hope someone can help. I special ordered a 3-handle shower body assbly. american standard. the bathroom is wire lathe and plaster w/tile. had the plumber remove the old,leaky one Proudly handed him the new shower body that doesn’t fit!!!!now I can’t afford a rip-out, last resort would be bathfitter. I live on long island in ny. does anyone know of any jobbers anywhere that may have an older shower body? I know they are not sold anymore.not pressure balanced. the new ones are not deepenought for old ,thick walls/ very hard to find the right set with the proper extension kits, you would think you could still fix and old bathroom w/ old fixtures, I mean, old cars don’t have seat belts! so, i think i should be able to get an older 3-handle shower set??? How do you guys do this day in day out? kudos. any reply in atimely matter would be apprecciated Iam washing in the sink. thanks [email protected]
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I used Newport Brass fixtures in my bath, and the valve stems are quite long and can be cut to any length.
Perhaps you can cut a large hole in the tile, set your valves at the proper depth and get a plate to cover the opening, or make a plate out of solid surface material.
Al Mollitor, Sharon MA
where can you get newport.. and the valve stems aren't the problem. it's. the depth of the entire shower body which allows the treads for the eschutions to poke throught the wall some have kits but not many, mostly the single lever ones. moen has a plate for the holes. which is ok, but doesn't solve the thick wall issue. the biggest problem is it's my sister bath, if it were mine could go easier routes,she hates the look of single lever,go figga! thanksfor reply.
Try a Google search under "Newport Brass." There are plenty of sites that sell their stuff. My pressure-balanced shower body also had a long stem that gets cut to length. (It is a single handle as are most pressure-balance valves. Maybe your sister needs a reality check.) They also sell hot and cold water valves with a wide variety of trim options, so you could make your own old-fashioned two-valve system although it would not meet code and inspectors take this issue seriously. I used a pressure-balance valve but added another valve in the shower head feed for volume control. It works great! This stuff is not cheap, so you might think about my suggestion to use some kind of cover plate for the valve you have.
Al Mollitor, Sharon MA
reality check!! I hear that, family!! well, turns out american stan. said they do have an extenstion kit (yesterday they didn,t) differnent sles hope. hopefully this guy is right ,if not i wiil try you jobber.now, you said you cut the stems, what about the treads for the eschucheons? that's the real trick,finding a shower body that can get them through the hole, the american standard people treaded the shower body itself,but too far back on the casting,the old way the treads were up front,and you could also change them the ones treaded on the casting ,you ruin them good luck! so much for progress. keep ya posted thanks al.
Try DiNapoli in Mineola. They have quite a large selection of bodies and parts.
You can also look into Mac the Antique Plumber (I got escutcheons there).
And in Lynbrook there is place on SUnrise that sell faucet parts. I'll try to get the name and post tomorrow or so. They can rebuild almost anything.
sounds good. dinapoli,he didn't have anything. I contacted american standard, they have an extension kit they say should solve my problem. the tough part of the problem is the plumber used a sawzall, so ,rebuilding is out. you think with all the old houses out in the world,they would make replacement parts with todays codes instead of ripping up your whole bath to code why not make exact repalcments. glad I am not a plumber today! thanks
Check out Concinnity. I just installed one of their wall-mount lavatory sets -- with the mixing body inside the wall, and with separate hot and cold handles. It could have easily accomodated wall finish thickness of 1 1/2". I'll bet they have shower sets which will fit thick walls.