Bob Engelhardt
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I'm installing a Delta Multichoice 13/14 series valve as a replacement for a 45 year old single handle Symmons . The valve is in a wall that is tiled on BOTH sides, so my access is very limited. I have removed 6 tiles without breaking any - major feat, if I do say so myself. But I don't want to push my luck by trying to remove any more.
Anyhow, if I install the Delta body with the plaster guard flush with the tile face, as Delta says, the piping connections would be further forward than they were with the Symmons. I.e., where the cut off copper piping is now. I really don't want to re-route the piping because of the additional tile that would have to be removed.
So, can I set the new body further back in the wall? Delta says that there is only +- 3/8 leeway, but when I assemble the pieces, it looks like there is WAY more than that. If fact, if I install the optional spacer in the sleeve, and slide the escutcheon all the way to the end of the sleeve, there is an extra 1-1/2". See photo. In fact, if it were to be installed according to Delta, I think that the sleeve & handle would extend out way too far. I only need it to be about 3/4" further back.
I'm guessing that the instructions allow for different trim kits, some of which would require the specified spacing, but that mine does not. Or that it's the spacing that results from using a 2-by stringer. Or, it could be that I'm missing something, which is why I'm asking. (I really don't want to find what I'm missing after everything is soldered into place!)
Thanks,
Bob
Anyhow, if I install the Delta body with the plaster guard flush with the tile face, as Delta says, the piping connections would be further forward than they were with the Symmons. I.e., where the cut off copper piping is now. I really don't want to re-route the piping because of the additional tile that would have to be removed.
So, can I set the new body further back in the wall? Delta says that there is only +- 3/8 leeway, but when I assemble the pieces, it looks like there is WAY more than that. If fact, if I install the optional spacer in the sleeve, and slide the escutcheon all the way to the end of the sleeve, there is an extra 1-1/2". See photo. In fact, if it were to be installed according to Delta, I think that the sleeve & handle would extend out way too far. I only need it to be about 3/4" further back.
I'm guessing that the instructions allow for different trim kits, some of which would require the specified spacing, but that mine does not. Or that it's the spacing that results from using a 2-by stringer. Or, it could be that I'm missing something, which is why I'm asking. (I really don't want to find what I'm missing after everything is soldered into place!)
Thanks,
Bob
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