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Galvanized pipe too short for tub spout
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 |
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