How do you replace the shower head?

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Replacing a Showerhead - Today's Homeowner

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How to Change a Shower Head | The Home Depot - YouTube

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Want to remove old shower head and install new shower ... - Reddit

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Answer

To replace a showerhead:

1. Unscrew the old showerhead by turning it counterclockwise using pliers or a strap wrench. Wrap the pliers with a cloth to avoid scratching the finish.13
2. Clean the threads on the shower arm pipe to remove any old tape, rust, or mineral deposits.13
3. Wrap the threads on the shower arm pipe with Teflon plumber's tape in a clockwise direction, making 2-3 rotations.13 This helps create a water-tight seal.
4. Screw the new showerhead onto the shower arm pipe threads in a clockwise direction until hand-tight.13
5. Use the pliers or strap wrench padded with a rag to tighten the showerhead further, being careful not to overtighten and damage the finish or pipe.13
6. Turn on the water and check for any leaks around the pipe threads. If leaking, tighten further or reapply Teflon tape as needed.1

It's recommended to use two wrenches - one to hold the shower arm pipe steady while tightening the showerhead with the other wrench. This prevents twisting the pipe.3

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• 00:00 Hey kids how you doing today uh so today I'm going to show you how to change a shower head. I don't need to change mine but um. I'm just going to walk you through it. I'll take it off and put it right back on just to show you how how to do that. It's fairly simple but I wanted to include that in my content so I'm just going to go ahead and knock that out. But before we do that. I have a dad joke for you. So you know singing in.

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• 00:23 The shower can be lots of fun until you get soap in your mouth. Then it becomes a soap opera so let's get started okay so what you're going to need is you're going to need some sort of wrench. This is just a channel locks that I've showed you how to use before that you're able to adjust the size with right and it's pretty handy for something like this um and then you're going to want to have some teflon tape and I'll show you what that's for you just wrap it around the threads when you put the shower head back on so here.

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• 00:50 Let me just show you what mine looks like so mine actually has that just this rubber boot that's just cosmetic and that's just covering up um this nut right here right that I'm just gonna have to loosen so all I'm gonna do and if you're concerned about this you could wrap this with a cloth. I'm not concerned about it because it's all covered anyway but you could wrap you know this thing with a cloth and then um then loosen it. But anyways we're just gonna get a let's see a grip on it and then loosen it like that and then. I should just be able to take it off by hand right. There was still some water left in there so that'll probably happen to you right uh anyway. So you can see the the remnants of the the teflon tape from before.

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• 01:42 I'm just gonna clean. This up really quick and I I'm not gonna bore you with this but um so just thought I'd show you so. It's just an old toothbrush remember. Don't use your significant other's toothbrush and then put it back so anyway. I'm going to finish that up so as I'm doing this too you know there. It's it's tape and so it's kind of coming off in chunks like that right so you might have to play with it. Like that the toothbrush isn't going to get at all but just to keep it clean before you put the new stuff on. It's always a good idea. You know you could probably get away with just putting that tape over it and then screwing the new head back on but may as well.

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• 02:21 Since you're here do it right okay okay so you remember righty tighty lefty. Loosey right righty tighty lefty loosey uh. There's a few things that are threaded backwards but for most for the most part you tighten right you you loosen it left and so when we put this tape on all we're going to do and just if you think about it put it on in the same order or the same way that you're going to tighten it because if you put it on backwards and then you're fighting it you know you anyway. It's just smart to go ahead and wrap it uh around around uh. The same way that you're tightening the the threads okay and really. This is fairly fairly simple all you're doing is just kind of coming around it okay.

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• 03:07 There we go and then just break it off. So all that's going to do is just seal that shower head back on through those threads right so so you don't have any leaking there okay. So now we're just gonna go right back on just like we took it off. Gotta get it started there. We go okay just like that you don't have to over tighten. This right. Just make sure it's snug okay so you're good. That's all there is to it and then now you just got to put this boot back on you know. This is just a cosmetic boot again.

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• 03:53 You might not have this on your shower head but but I do so. I'm going to go ahead and put it back on. I have to monkey with that for a little bit to get it to sit back right but that just makes it nice and clean okay. That's all there is to it fairly fairly straightforward but thought I'd include it in my content. So you have it for future reference. So. I hope this was helpful and god bless you.

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