Hey everyone- I'm in a bit of a pickle. I had someone come help me replace an old shower faucet. It was working but it just looked really bad. Unfortunately, the part was seized and the faucet was ripped off the junction.. or whatever that thing in the middle is called. Now the water has to stay off until this is resolved. So it's becoming urgent.
Looks like it's copper lines with fittings soldered on. I have two choices:
1. Cut the fittings off.
2. Heat the fittings up and attempt to unscrew them from the junction.
I'm leaning toward trying #2 first. It's possible the corrosion wouldn't let me unscrew the fitting from the junction anyway despite the solder. But it can't hurt to try?
#1 is less ideal to me because I'll lose some pipe length. Access isn't great to begin with.
The bigger issue I may be facing is.. The junction on the replacement faucet I purchased is much wider and hardly fits into the space I have to work with. Even less space to solder or access the pipes. So I need to find a fixture with a smaller junction. Original is 2.5" wide.
I'd appreciate any advice since I'm pretty new to this area of DIY. But I am definitely interested in learning.
I'm also completely open to a solderless solution. My goal is to just get water back on asap.
Looks like it's copper lines with fittings soldered on. I have two choices:
1. Cut the fittings off.
2. Heat the fittings up and attempt to unscrew them from the junction.
I'm leaning toward trying #2 first. It's possible the corrosion wouldn't let me unscrew the fitting from the junction anyway despite the solder. But it can't hurt to try?
#1 is less ideal to me because I'll lose some pipe length. Access isn't great to begin with.
The bigger issue I may be facing is.. The junction on the replacement faucet I purchased is much wider and hardly fits into the space I have to work with. Even less space to solder or access the pipes. So I need to find a fixture with a smaller junction. Original is 2.5" wide.
I'd appreciate any advice since I'm pretty new to this area of DIY. But I am definitely interested in learning.
I'm also completely open to a solderless solution. My goal is to just get water back on asap.