NCErinT
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The shower arms in my home (both bathrooms) were installed so that they are located just barely above the tile (instead of in the tile). That being said, the shower arm flange/escutcheon cannot sit flush against the wall in the MBA as there is only about 1/4” (*maybe*) between the shower arm and the top of the tile. The hall bath has even less space between the shower arm and the top of the tile.
This is not a functionality issue, just a cosmetic issue, but it drives me nuts to have the flange uselessly mocking me. The current flange/escutcheon has a 2.5” outside diameter and I was originally thinking of replacing it with a smaller diameter flange, but when I checked it tonight I realized that nothing is going to fit - there’s just not enough room.
If it helps, my home is a ranch built in 1979 & has copper pipe elsewhere in the house. Also, the shower arms of my master bath and ball bath are on opposite sides of the same wall. Hell, they might be out of the same pipe. So I cannot access the plumbing from the back side.
What are my options? Is there a fix that looks better then what I currently have?
- The real fix is the obvious - rip out the wall to move the shower arm. I don’t want to do this.
- Suck it up, do nothing.
- Cut off bottom of existing flange/escutcheon with tin snips? This will likely look pretty ragged??
- Add additional tile (that I don’t have) around shower arm? PS: this was my original idea to fix this before I determined that my shower tile is THICK - the face of the shower tile is more than 1/2” off the wall and that’s ignoring that the tile at the edges is curved.
Any thoughts/opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
This is not a functionality issue, just a cosmetic issue, but it drives me nuts to have the flange uselessly mocking me. The current flange/escutcheon has a 2.5” outside diameter and I was originally thinking of replacing it with a smaller diameter flange, but when I checked it tonight I realized that nothing is going to fit - there’s just not enough room.
If it helps, my home is a ranch built in 1979 & has copper pipe elsewhere in the house. Also, the shower arms of my master bath and ball bath are on opposite sides of the same wall. Hell, they might be out of the same pipe. So I cannot access the plumbing from the back side.
What are my options? Is there a fix that looks better then what I currently have?
- The real fix is the obvious - rip out the wall to move the shower arm. I don’t want to do this.
- Suck it up, do nothing.
- Cut off bottom of existing flange/escutcheon with tin snips? This will likely look pretty ragged??
- Add additional tile (that I don’t have) around shower arm? PS: this was my original idea to fix this before I determined that my shower tile is THICK - the face of the shower tile is more than 1/2” off the wall and that’s ignoring that the tile at the edges is curved.
Any thoughts/opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!