The plumber just left after replacing the entire faucet/knob/spout assembly in my bathtub/shower.
I have a trap door in my bedroom wall that gives access to the back of the tub.
It is leaking worse than ever from the inside of the wall around where the pipes connect.
He says that the unit that was on before was 'jack legged' and someone put a compression fitting on where they weren't supposed to. He also says that the trap door is not big enough and he wants to cut a bigger hole in the wall of my bedroom, so he can replace the section of pipe that runs up to the shower.
He brought in a long piece of copper pipe to show me.
As you can tell. I am totally ignorant as to what he is talking about. He is wanting to come back tomorrow to cut the wall. I am pressed for time because of this and feel I don't even have enough time to Google for the proper plumbing terms.
Does any of this sound remotely right? I thought PVC was used for plumbing these days. My house was built in 1936 and no one has had to cut out the wall before.
Thank you
I have a trap door in my bedroom wall that gives access to the back of the tub.
It is leaking worse than ever from the inside of the wall around where the pipes connect.
He says that the unit that was on before was 'jack legged' and someone put a compression fitting on where they weren't supposed to. He also says that the trap door is not big enough and he wants to cut a bigger hole in the wall of my bedroom, so he can replace the section of pipe that runs up to the shower.
He brought in a long piece of copper pipe to show me.
As you can tell. I am totally ignorant as to what he is talking about. He is wanting to come back tomorrow to cut the wall. I am pressed for time because of this and feel I don't even have enough time to Google for the proper plumbing terms.
Does any of this sound remotely right? I thought PVC was used for plumbing these days. My house was built in 1936 and no one has had to cut out the wall before.
Thank you