How do you convert an old bath tub to a shower...?

How do you convert an old bath tub to a shower when you can't get the spout off? I bought one of those little ruber devices that is supposed to seas off around the spout and then has a long white hose to a weak shower head. We actually unscrewed the head, connected it to a coupler, and connected the other end of the coupler to a nicer shower head/hose.... The problem is that the rubber thing isn't tight enough to stay on the bath tub spout and kept shooting off. We realized that the white house that comes off of it is just too narrow for a decent flow of water. Anyway, we rigged some things up to force that rubber device to stay on the spout, but today it blew a whole, and we're back to square one.





Obviously, ideally, we'd like to get the spout off and connect right to the pipes, but this stuff is probably 50+ years old and we've been unsuccessful at getting it off. I like my apartment, but I don't want to take baths! Please help!How do you convert an old bath tub to a shower...?
Well Im a plumber so here is your answer.


1st If its a APT and you dont own it DO NOT start removein stuff ask your landlord to do this for you.


But if you want to do it anyway The spout will come off belive it or not. sometimes they seem like there gone break then come off. there is a chance it will break and then you will have to replace the 1/2 or 3/4 nipple thats there.


If you go to Lows or Home depot in the plumbing section you will find a exposed shower unit for 68 bucks its a new spout with a pipe on the top thats about 4ft high for a shower head and you only need to put 2 screws in the top to hold it since the bottom is on the spout. I guess I have replaced about 2000 spouts in 25yrs and I have been lucky to only have about 19 break on me.


when you go to remove it the spout might bend or crush in but dont worry they do that after 50 yrs.


If you have more problems or have any questions feel free to drop me a line at


kos101@yahoo.com


Have a good 1How do you convert an old bath tub to a shower...?
First: Shut the water off to the tub!!!





Second: With some gentle prodding from the correct sized pipe/monkey wrench, the spout will come off. It threads on like any other metal piece of plumbing.





At any home/hardware store, there are replacement spouts that have a threaded connector so that you can attach any shower head (sold seperately) that you want. I did this myself on a house with 50 yr old pipes.
You take the bath tub and put it in vertical position instead of horizontal then add a shower in place of a faucet and you're all done.

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