Hello gents.
As we all know. Some of the jobs we get into are not ideal. They don't go smooth, somebody jumps the gun and puts stuff in our way and we have the frustrating task of working around other people's mistakes.
So, this all starts with a tub. Long story short, I did the plumbing for this family's basement bathroom. They likes my work, and requested that only I do their work from now on. So, now they want me involved in their 2 other bathrooms. No problem, happy to do it.
The issue we ran into, was when they wanted to do the new tub I was away on vacation. So they said no big deal, the carpenter can put the tub in place and I can plumb it from below later, no problem.
There were a few issues. The carpenter did not cut a hole in the floor for my drain, and he put the cement board up for the tub surround, taped/muddled it. It's basically ready for tile, and there's no shower control in the wall. Well, I don't have to tell you that a 2 hour job turned into a 6 hour job, but I got the rough in done with no damage to the tub or cement board, it all looks like it's meant to be.
I aim for perfection, but sometimes it's just not possible, so here's my problem. Due to the space I have to work, and the minimal support I had to mount my control (it's still good and sturdy, Frodo could do a chin up off it), the control sits in the wall a little more then I would like, and the screws for the trim plate are kind of short, they seem shorter than most actually.
So, by trying to be the nice guy and have an over come and persevere attitude, there's a possibility the trim screws MIGHT come up short after tile. I measured it out like 10 times, they should bite, but I want to have a game plan ready just in case. So, what can I do here? The screws are a rubbed bronze finish, so I don't think just getting longer screws will be easy. I was thinking of gearing up some kind of coupling with another set of screws, maybe silfos them together. Just wanted to see what someone else has maybe done in this situation.
Thanks!
As we all know. Some of the jobs we get into are not ideal. They don't go smooth, somebody jumps the gun and puts stuff in our way and we have the frustrating task of working around other people's mistakes.
So, this all starts with a tub. Long story short, I did the plumbing for this family's basement bathroom. They likes my work, and requested that only I do their work from now on. So, now they want me involved in their 2 other bathrooms. No problem, happy to do it.
The issue we ran into, was when they wanted to do the new tub I was away on vacation. So they said no big deal, the carpenter can put the tub in place and I can plumb it from below later, no problem.
There were a few issues. The carpenter did not cut a hole in the floor for my drain, and he put the cement board up for the tub surround, taped/muddled it. It's basically ready for tile, and there's no shower control in the wall. Well, I don't have to tell you that a 2 hour job turned into a 6 hour job, but I got the rough in done with no damage to the tub or cement board, it all looks like it's meant to be.
I aim for perfection, but sometimes it's just not possible, so here's my problem. Due to the space I have to work, and the minimal support I had to mount my control (it's still good and sturdy, Frodo could do a chin up off it), the control sits in the wall a little more then I would like, and the screws for the trim plate are kind of short, they seem shorter than most actually.
So, by trying to be the nice guy and have an over come and persevere attitude, there's a possibility the trim screws MIGHT come up short after tile. I measured it out like 10 times, they should bite, but I want to have a game plan ready just in case. So, what can I do here? The screws are a rubbed bronze finish, so I don't think just getting longer screws will be easy. I was thinking of gearing up some kind of coupling with another set of screws, maybe silfos them together. Just wanted to see what someone else has maybe done in this situation.
Thanks!
