JohnfrWhipple
BATHROOM DESIGN & BUILD
I found this rusting wall anchor when I removed a clients Kohler Hotel Shower Arm. I learned a lot about this shower arm from Kohler that day.
1). I love my IPhone and access to Kohler's PDF files.
2). These are not Kohler factory parts (Kohler provides 3 stainless screws for each shower arm bracket)
3). The shower arm is a crappy design and holds water inside it
4). The #$%&ing plumber or tile man screwed up this shower with the use of non-stainless steel screws
You can see the lower shower arm bracket in the photo above. Notice the rust line forming below it.
I have not had to remove a stain like this before this job and was a little chicken going forward. I got some wonderful advice from an online pro (one of Terry Love's members) THANKS ROBERTO but since I do not share Roberto's skill set in this area me and my client decided to try a safer route and use a product called NanoScrub.
If I remember correctly Roberto told me it would not work very well - and he was right. It did improve the stain somewhat and with the rusting screw gone should not continue to get worse.
I free handed the drilling and did not use a scrap tile. It would be safer to cut a hole in a scrap tile and then place this over the area to be drilled as a guide. Here is how to drill a perfect circle in a tile to use it as a jig.
What lessons can you learn from this repair?
Always use stainless steel fasteners for these shower arm brackets or anything surface mounted in your shower....
1). I love my IPhone and access to Kohler's PDF files.
2). These are not Kohler factory parts (Kohler provides 3 stainless screws for each shower arm bracket)
3). The shower arm is a crappy design and holds water inside it
4). The #$%&ing plumber or tile man screwed up this shower with the use of non-stainless steel screws
You can see the lower shower arm bracket in the photo above. Notice the rust line forming below it.
I have not had to remove a stain like this before this job and was a little chicken going forward. I got some wonderful advice from an online pro (one of Terry Love's members) THANKS ROBERTO but since I do not share Roberto's skill set in this area me and my client decided to try a safer route and use a product called NanoScrub.
If I remember correctly Roberto told me it would not work very well - and he was right. It did improve the stain somewhat and with the rusting screw gone should not continue to get worse.
I free handed the drilling and did not use a scrap tile. It would be safer to cut a hole in a scrap tile and then place this over the area to be drilled as a guide. Here is how to drill a perfect circle in a tile to use it as a jig.
What lessons can you learn from this repair?
Always use stainless steel fasteners for these shower arm brackets or anything surface mounted in your shower....
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