How, oh how does one make bathroom plumbing fixtures be tight in alignment?
I have a shower head that has a side hand held shower. If tight, it is cocked about 15° off center from clockwise. And the bottom tub faucet does the same. At perfect alignment (vertical), it is mildly tight, but grabbing the faucet head to make the shower come on rotates it a tad. When Putting the hand held shower head back in its bracket - that causes it to rotate about 3 to 4 degrees with ease. There is NO way to tighten either another 340 degrees or so. 15 to 20 degrees at the most is possible on both.
The backing pipes for both fixtures are solid and not leaking, SO, what technique is used to make shower heads and faucet align vertical and still be tight? I have added 3 or 4 extra turns of teflon tape, but it seems to just push it back as it screws on. I don't want to "glue" it and I don't want that.
This has been a question I have had for years but never seem to think of it when around a PROFESSIONAL plumber.
I have a shower head that has a side hand held shower. If tight, it is cocked about 15° off center from clockwise. And the bottom tub faucet does the same. At perfect alignment (vertical), it is mildly tight, but grabbing the faucet head to make the shower come on rotates it a tad. When Putting the hand held shower head back in its bracket - that causes it to rotate about 3 to 4 degrees with ease. There is NO way to tighten either another 340 degrees or so. 15 to 20 degrees at the most is possible on both.
The backing pipes for both fixtures are solid and not leaking, SO, what technique is used to make shower heads and faucet align vertical and still be tight? I have added 3 or 4 extra turns of teflon tape, but it seems to just push it back as it screws on. I don't want to "glue" it and I don't want that.
This has been a question I have had for years but never seem to think of it when around a PROFESSIONAL plumber.
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