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Author:
SandyJB (OH)
WE had to have a new showerhead put in a couple years ago, and noticed that becuase of the angle of the pipe that the showerhead screws onto (see picture), it makes the showerhead spray the water toward the back of the tub and tub wall instead of down more in the center of the tub. it was annoying and took some getting used to, but it wasn't too much of an issue at the time becuase we had shower doors, and all of the water was being contained inside the tub during shower. Now we had to remove the double shower doors, and I wish we would have thought about this before we did. We do not want to put more doors up, but need to find a solution so that we can get our showerhead to spray in the center of the tub. Right now the water hits the back ledge of the tub, and channels down, right past the shower curtain and dribbles on the floor. I found this problem right away as I tested everything out once the curatin was up, but we have got to get this fixed so we can use the shower again. Is there some sort of attatchment, coupling (I don't know the correct term here) that can be placed in between the showerhead and the curvy pipe it is connected to so that we will have more range of motion to move the water spray down and towards the center of the tub. You can see in the pic, this is as far as we can move it downward. Any advice or help as soon as possible would be appreciated, if there is a part we need, please be specific in what its called, so I can then look it up, or at least know specifically what to ask for. Thank you for your time.
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Author:
steve (CA)
Here is an adapter for mounting a handheld shower wand. The adapter will drop the angle of your showerhead down.
and you can get it from this site's sponsor(scroll down the page).
[www.plumbingsupply.com]
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Author:
SandyJB (OH)
Thank you for replying so quickly sir! And for putting a picture up with a link! I wonder if they also make these without the little extra piece that you mount the hand shower on, but this is GREAT!!!!
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Author:
steve (CA)
They come with either the "hole" bracket or with a post that sticks up.
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Author:
SandyJB (OH)
I forgot to ask, when attaching any new pieces like this, do I also need to have teflon tape or some sort of compound for where all the pieces screw into each other? If so what is the best/easiest to use?
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Author:
steve (CA)
There should be a rubber washer supplied, that is inside the female threaded end, that should seal the pipe to the fitting. Sometimes a few wraps of teflon tape is added to the male threads, to stop small drips.
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Author:
SandyJB (OH)
Thank you again, this probably seems like a small problem compared to others, but the fact that we werent going to be able to use our shower till this was addressed, it turned out to be a big problem for us.
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Author:
SMSPlumbing (PA)
You can either use that adapter, or just change out the whole arm.
The one you have in there now, looks like it used to be to a rain shower head.
All you would need to do is unscrew the old arm and screw the new one in place. Remember to use teflon, and to make it easier to turn, use handles from a set of channel locks inside the pipe to get leverage to turn it.
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Author:
jimmy-o (CA)
He may be using the S arm if he is tall and the arm comes out of the wall to low.
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Author:
SandyJB (OH)
Yes, we are using the taler S arm because I for one am 6 foot and my son 6'2 and still growing. Tried looking for other s arms but they are either still too low or point towards the back of the tub like our curent one does. Looking for one that will be high but point straight down. If not we will go with the adapter.
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Author:
RWP (SD)
It appears that the shower head piping was not brought out of the wall high enough. I always set them at 6' 6". If you use a regular shower arm it may be a bit low.
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