I have got a spilt shower hose on my shower/faucet combo on my bath
and I have no idea how to change the hose.

I thought I could just buy a standard hose replacement, which I have,
but I cannot remove the hose from the base.

I have taken 2 pics

http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower2.jpg

Sorry for the pic size. May be easier to save and view as fullscreen.

The bit just before the hose is solid (I thought I could just twist it
off but it seems to be connected to the "wrench grip" below it.
Obviously the bit below the "wrench grip" is the toggle for shower or
faucets...

Any ideas how to get this thing off?

Cheers...

Craig

--
The Zero ST

Craig Coope wrote:
I have got a spilt shower hose on my shower/faucet combo on my bath
and I have no idea how to change the hose.

I thought I could just buy a standard hose replacement, which I have,
but I cannot remove the hose from the base.

I have taken 2 pics

http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower2.jpg

Sorry for the pic size. May be easier to save and view as fullscreen.

The bit just before the hose is solid (I thought I could just twist it
off but it seems to be connected to the "wrench grip" below it.
Obviously the bit below the "wrench grip" is the toggle for shower or
faucets...

Any ideas how to get this thing off?

You use the term faucet from which I assume you are in the USA? In all the
ones I've seen in the UK the conical part above the 'wrench grip' unscrews.
Have a look at the enlarged picture here
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...3388&ts=89450#

May have become stuck by limescale, try some brute force - it's broken
already :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:19:01 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Craig Coope wrote:
I have got a spilt shower hose on my shower/faucet combo on my bath
and I have no idea how to change the hose.

I thought I could just buy a standard hose replacement, which I have,
but I cannot remove the hose from the base.

I have taken 2 pics

http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower2.jpg

Sorry for the pic size. May be easier to save and view as fullscreen.

The bit just before the hose is solid (I thought I could just twist it
off but it seems to be connected to the "wrench grip" below it.
Obviously the bit below the "wrench grip" is the toggle for shower or
faucets...

Any ideas how to get this thing off?

You use the term faucet from which I assume you are in the USA?

Nah...I started the post thinking it was just a DIY group (not UK) but
then realised it was actually uk.diy after I posted....my bad...I'm
English...


In all the
ones I've seen in the UK the conical part above the 'wrench grip' unscrews.
Have a look at the enlarged picture here
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...3388&ts=89450#

May have become stuck by limescale, try some brute force - it's broken
already :-)

Well I hope that you are right but I have done my hand in trying to
get it off!

and yes that is what my replacement standard hose looks like which is
why I though it was all the same...

Maybe I'll bash it with a hammer D

I'll have another go...

--
The Zero ST

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:36:04 +0100, Craig Coope
wrote:

In all the
ones I've seen in the UK the conical part above the 'wrench grip' unscrews.
Have a look at the enlarged picture here
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...3388&ts=89450#

May have become stuck by limescale, try some brute force - it's broken
already :-)

Well I hope that you are right but I have done my hand in trying to
get it off!

and yes that is what my replacement standard hose looks like which is
why I though it was all the same...

Maybe I'll bash it with a hammer D

I'll have another go...

Ok well on further inspection I am certain that the bit that is
supposed to unscrew is part of the wrench grip bit...I can't seen any
gap under it and it is made of solid metal (feels very unlike the
plastic metal effect other end that connects to the shower head)

Now I'm stumped and with a sore hand...

--
The Zero ST

Craig Coope wrote:


The bit just before the hose is solid (I thought I could just twist it
off but it seems to be connected to the "wrench grip" below it.
Obviously the bit below the "wrench grip" is the toggle for shower or
faucets...

Any ideas how to get this thing off?

Use a thin adjustable spanner to hold what you call the "wrench grip"
steady. Normal adjustables are usually too thick to fit the nut, I use a
Bahco adjustable which is about half the thickness of the cheap Chinese
offerings. I don't know if you can get Bahco in the US, otherwise try
whatever comes to hand.

The aim is to steady that part of the fitting so that it doesn't move.

Then you unscrew the conical part. This can be difficult, but you're
going to throw this away since the new tube will come with a similar
fitting. Since the cone is disposable, I'd consider using a pipe wrench
to remove it. The jaws of the wrench will mark the chrome, but that
shouldn't matter.

The replacement tube will either have a similar cone or a knurled ring,
hopefully with the same thread as the old fitting.

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:52:29 +0100, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

Craig Coope wrote:


The bit just before the hose is solid (I thought I could just twist it
off but it seems to be connected to the "wrench grip" below it.
Obviously the bit below the "wrench grip" is the toggle for shower or
faucets...

Any ideas how to get this thing off?

Use a thin adjustable spanner to hold what you call the "wrench grip"
steady. Normal adjustables are usually too thick to fit the nut, I use a
Bahco adjustable which is about half the thickness of the cheap Chinese
offerings. I don't know if you can get Bahco in the US, otherwise try
whatever comes to hand.

Hehe...I know I confused people with my faucet lingo but I'm actually
in the UK.

The aim is to steady that part of the fitting so that it doesn't move.

Then you unscrew the conical part. This can be difficult, but you're
going to throw this away since the new tube will come with a similar
fitting. Since the cone is disposable, I'd consider using a pipe wrench
to remove it. The jaws of the wrench will mark the chrome, but that
shouldn't matter.

The replacement tube will either have a similar cone or a knurled ring,
hopefully with the same thread as the old fitting.

Thanks...all of this sounds more likely now so I will have a go at it
this weekend...

Cheers,

Craig

--
The Zero ST

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Craig Coope
saying something like:

I have taken 2 pics

http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/coope1999/shower2.jpg

That's a standard shower hose. Put a spanner on the flats of the bit
beneath and get a pair of parrot-nose pliers on the conical bit at the
end of the hose and unscrew.

One tip - check the inside bore of your new hose - a lot of them are
pretty skimpy (narrow and cheap), but you can find ones with nearly the
full 1/2" bore all the way through to the ends. It makes a difference to
the flow rate if your outlet at the tap end isn't too much of a
restriction itself.
--

Dave