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I am trying out the 'swelling' grease first to see if that makes any difference. Otherwise I might be looking for another balancing unit. I partially took it apart and greased all of the o rings but it is now possible I have not put it back together properly. I undid the four small screws with...

I happened to find an American Standard item on another style of shower valve and, unlike my particular unit, the information on leaking includes a considerable amount on the balancing unit and its o rings. I will take it apart again tomorrow and see if I can find some new o rings. I didn't...

I installed a pressure balancing bath and shower set from American Standard in my recently built walk in shower. This shower does not have a bath so I blocked off the outlet to what would have been the bathtub faucet. It now leaks sporadically from the shower head. I changed out the...

I had a quick look through this site and bookmarked it for future reference. I am not dealing with a basement floor but everything else is relevant to what I will be doing. I might have enough room to build the wall on the floor if I move a few things out of the way. I will have to check that...

All of this is very helpful. I don't expect to have any plumbing inside this wall because I have already plumbed the shower and the sink/toilet are previously plumbed inside another wall. The new wall will be free of plumbing. The door opening is the major complication I can see at the moment...

I am about ready to fully enclose the newly built shower and the existing small toilet and sink in a new and larger bathroom enclosure. I have not framed anything in before other than the back to the shower stall. I am trying to convert a mudroom [containing washer/dryer] and half bath...

Thanks for your input Tilemandan. When I get back on the project I will follow your advice. Bob

I expect to get to Home Depot today to get a drain extension. I have a fair amount of thinset mortar around but I also have some of the cement mix I used to create the original floor pan. Would you recommend building up the new layer with the cement mix or should I go with the thinset mortar...

I did saw off the end of the nipple and the new spout did thread in fairly well. There is a little clearance between the spout and the tile wall of the shower but it is pretty well unnoticeable. I then had to change out the hot water gasket and, as it turned out, the faucet seat, so as to stop...

Ok, for $2.50 I bought a galvanized pipe nipple just so that I could try out my three spouts. When I tried out one of the two new spouts I could only get it on about three threads. I am now thinking that the two new spouts have what I understand to be a 'pipe thread,' i.e., that the thread...

My bath spout was starting to corrode around the outlet pretty badly so I decided I would change it. This is the chrome outer spout, not the nipple that comes out from the wall. Anyways I had to use a chain wrench to get it off and of course I marred the finish in a couple of places. No big...

Thank you for your input. I am a little unsure of what you say about the drain. My problem is that the drain is sitting a little too high for some of the surrounding pan. It is lower than the edges of the pan but I didn't realize that the mortar pan had sloped lower than the drain...

Thanks for your reply. A couple of points. I had a look at a torpedo level and cannot see the advantage to it over a regular level [which I own] placed between the drain and the wall. Will the 45 degree angle level that I see on the torpedo diagram rotate in some fashion? Or is it the...

I tried the new shower pan floor today and discovered what I had suspected, that the drain is higher than some of the surrounding floor. The floor is made of mortar and is now covered with ceramic tiles. When I installed the mortar bed I found it difficult to ascertain the grade of the...

I have an ancient sink [1945 edition] that I just installed and I just cannot get the cold water faucet to stop leaking. I have replaced the gasket seal twice, and the seat once. I also removed the sink and put teflon tape around it. Still no leak stop. It is not a big leak, just a fairly...