CaptBridgeport
New Member
Hello, and thank you.
The shower panel asks for stubouts and 90 degree downward garden hose/washing machine male threads.
I was originally thinking of using 2 90 degree Drop ear elbows like used with shower arms. I liked the idea of being able to screw the elbow into a backer board. But having second thoughts as 1) the pressure will be at full house pressure, and 2) someone down the road may accidently back it off for some crazy reason and create a leak.
So I though maybe a soldered copper stubout would be better, safer from un-threading and creating a leak, and the fact that a 90 degree soldered elbow with a thread adapter would taking any twisting force away from the soldered joints and the system should be quite strong enough to idiot proof the connection. All this is hidden behind the panel though exposed outside the shower wall by an inch.
So is the full soldered approach better, or is the drop ear elbow, plus straight nipple with a 90 elbow / adapter better???
Thanks for the input.
- Robert
The shower panel asks for stubouts and 90 degree downward garden hose/washing machine male threads.
I was originally thinking of using 2 90 degree Drop ear elbows like used with shower arms. I liked the idea of being able to screw the elbow into a backer board. But having second thoughts as 1) the pressure will be at full house pressure, and 2) someone down the road may accidently back it off for some crazy reason and create a leak.
So I though maybe a soldered copper stubout would be better, safer from un-threading and creating a leak, and the fact that a 90 degree soldered elbow with a thread adapter would taking any twisting force away from the soldered joints and the system should be quite strong enough to idiot proof the connection. All this is hidden behind the panel though exposed outside the shower wall by an inch.
So is the full soldered approach better, or is the drop ear elbow, plus straight nipple with a 90 elbow / adapter better???
Thanks for the input.
- Robert