tub spout install

[treefrog]

Hello All,

I am nearly finished creating a bathroom upstairs in our home. My issue is concerning the installation of the tub spout. I have tightened the spout (threaded) quite tight by hand and the spout is facing upward! I am worried that if I tighten it too much, I will break the solder seal in the threaded copper supply pipe.

Any thoughts?

Thank you.

[phishfood]

For this situation, I use 8 or so wraps of teflon tape, followed with a thin smear of pipe dope. With that much teflon in the threads, you don't have to tighten the spout down super tight to get a leakfree seal.