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Kathylynn (IN)
I have unscrewed the too short tub spout at the garden tub in my bathroom, and bought an 8" spout online.
It appears to be well made, but instructions say stub out should be no more than 1-4/5" long.
The existing copper pipe, including the threaded piece that's attached to it is 4". To do a slip mount I'm going to have to cut the pipe and I'm concerned that such a short stub out will not be enough to support this 8" spout.
Looking into the new spout there is an o ring about 1" from the opening and beyond that the hole appears to be the same diameter.
Why could I not cut off the threaded larger diameter fitting on the end of my copper pipe and have it be about 3" long and insert it? Would it leak?
There are screw threads beyond that o ring but it's for a 5/8" OD pipe and the existing threaded piece is too big.
This is a spout without diverter.
Existing copper pipe is 5/8" OD. Company is no help - I tried.
Thanks so much to anyone who can give some help with this.
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
The extra copper will not help support the spout, go ahead and cut the male adapter off and if the spout will go on far enough to touch the wall it will be fine, if it bottoms out first you'll have to cut the copper shorter. Make sure there's no sharp edges on the end of the copper that will cut the o-ring, you can touch it up with a file if needed.
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stuckinlodi (MO)
Author: Kathylynn (IN)
... It appears to be well made, but instructions say stub out should be no more than 1-4/5" long...
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Is that a typo, or do the instructions really say 1-4/5 inches? That seems like an odd length, usually they are in fourths or eighths of an inch.
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Kathylynn (IN)
Thank you, North Carolina. I just couldn't figure out why it had to be so short. It is a kind of heavy spout to have just one little set screw stabilizing it. I appreciate your answer
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Kathylynn (IN)
Yes, that's what it says, and even says as short as 1-2/5 and no longer than 1-4/5. I ended up converting to mm and using that measurement . It comes to about 1-7/8. I figured it was a translation problem
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