Goedjn wrote in
:

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:20:48 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

wrote:

Girlfriend is gonna remodel her 2nd bathroom this spring. Meantime her

son has started using it for showers. Meantime when you pull the
diverter
thingy up, half the water still goes out the spout and down the drain.
That's
a lot of hot water being wasted, eh ? I know the spout unscrews from
the
pipe inside the wall for easy replacement.

Actually,some screw onto the stub sticking out from the pipe in the
wall,some fit over a copper stub and are held on by a collet and setscrew.
It all depends on how old your house is.


But I don't want to risk
causing a
leak inside the wall. Since the tub is used ONLY for showers, I'm
thinking
just plug it shut until she has the bathroom remodelled. So is there a
good
way to do this ?

thanks


A wine bottle cork in the mouth of the spout and some Duck tape to hold
it in ought to do the trick.

Oh, like THAT's not likely to cause a leak.

Unscrew the spout, and screw a cap on
the stub-out.


You can buy replacement tub spouts at Lowes that fit onto the stub sticking
out from where the old spout used to be. Mine cost me $12 USD. It works
great.It had various adapters to fit different sized pipes.

It may take some searching to find the right one on the shelves.

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Jim Yanik
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at
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