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Broken showerhead wall pipe
My wife started to remove the showerhead pipe that goes to the wall and
when she started to turn the pipe it broke leaving part of the pipe still in the wall and now I cant seem to find a way to remove that left over pipe, so I cant put in another pipe until I remove the old one. Can someone help me on removal of that piece still left in the wall? Thank you...Tony |
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Broken showerhead wall pipe
You might try a nipple extractor, and if that doesn't work, a little
demolition could be in order. Tom wrote: My wife started to remove the showerhead pipe that goes to the wall and when she started to turn the pipe it broke leaving part of the pipe still in the wall and now I cant seem to find a way to remove that left over pipe, so I cant put in another pipe until I remove the old one. Can someone help me on removal of that piece still left in the wall? Thank you...Tony |
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Start with one of these
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...212&lpage=none internal pipe wrench wrote in message oups.com... My wife started to remove the showerhead pipe that goes to the wall and when she started to turn the pipe it broke leaving part of the pipe still in the wall and now I cant seem to find a way to remove that left over pipe, so I cant put in another pipe until I remove the old one. Can someone help me on removal of that piece still left in the wall? Thank you...Tony |
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Broken showerhead wall pipe
wrote in message oups.com... My wife started to remove the showerhead pipe that goes to the wall and when she started to turn the pipe it broke leaving part of the pipe still in the wall and now I cant seem to find a way to remove that left over pipe, so I cant put in another pipe until I remove the old one. Can someone help me on removal of that piece still left in the wall? Thank you...Tony There is a tool (various sizes) with a claw that works inside pipes. When you turn the tool shaft the claw rotates gripping the inside of the pipe allowing you to rotate it. About the same way a basin wrench works. MLD |
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Broken showerhead wall pipe
Chances are if it rotted through and broke off, you're not getting it out.
If you can get behind the wall all the better, cut a small hole from the back, cut out the pipe and repair, then hang a mirror over it if you're not up to patching the wall. If the backside is not accessible then your going to have to do some repair. No easy way around this one. Alan wrote in message oups.com... My wife started to remove the showerhead pipe that goes to the wall and when she started to turn the pipe it broke leaving part of the pipe still in the wall and now I cant seem to find a way to remove that left over pipe, so I cant put in another pipe until I remove the old one. Can someone help me on removal of that piece still left in the wall? Thank you...Tony |
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Broken showerhead wall pipe
wrote in message oups.com... My wife started to remove the showerhead pipe that goes to the wall and when she started to turn the pipe it broke leaving part of the pipe still in the wall and now I cant seem to find a way to remove that left over pipe, so I cant put in another pipe until I remove the old one. Can someone help me on removal of that piece still left in the wall? Thank you...Tony BTDT. Before you take a hammer to the wall, try this- Buy one of those one-ended hacksaws, and saw through the inside of the rotted-off section of pipe. Yes, you will also be sawing through the threads on the inside of the bronze casting. Once you cut the slit, use a skinny punch or drift and a hammer, to get a corner of the metal of the rotted-off part turned up. Grab that corner with narrow-nose vise-grips, or if your hands are strong, with needle-nose pliers. If you lived a clean life and the gods are amused, you may then be able to peel the thing out of there like an orange rind. You may need to cut more than one slot to get it to collapse on itself. Now, when you install the new nipple, use twice the normal amount of teflon tape- it should seal the cracks enough to make it all not drip. It won't work in the middle of a pipe run, but six inches from the shower head, water will take the easier way out. Note that after a McGyver repair like this, showerheads with shutoff valve or diverter valve, like for a hand-held shower, are not recommended. It may not work, but you won't be any worse off than your are now. If you end up having to open the wall, you will want to replace the bronze casting anyway, just on principle. aem sends... |
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