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Replacing bathroom water fixtures
I have 3 taps almost 3' above the tub.. Hot, cold and diverter . Of
course they are installed behind nice square tiles. I would like to replace those 3 with a solitary round unit which is pretty common place these days. I am not a plumber, but does anyone know if its a DIY job? For one, I would be really careful in removing the least amount of tiles where they are located. |
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Anthona wrote:
I have 3 taps almost 3' above the tub.. Hot, cold and diverter . Of course they are installed behind nice square tiles. I would like to replace those 3 with a solitary round unit which is pretty common place these days. I am not a plumber, but does anyone know if its a DIY job? For one, I would be really careful in removing the least amount of tiles where they are located. Tear out the wall on the opposite side. You will not be able to work from the tile side to do the pipe work required. If it's not practical to get to the opposite side, then plan on re-tiling that wall (at a minimum). In any event, you'll have to replace a couple of tiles where 2 of the controls were, unless a giant "goof" plate to cover over it all suits you. Jim |
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Anthona wrote:
I have 3 taps almost 3' above the tub.. Hot, cold and diverter . Of course they are installed behind nice square tiles. I would like to replace those 3 with a solitary round unit which is pretty common place these days. I am not a plumber, but does anyone know if its a DIY job? For one, I would be really careful in removing the least amount of tiles where they are located. Well it will mean removing a number of those tile and trying to replace them so they will not be noticed and to replace at least two tile with new tile to match. Do you have or can you find matching tile? Do you want to retile the whole thing? Do you have access from behind the plumbing fixtures? How handy are you? I would guess from your question that I would suggest having it done. If you make an error you could end up with a leak in the wall. That is not a good thing. :-) -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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Speedy Jim wrote: Anthona wrote: I have 3 taps almost 3' above the tub.. Hot, cold and diverter . Of course they are installed behind nice square tiles. I would like to replace those 3 with a solitary round unit which is pretty common place these days. I am not a plumber, but does anyone know if its a DIY job? For one, I would be really careful in removing the least amount of tiles where they are located. Tear out the wall on the opposite side. You will not be able to work from the tile side to do the pipe work required. If it's not practical to get to the opposite side, then plan on re-tiling that wall (at a minimum). In any event, you'll have to replace a couple of tiles where 2 of the controls were, unless a giant "goof" plate to cover over it all suits you. Jim Saw Rich Trethewy {sp?} from TOH do just this upgrade and he did use a giant "goof" plate that did not look bad at all. I would search around for this plate or just go to a real plumbing store and have the guy get you one off the shelf in the back room. Much easier than trying to replace a few tiles and have it look nice. |
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if yuou are talking about having to buy all the tools to do it, then
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Anthona wrote:
SNIP Opposite wall out of the question, its an attached house. I have tools, but I do not know if I have "ALL" of them..how do I find out about all the tools? Also, my tiles are the square white common tiles and all I think I need to remove are the 6 around those faucets. Does anyone know of a web site where they actually show how to perform this? Thanks Problem is, you have no way of knowing what piping is behind that tiled wall. How you make connections depends entirely on this. But I can pretty much assure you that many more tiles than you imagine will have to be removed. Add to that the fact that tiled walls often are deteriorating, meaning that removing some tiles will cause other surrounding ones to fail. My off hand guess, from having been involved in many of these, is that the final project will wind up being major, will be expensive and, unless great care is atken, will look like s**t. Jim |
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