and shower-head/hand-shower to the arm, and ran the water without the escutcheon pushed back, as I was (am) concerned about possible leaking in the wall. Indeed, it did drip at a moderate speed when I ran the water. When I took off the filter & head, and just ran the water through the arm, there was no apparent dripping. It struck me that I really never checked whether it was dripping when the nipple was in place. (I never figured I had reason to do so.)
Here are my concerns/questions:
Is it normal to only be able to turn the arm once, and barely that? (By the way, the threads did not break off the nipple as far as I can tell.)
Is it possible to now take off this new chrome arm without damaging it? It wasn't that expensive, but times are tough and I'd rather not lose it unless it's cheaper just to let it go.
Any advice as to the best course of action?
Thanks...
Jim in Port St. Lucie
My home was built about 5.5 years ago. At the time we had a rainfall-type (Down Under Wonder) shower-head put in our upstairs shower. This was connected by a (3-inch I believe) nipple. At some point we also added a Sprite slimline filter between the nipple and the shower-head fixture.
Recently, we decided to replace the shower-head with an inexpensive hand shower fixture, the type that has a bracket so that you can use the hand shower as a fixed overhead head and take it off to use it as a hand-held. However, to use it in its fixed position without directing all the water at the opposite wall, of course we needed to replace the nipple with a regular shower arm.
Having bought one of those the other day, today I removed the nipple, quickly cleaned and dried the threads in the Sprite filter and the female receptacle in the wall, taped both ends of the arm with pipe-sealing tape, and installed it. It was very difficult to screw in, and I could barely turn it a full turn, which only brought it to about the 4-o'clock position. With a lot more work I finally got it to the desired 6-o'clock position.
I connected the filter and shower-head/hand-shower to the arm, and ran the water without the escutcheon pushed back, as I was (am) concerned about possible leaking in the wall. Indeed, it did drip at a moderate speed when I ran the water. When I took off the filter & head, and just ran the water through the arm, there was no apparent dripping. It struck me that I really never checked whether it was dripping when the nipple was in place. (I never figured I had reason to do so.)
Here are my concerns/questions:
Is it normal to only be able to turn the arm once, and barely that? (By the way, the threads did not break off the nipple as far as I can tell.)
Is it possible to now take off this new chrome arm without damaging it? It wasn't that expensive, but times are tough and I'd rather not lose it unless it's cheaper just to let it go.
Any advice as to the best course of action?
Thanks...
Jim in Port St. Lucie