Tub faucet too short!

Hi,
We are in the process of doing a full bathroom renovation. Today we installed our tub/shower fixture. The bathtub we purchased is not a standard shape. The end pieces are apparently wider than a typical tub thus when we installed the fixture the tub faucet just barely clears the inside edge of the tub. The water from the faucet hits the overflow drain fitting the splashes onto the top rim of the tub. I went to a plumbing store today to ask if there was some sort of piece I could add to the wall side of the faucet to extend the length by even 1/2 inches. He could not think of anything. The set is made by Price Pfister and according to their parts catalog they don't sell a longer faucet. Any ideas? Here's a picture of my dilemma. The contractor has just put it on enough for us to use at this point until we figure out what to do about it.

I can't tell if your spout has the diverter, or how long it is. But Delta has a few that have an overall length of 7½", which seems like it is long enough. One example is their part # RP43028

It has multiple attachment options. One option is screw on to an 1/2IPS nipple which protrudes between 5/8" and 1 5/8" from the wall. Can also sweat the adapter piece onto 1/2 copper. Seems like one of these will work for you.

Jimbo..I hate to have to buy another faucet after just spending $220 on this one last week The option of the extension on the wall side..wouldn't that then leave a gap between the wall and the faucet?

tough one for me

Wow this is a tough one for me because I have never run into this problem. But doing alot of tile work the only thing that I can think of that would be quick is to remove the faucet, install a stone decorative tile around the hole and that would move the faucet out as far as you needed depending on the thickness of the new stone. This would mean you would have to extend the pipe unless you have copper coming out now and the faucet sits to the pipe with an allen screw on the bottom. If you made the decorative tile just extend about 1/2" beyond the current diameter of the spout I think that would even look nice. What do you think? They do however make tub spout seals that come in different finishes that are used to cover old marks when new spouts are installed. They come in different finishes which Im sure would match what you have. That in itself may extend the faucet to the distance you need.

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Tony..we were sort of thinking along the same lines as adding some sort of tile to get the added depth as well. Just a matter of finding a tile That wouldn't look too out of place. I thought if we could find a black circular tile and drill a hole in the middle it might not look too bad? Just where the heck do you find a circular tile

If you paid $200 just for the spout, you got ripped!

Anyway, as far as a spacer, you could go to a stone place and have them make a spacer of the thickest granite or marble scrap they can find. Cost probably wouldn't be exorbitant.

Unfortunatley, you have made a typical DIY mistake, which is failure to plan details like this. Not picking on you, because you did nice job and saved a bundle, but there is this one issue, and it will cost you a few bucks to fix it.

Jimbo I would agree that if I paid $200 for the spout I got ripped..I paid $175 + tax for a Price Pfister Avalon Pressure Balanced Single Control Tub/Shower set On sale I might add ...$210 +tax regular price. I'm in Canada..so everything up here is more expensive it seems. We are also not doing this ourselves we have a contractor (that has owned his own renovation company for 37 yrs) doing the work. We made the mistake of changing the bathtub style last minute none of us realizing that although the tub was listed as a standard tub, a standard length spout would not be sufficient.
You had a good idea about the marble though. I'll look around tomorrow and see if I can find any dealers around here

tile

By the way, nice tile job

There are spout extension you can usually find them in company's that carry Oem parts like Master Plumber, they aren't pretty it's just a 4" chrome sleeve that goes between the wall and the spout.
To look nice i would do as Jimbo says and replace the spout.
Too many postings about this Price Pfister spout and problems with it.

end result

It would be nice to see the end result if you could post a pic when you get done.

Thanks

Sure thing Tony...but I'm almost feeling IF it ever gets done. We've gone for a total bathroom and kitchen renovation at the same time...madness! Total teardown..floor, walls and ceilings right back to the studs on a 1920's house. Ohhhh that plaster dust was nasty. We are 5 1/2 weeks in already and I'm getting pretty sick of eating fast food We were 3 weeks without a shower or tub so I was just thrilled to a tleast have that part back yesterday. It was pretty horrific before. So much so that my husband came home the first day of demo and said "Wow it looks better already"

Only 5 and half weeks, I'd be happy with that lol. I did a total gut on ours and am in the home stretch now...4 months later. The tile looks nice, hopefully I have a bathroom again in a couple days.

I woulnd't

You can order a new spout if you like and waste a couple of hundred dollars but I think that new and innovative ideas like the granite idea suggested earlier is a unique way to go and would look awsome. Dont worry about what everyone else does in the way of design. Do something different and I am sure you will be happy with the end result.
GO FOR IT!