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I'd like to replace the bathtub faucet in a tub that is enclosed. The surrounding area near the faucet has small white tile that I assume I need to cut through to remove a portion of the tub enclosure. Question is how to cut through the tile grout... I tried Dremel cutting wheel but made little progress.
Need help in buying the correct tool in order to access the faucet.
Thanks
Eric
 
ericinrb said:
I'd like to replace the bathtub faucet in a tub that is enclosed. The surrounding area near the faucet has small white tile that I assume I need to cut through to remove a portion of the tub enclosure. Question is how to cut through the tile grout... I tried Dremel cutting wheel but made little progress.
Need help in buying the correct tool in order to access the faucet.
Thanks
Eric
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I like a nice Roto Zip with a tile bit. Cuts through tile like butter. It does toss up alot of dusk.

question: are you trying to go from a three or two handle to a new single handle valve.
 
SOft wall tile can be cut easily by the tile bits, but not a hard porcelain or floor tile which are often used on the walls as well. FOr small areas, a cheap grout saw will remove the grout quickly and easily. The Dremel tool works well, but depending on the grout line, can chip the tile edges.
 
I recently tried a Fein Multimaster (about $300) to remove about 50 tiles from a backsplash. Wow- the grout removal blade removed all the grout, and the cutting blade removed the dried adhesive.... all without breaking a single tile. Good luck.
 
Faucet removal.

thanks for the info ........ I am actually just trying to replace an old brass faucett that leaked a bit until a plumber changed the gasket and seats and made it 6 times worse !!!! His parting comment was to replace the whole faucet so I figfured I could do as well as he did for a whole lot less money.
Anyway, it is a 3 hole faucet with all the fittings under the tub, behind a tile covered enclsure.
 
It would be alot easer to get behind the valve. It would give you more room to work with less chance of setting a fire.

If you goto a plumbing house and get a three handle to single handle wall plate it comes with a template to cut around. I tape this to the wall and use a Roto Zip to cut aboud it. I have used the Roto Zip on mortar set walls and never had much trouble aside from trying to goto fast. Going to fast will cause the bits to heat up quickly making them break.

Symmons and Delta have branded wall plates that look nice.
 
Bathtub Faucet

Maybe I didn't describe the problem correctly... this is a faucet on a "Roman Tub" that is built in with a tile (3" squares--all white) covered enclosure. Faucet is on top, with only access from the front side. Shower is a separate unit .......... anyway, I went to Home Depot, bought a Roto Zip (good recommendation) and was able to cut out a 15 X 24 hoie where I can see under the tub and see the "plumbing".... much to my dismay, no water cut off valves so removing the faucet will have to wait until another day. For sure, nothing that Dremel makes would have worked when I finally cut through the grout, 3/4" cement and wire backing.
 
"Plumbers tend not to install shut offs into a place that they know will get closed permanently"

I figure the builder wanted to save $10 per house and so did the original plumber. Obviously (to me anyway) the faucet would need to be changed sometime as this was brass it was just rotting away... so it looks like plumbers set up homeowners for a big repair job in the furture.... IMHO
 
ericinrb said:
"Plumbers tend not to install shut offs into a place that they know will get closed permanently"

I figure the builder wanted to save $10 per house and so did the original plumber. Obviously (to me anyway) the faucet would need to be changed sometime as this was brass it was just rotting away... so it looks like plumbers set up homeowners for a big repair job in the furture.... IMHO
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LOL well that does seem to be the case but I'm sure you would not be happy if a valve started to drip under your beautiful Roman style bath. I do know that alot of hot tubs have an access panel as a false side. Guess the builder should have put one on yours.:D

In my state you cant do plumbing with out a permit or a license :cool:
 
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