JOHN_P
New Member
Ok, after a leaky toilet turned into a gutting of the entire bathroom and smashing out a cast iron tub, I thought I've put enough effort into this whole project that I might as well do something that I might really enjoy having and thought of doing a Delta tub/shower with the wall mounted two-spray body spray and adding on the extra wall mount handshower.
I have enough pressure for all of this stuff I think, and have figured out most of the components I need, no thanks to Delta's complex maze of parts, but anyway...
On the instructions for the Sterling Accord tub surround, it says that it will only allow for a 7-3/4" (or so) escutcheon. I'm not sure why but it left me concerned about wanting to mount the extra body sprays on that wall along with the wall mount outlet for the hose for the handspray.
The back of the Accord walls are ribbed/honeycomb for extra stiffness, and I'm assuming that I would have to cut some of that ribbing away in the area where the body spray assembly goes (so it can butt up against the back of the tub wall. Same for the extra hose outlet I'll need for the hand spray.
Is this a really bad idea to cut away some of the webbing off the back of the wall? has anyone done this before? I figure I could use a dremel tool to carve away the extra area I'd need. The main diverter/control for temp/flow is mounted down lower where they don't have any of these supporting ribs so that's OK, but the body sprays would be higher up where they have all of this extra support.
Any tips, ideas are welcome.
Thank you for all of the help I've found on this site for so many other things that I have already done or are in the process of doing (like setting the tub in mortar, which I haven't done yet, don't really want to do, but it sounds like it's the best way to go, so I'll figure that out.) And reading other posts gave me the confidence to smash out the cast iron tub (though I thought I'd be able to save that one item in the bathroom, I figured if everything else was new, why not get a nice tub/surround that fits together nicely (tho no fun making the walls perfectly square.)
Thanks for any help! Sorry for long post!
I have enough pressure for all of this stuff I think, and have figured out most of the components I need, no thanks to Delta's complex maze of parts, but anyway...
On the instructions for the Sterling Accord tub surround, it says that it will only allow for a 7-3/4" (or so) escutcheon. I'm not sure why but it left me concerned about wanting to mount the extra body sprays on that wall along with the wall mount outlet for the hose for the handspray.
The back of the Accord walls are ribbed/honeycomb for extra stiffness, and I'm assuming that I would have to cut some of that ribbing away in the area where the body spray assembly goes (so it can butt up against the back of the tub wall. Same for the extra hose outlet I'll need for the hand spray.
Is this a really bad idea to cut away some of the webbing off the back of the wall? has anyone done this before? I figure I could use a dremel tool to carve away the extra area I'd need. The main diverter/control for temp/flow is mounted down lower where they don't have any of these supporting ribs so that's OK, but the body sprays would be higher up where they have all of this extra support.
Any tips, ideas are welcome.
Thank you for all of the help I've found on this site for so many other things that I have already done or are in the process of doing (like setting the tub in mortar, which I haven't done yet, don't really want to do, but it sounds like it's the best way to go, so I'll figure that out.) And reading other posts gave me the confidence to smash out the cast iron tub (though I thought I'd be able to save that one item in the bathroom, I figured if everything else was new, why not get a nice tub/surround that fits together nicely (tho no fun making the walls perfectly square.)
Thanks for any help! Sorry for long post!