Hello all!
New poster here.. this site looks very informative!
My wife and I are remodelling a new home we bought out in the hill country and I have been feelin pretty crafty and thought changing out our tub faucets and handles would be an easy task Its a 2 handle assembly.. hot and cold knobs.
I was wrong... We ordered some rustic looking spout/handle/shower nozzle set on **** and thought it would be a cosmetic job. Upon receiving the new kit in the mail, when I opened it I noticed it came with a whole new pipe assembly for the two handle controls.. I dont know the technical term, but its the pipe that diverts the water to the hot and cold knobs behind the wall. This shocked me as I thought it just came with some new handles that would bolt on the existing valve system that is there.
So for the hell of it I dismantled the old knobs to see if the new handles would fit on easily.. nope. Nothing from the new kit fits on anything on the old piping that comes out of the wall in the tub. My faucets in the new place are less than 10 years old and are pretty standard fare looking stuff. But nothing matched up. It seems I will have to attach the whole new piping it came with which would mean busting out part of the wall to be able to replace the old one. I am not at all experienced or knowledgable enough to do this sort of work so I was soooo bummed out. I suck...
Just wanted to know if anyone had any tips for a newb like me.. Is there a way to get this installed without having to dig into the wall? And if not, what kind of "average" rates would a plumber charge to get something like this done? Install a new faucet basically..
Thanks in advance, I really need some help!
New poster here.. this site looks very informative!
My wife and I are remodelling a new home we bought out in the hill country and I have been feelin pretty crafty and thought changing out our tub faucets and handles would be an easy task Its a 2 handle assembly.. hot and cold knobs.
I was wrong... We ordered some rustic looking spout/handle/shower nozzle set on **** and thought it would be a cosmetic job. Upon receiving the new kit in the mail, when I opened it I noticed it came with a whole new pipe assembly for the two handle controls.. I dont know the technical term, but its the pipe that diverts the water to the hot and cold knobs behind the wall. This shocked me as I thought it just came with some new handles that would bolt on the existing valve system that is there.
So for the hell of it I dismantled the old knobs to see if the new handles would fit on easily.. nope. Nothing from the new kit fits on anything on the old piping that comes out of the wall in the tub. My faucets in the new place are less than 10 years old and are pretty standard fare looking stuff. But nothing matched up. It seems I will have to attach the whole new piping it came with which would mean busting out part of the wall to be able to replace the old one. I am not at all experienced or knowledgable enough to do this sort of work so I was soooo bummed out. I suck...
Just wanted to know if anyone had any tips for a newb like me.. Is there a way to get this installed without having to dig into the wall? And if not, what kind of "average" rates would a plumber charge to get something like this done? Install a new faucet basically..
Thanks in advance, I really need some help!