Doug Miller wrote:
In article , zxcvbob wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

I believe he only needed about three inches, right? So thread *five* inches,
and cut off the three-and-whatever that's needed. No harm done if it's
threaded all the way, is there?

Tapered threads.


Won't matter. It's a shower nipple, so one end of it will always be open, and
there won't ever be any significant pressure on the joint.



Depends on how restrictive the flow control in the shower head is. I
know I wouldn't want it dripping behind my walls.

Bob