FlynHokie
New Member
Hello all.
Bathroom is nearly complete. I go the swanstone walls up, tile floor laid, sink/toilet ready to put in.
I installed the shower head and trim for the Pressure Balance valve today (GroheSafe). I'm using Grohe Eurosmart trim and spout.
When prepping for the new tub (cast iron) install, and shower wall (swanstone) install, I had to rework all the water pipes to shift them left so they would line up with the center of the new tub. I anchored the verticle pipe going down to the spout to a 2x4 just above the 90deg joint. I left plenty of pipe sticking through the wall to allow enough to cut off during spout install.
The spout is a slip on spout. Today, I cut the pipe per Grohe's Tech Support recommendations of a couple of inches past the O-Ring. I installed the pipe, and tightened the set screw. I have 2 issues with the installation, I could use some help on.
#1) The spout moves quite a bit (at the end of the spout, it moves ~1/4" left right, 1/8" up down with minimal force applied to the end of the spout). It is, infact, the pipe that is moving, not the spout, as I could tell when I removed the spout and moved the pipe. Appears I didn't anchor the pipe strong enough (though I don't know how much more I could have anchored it, as I used 2 of the copper pipe anchor/clamps on the 2x4 just above the 90deg joint). Any thoughts on how to fix this?
#2) there is ~1/16" gap between the spout and the finished wall. I can't get the spout to stay flush against the wall. The reason seems that the plastic inards of the spout stick out past the metal base of the spout. When you set the spout up vertically on the table, it rests on the plastic inards, not the metal. Is this wrong? Is there a way to get the spout closer to the wall? FYI, it sin't the length of the pipe being too long.
Thoughts appreciated.
FlynHokie
Bathroom is nearly complete. I go the swanstone walls up, tile floor laid, sink/toilet ready to put in.
I installed the shower head and trim for the Pressure Balance valve today (GroheSafe). I'm using Grohe Eurosmart trim and spout.
When prepping for the new tub (cast iron) install, and shower wall (swanstone) install, I had to rework all the water pipes to shift them left so they would line up with the center of the new tub. I anchored the verticle pipe going down to the spout to a 2x4 just above the 90deg joint. I left plenty of pipe sticking through the wall to allow enough to cut off during spout install.
The spout is a slip on spout. Today, I cut the pipe per Grohe's Tech Support recommendations of a couple of inches past the O-Ring. I installed the pipe, and tightened the set screw. I have 2 issues with the installation, I could use some help on.
#1) The spout moves quite a bit (at the end of the spout, it moves ~1/4" left right, 1/8" up down with minimal force applied to the end of the spout). It is, infact, the pipe that is moving, not the spout, as I could tell when I removed the spout and moved the pipe. Appears I didn't anchor the pipe strong enough (though I don't know how much more I could have anchored it, as I used 2 of the copper pipe anchor/clamps on the 2x4 just above the 90deg joint). Any thoughts on how to fix this?
#2) there is ~1/16" gap between the spout and the finished wall. I can't get the spout to stay flush against the wall. The reason seems that the plastic inards of the spout stick out past the metal base of the spout. When you set the spout up vertically on the table, it rests on the plastic inards, not the metal. Is this wrong? Is there a way to get the spout closer to the wall? FYI, it sin't the length of the pipe being too long.
Thoughts appreciated.
FlynHokie