On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:54:13 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Goedjn wrote:

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. 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.

Methinks you're being too judgemental, sir.

He already SAID he was scared to start unscrewing the spout himself, and
a little weepage from an imperfectly fitting cork would be tolerable.

There's hardly full line pressure there to pop it out unless someone
were to throttle down the shower head unreasonably.

He's only seeking a quick fix for a few months.


The problem is that the way some cheap tub-spouts are
designed, this may create a pressurized pocket in a place
where there isn't supposed to be any, in the plastic
spout, but outside the stubout. If I did that
on my tub, the water leak would blow right past the
foam-rubber gasket where the spout buts up against the
wall, and flood the wall cavity. If if it doesn',
you need to find a way to keep your cork in place
against a 6 foot water column.

OP should just get over his phobia and take the
spout off. IF he's gonna demo the whole bathroom
in a few months, he needs the practice anyway.