On 6/11/2017 6:59 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 1:51:23 AM UTC-4, HerHusband wrote:
I need to install a new tub spout at my mom's house so we can sell the
house. It currently has a galvanized pipe stub sticking out of the wall.
Unfortunately, the pipe is about 1/2 inch too short for the tub spout to
thread on.

I thought about using a slip-on style of tub spout, but the ones I have
seen are made for copper pipe which has a smaller OD than galvanized pipe.

Ideally I would just remove the existing pipe stub and thread in a longer
pipe nipple. Unfortunately I tried doing that and the piping in the wall
started to bend. So that's not an option. I don't have the time or money
for this to turn into a larger project, we just need to sell the house.

I can't think of an easy way to extend the galvanized pipe just one half of
an inch. Adding a coupler and a short nipple is still too long.

I thought about cutting back the pipe and rethreading the end so I could
install a coupling and correct length nipple. But I can't find a NPT die
locally and the few I've seen online are quite expensive for what I'm
doing.

Do you know of a chrome slip-on spout with diverter that will fit
galvanized pipe?

Or do you know of an easy way to extend galvanized pipe just 1/2 inch?

Thanks,

Anthony
Is there enough play in the pipes to pull them forward, perhaps via the faucets?

Yeah, I know that might pull the faucets forward too, but I can't see what you have from
where I'm sitting so I just tossing it out there. Maybe the faucets come forward but an
escutcheon plate could cover the gap.

Better yet , cut some off the wall end of the spout . Screw it on to
a piece of pipe long enough to grip in a vise so you're not chasing it
around ... and if the cut isn't perfect , it should be caulked anyway to
keep water from getting behind it .

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Snag