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 Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: Indianangeles (CA)

Hello,

I would like to add a flexible extension to the shower pipe and am trying to unscrew it but it's very tight.

I'm using a pair of players and inner tube patch to avoid scratching the outer part of the round bolt.

Planning to borrow a wrench pipe and hope to receive some advice to what's the direction to turn whether clockwise or anti clockwise and any other tip would be helpfull as its an old pipe I believe..

Many Thanks, Aiman

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 Re: Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: m & m (MD)

Lefty=loosey. A pipe wrench is your best non-slip method for removing the arm.

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 Re: Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: m & m (MD)

Lefty=loosey. A pipe wrench (6"winking smiley is your best non-slip method for removing the arm.

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 Re: Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: steve (CA)

If the shower arm has a ball on the end, it might not come off and the entire arm has to be unscrewed from the fitting in the wall.

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 Re: Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: packy (MA)

if the head is removed and you want to unscrew the chrome angled pipe, stick something round into the end of the pipe and push to the right.

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 Re: Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: hj (AZ)

If it is a "round ball" it may NOT unscrew because it is part of the shower arm. We would need a picture to be sure.

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 Re: Tight Shower Pipe Unscrewing
Author: packy (MA)

i thought he was trying to unscrew the arm from an elbow behind the wall.



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Author: hj (AZ)

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Author: packy (MA)

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