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We're finishing a bathroom remodel... the last thing needing installed is the tub faucet. We've already got the walls tiled, tub in, etc.
We have a copper pipe sticking out of the wall there, and the faucet is a screw-on type. So my husband soldered a fitting (or whatever it's called) on, with threads on the end, so we could put this thing on. Now here's the problem.
Before the peice was soldered on, it screwed into the faucet like a dream. So he soldered it on... it screwed on great, but when it got tight and flush with the wall, it was exactly upside down. So he un-soldered it, turned it 180 degrees, and re-soldered it. Then, when it was tightened down, it was turned only about 5 degrees, but it wasn't flush with the face plate (or whatever it's called that's up against the tile). So he un-soldered it again, resoldered it again, and then it was turned the other way, and there wasn't enough room to tighten it down straight... it hit the face plate first. etc.... he's tried four times already.
It seems that this fitting has to be EXACTLY the right distance to the wall, to the millimeter, AND it has to be turned to the exact right position so that it tightens down facing down... turned to the right or left one degree and it's not tight when it's facing down. So how in the world do we figure out how to put it in this position? There's no way to mark anything, because it's all inside the faucet. We can't just keep re-soldering over and over and over and over and over... because we're not even getting closer every time we try.
There's GOT to be some trick of the trade, or secret that you plumbers use to get it right the first time... share, please?
Thanks so much, in advance...
We have a copper pipe sticking out of the wall there, and the faucet is a screw-on type. So my husband soldered a fitting (or whatever it's called) on, with threads on the end, so we could put this thing on. Now here's the problem.
Before the peice was soldered on, it screwed into the faucet like a dream. So he soldered it on... it screwed on great, but when it got tight and flush with the wall, it was exactly upside down. So he un-soldered it, turned it 180 degrees, and re-soldered it. Then, when it was tightened down, it was turned only about 5 degrees, but it wasn't flush with the face plate (or whatever it's called that's up against the tile). So he un-soldered it again, resoldered it again, and then it was turned the other way, and there wasn't enough room to tighten it down straight... it hit the face plate first. etc.... he's tried four times already.
It seems that this fitting has to be EXACTLY the right distance to the wall, to the millimeter, AND it has to be turned to the exact right position so that it tightens down facing down... turned to the right or left one degree and it's not tight when it's facing down. So how in the world do we figure out how to put it in this position? There's no way to mark anything, because it's all inside the faucet. We can't just keep re-soldering over and over and over and over and over... because we're not even getting closer every time we try.
There's GOT to be some trick of the trade, or secret that you plumbers use to get it right the first time... share, please?
Thanks so much, in advance...