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ljdavick is currently offline  ljdavick   United States
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Does anyone have pictures or drawings of what is behind the hole in the bath assembly where the shower head pokes through? One of my PO's removed the shower head and I'd like to reinstall it.

I have the new faucet from Jim K with the diverter, then again the original faucet has the diverter still, but it must be disabled, or stuck.

I bought an oxygenetics shower head from Camping World when they were on sale, so now I think I need to play around with Pex, or something.

Has anyone gone here before?

Thanks.


Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy
Re: Shower [message #95084 is a reply to message #95080] Sun, 08 August 2010 21:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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ljdavick wrote on Sun, 08 August 2010 20:46

Does anyone have pictures or drawings of what is behind the hole in the bath assembly where the shower head pokes through? One of my PO's removed the shower head and I'd like to reinstall it.

I have the new faucet from Jim K with the diverter, then again the original faucet has the diverter still, but it must be disabled, or stuck.

I bought an oxygenetics shower head from Camping World when they were on sale, so now I think I need to play around with Pex, or something.

Has anyone gone here before?

Thanks.

Here is a pic of where the shower hose hooks up.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=35271&title=showerwall1s&cat=3841
The white piece was a check valve which stuck shut on me. Gone now.You might be able to get at it by taking the upper cabinet out of the bathroom. I took the back wall off.
HTH


Wally Anderson
Omaha NE
75 Glenbrook
Re: [GMCnet] Shower [message #95085 is a reply to message #95080] Sun, 08 August 2010 20:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Massey is currently offline  Bill Massey   United States
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I was into mine just the other day, Larry. It's just a coupling and nipple
with enough fiber washers so that the shower coupling will tighten up to the
fiber glass on it. My PO must have had a problem because he'd put a check
valve in place of the coupling, (or maybe that is the way is was supposed to
be), anyhow, the check valve was cracked allowing water to flood my medicine
cabinet. I replaced that with a normal pipe coupling and all is well.

bdub


-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Larry Davick

Does anyone have pictures or drawings of what is behind the hole in the bath
assembly where the shower head pokes through? One of my PO's removed the
shower head and I'd like to reinstall it.

I have the new faucet from Jim K with the diverter, then again the original
faucet has the diverter still, but it must be disabled, or stuck.

I bought an oxygenetics shower head from Camping World when they were on
sale, so now I think I need to play around with Pex, or something.

Has anyone gone here before?


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Re: [GMCnet] Shower [message #95087 is a reply to message #95085] Sun, 08 August 2010 21:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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I'll bet the check valve was a code requirement. You know, so when you
leave the shower head in the toilet it won't siphon back into the fresh
water system.

Ken H.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Billy Massey <bdub@pgrb.com> wrote:

> I was into mine just the other day, Larry. It's just a coupling and nipple
> with enough fiber washers so that the shower coupling will tighten up to
> the
> fiber glass on it. My PO must have had a problem because he'd put a check
> valve in place of the coupling, (or maybe that is the way is was supposed
> to
> be), anyhow, the check valve was cracked allowing water to flood my
> medicine
> cabinet. I replaced that with a normal pipe coupling and all is well.
>
>
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Re: [GMCnet] Shower [message #95089 is a reply to message #95087] Sun, 08 August 2010 23:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ljdavick is currently offline  ljdavick   United States
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I'm not going to worry about the check valve. I'd bet another dozen donuts that it is the reason the PO removed the thing.

I love this net - I never would have thought to take out the upper cabinet. I've been thinking about taking down the overhead cabinet in the bedroom, then the wall, but the bathroom cabinet should absolutely do the trick!

Thanks, Wally. You have already saved me over an hour of work, and I haven't even started yet!

One more question - should this be plumbed with Pex?? I've never used it before but it looks so brain-dead simple, like putting sprinklers in my back yard, but without the sticky fingers.


Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy
Re: [GMCnet] Shower [message #95093 is a reply to message #95089] Mon, 09 August 2010 00:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I think mine is just a flexible piece of hose back behind the wall. Something like a sprayer on a kitchen sink would use.

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
Re: [GMCnet] Shower [message #95101 is a reply to message #95080] Mon, 09 August 2010 09:00 Go to previous message
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Larry
 
You might consider doing something like this
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=3811
 
JWID
 
Dick Missett
Wyoming, PA


--- On Sun, 8/8/10, Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net> wrote:


From: Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net>
Subject: [GMCnet] Shower
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 9:46 PM




Does anyone have pictures or drawings of what is behind the hole in the bath assembly where the shower head pokes through?  One of my PO's removed the shower head and I'd like to reinstall it.

I have the new faucet from Jim K with the diverter, then again the original faucet has the diverter still, but it must be disabled, or stuck.

I bought an oxygenetics shower head from Camping World when they were on sale, so now I think I need to play around with Pex, or something.

Has anyone gone here before?

Thanks.
--
Larry Davick
The Mystery Machine
1976 Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
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