lostnewbie
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hey all, i am trying to install a shower and yesterday we got 3 of the walls put up, and the frame of the wall behind the bathtub completed, but when it came to adding the new shower pieces the darn tub spout will not budge.
4 of us have tried everything from oiling it, using damp towels, rubber grips, hammer handles, and basically every kind of handle you can imagine that would fit into it's opening and turning counter clockwise.
it will not budge, not even a centimeter. and the problem now if that if we try to turn it the pipe that comes out of the female part of the plumbing turns and ends up in the appearance of the pipe bending.
i have bought a new tub spout in case we break this one during removal and right now i am so frustrated i just want it off.
it is a twist on and we asked the guy who installed it what magical secret he used. he claimed just plumbers tape and a few twists.
is there a way i would be able to cut it out w/out having the replace the female joint in the plumbing? or perhaps any other tips or tricks?
4 of us have tried everything from oiling it, using damp towels, rubber grips, hammer handles, and basically every kind of handle you can imagine that would fit into it's opening and turning counter clockwise.
it will not budge, not even a centimeter. and the problem now if that if we try to turn it the pipe that comes out of the female part of the plumbing turns and ends up in the appearance of the pipe bending.
i have bought a new tub spout in case we break this one during removal and right now i am so frustrated i just want it off.
it is a twist on and we asked the guy who installed it what magical secret he used. he claimed just plumbers tape and a few twists.
is there a way i would be able to cut it out w/out having the replace the female joint in the plumbing? or perhaps any other tips or tricks?