Cephus
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I've got a house that was built in 1928 and I have no idea how long the plumbing has been in the oldest bathroom in the house, but it certainly predates my time here. The tub diverter is dead, you can pull it up and it does nothing at all. It's a screw-off type, no set screw so it should be easy, right? Nope. It will not move. I did everything I could to it and eventually, after using a 14" pipe wrench on the thing and not having it move a millimeter, I grabbed my trusty reciprocating saw and hacked off the spout so I could get to the inner workings, you couldn't even tell what kind of attachment it was from the outside. Now, no matter what I do, I cannot get it to move at all. I've heated it with a propane torch. I've soaked it in Liquid Wrench. I've tried to rock it back and forth to break out whatever is inside and nothing works, it will not move at all. I cannot reach any of the pipes in the walls (they were sealed in, which leads me to believe these parts have been there for many decades, at least since the last addition to the house in the early 60s).
So now what? The diverter is this type:
Someone please help!
So now what? The diverter is this type:
Someone please help!