How to install a shower head with handheld?
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DIY: Install a Shower Head & Hand Shower | Delta Faucet Blog
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Shower with Handheld | How to Install | PLAN LEARN BUILD
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How to Install a Delta In2ition Shower Head - YouTube
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How to install handheld shower head - YouTube
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Answer
Here are the steps to install a shower head with a handheld:
- Remove the old shower head by turning it counterclockwise. If it won't turn by hand, use an adjustable wrench. Make sure the shower arm doesn't turn inside the wall1.
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Clean off any old thread seal tape or compound from the shower arm threads. Wrap new thread seal tape around the threads in a clockwise direction, leaving the last 1-2 threads uncovered to prevent tape from getting into the shower head.3
- Screw the shower arm diverter onto the shower arm until tight. The diverter should be positioned with the right angle connection pointing to the side1.
- Insert the gasket that came with the handheld shower into the hose connection. Screw the hose connection onto the diverter until snug1.
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Screw the shower head onto the bottom of the diverter until tight. You can hand tighten or use a rag and channel locks for extra tightness.3
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Connect one end of the handheld shower hose to the shower head, making sure the rubber washer is in place. Hand tighten only.3
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Connect the other end of the hose to the handheld shower wand. Again, hand tighten only.3
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Place the handheld shower into its wall mount bracket. Adjust the bracket to the desired height and tighten the knob to secure it.4
- Turn on the water and check for leaks. Tighten any connections if needed. Enjoy your new shower system!
References
1. DIY: Install a Shower Head & Hand Shower | Delta Faucet Blog2. Shower with Handheld | How to Install | PLAN LEARN BUILD3. How to Install a Delta In2ition Shower Head - YouTube4. How to install handheld shower head - YouTube5. Transform Your Shower Experience with a Handheld Shower Head
Author: Fort Knox Co.
Key insights
- Installing a handheld shower head involves drilling through tile, but it's something you can do yourself.
- ️ Using plumber's tape can protect the surfaces of plumbing fixtures and prevent scratching during installation.
- Carefully consider the placement of the handheld shower fixture to ensure it is mounted in the desired location.
- Choosing a grout line to drill into is easier and reduces the chance of cracking or splitting the tile.
- Starting with a smaller drill bit to create a pilot hole ensures that both holes stay on center when drilling into tile.
- The mounting bracket tightens down just like a nut, providing a secure and stable installation for the handheld shower head.
- Reinstalling the shower head and checking for leaks is the final step in the installation process.
- No leaking at any of the places that we screwed together, making the installation process easy and effective.
Video Full Text
- Hi everybody I'm Brian with Fort Knox company and I want to show you how to install a handheld shower head to your existing shower. How easy it's going to be. We will be drilling through a little bit of tile. But it's something you can do yourself. Let me show you step by step how to get this thing done. What you're going to need. First is one of these three-way water diverters. You can find these in all different brands and finishes. This right here is a Delta and they also make brizo. They have two different brands under the same company but they have different finishes that match this. These are brizo and then the other ones are delta in our shower but again they're the same finishes so do a little bit of research and you can find ones that match so looking at these pieces here you can see they have a rubber washer in there that's going to help create that watertight seal normally with these types of fittings you do not need to actually put any plumbers tape on it.Read More
- But I will be doing plumber's tape just as an added step or precaution but again use you don't need that when you bottom out these fittings on the threads it will actually create a watertight seal. One of the things I do while I'm installing plumbing fixtures especially with these nice finishes is I like to protect it with some painters tape. Usually you're just going to use the wrench that you have to just loosen it and then the rest of it can be done by hand. But I do like to use plumber's tape just to protect those surfaces so we don't scratch it. You can see inside the shower head all these little pieces of debris and rock. This is a whole separate video and discussion but this could be why you might have bad water flow inside of your fixtures in your house. We're going to remove the old plumber's tape which can be kind of fun or frustrating depending on how you look at it. Then we are going to apply a new layer of plumber's tape wrapping in the direction that we will be tightening which in this case will be clockwise.Read More
- Then we can go ahead and put on our diverter. We're going to be tightening this down by hand and then again we can put the blue tape on top of this and tighten it the rest of the way. These things you do not want to tighten all the way down too hard. They're going to be very snug but you don't want to feel like you can't get any more out of it. You are not supposed to be bottoming out. These fixtures to the extreme so very snug is how I would recommend it. Then we are going to be putting some more plumbers tape on the next set of threads where the shower head will eventually go back on and then while we're at it. We'll go ahead and put some plumber's tape on the fitting that will hold the hose which actually goes down and around to our handheld shower fixture. Now we're going to figure out exactly where we want to mount this. We could either go on the left hand side between the two fixtures that we have here.Read More
- But ultimately we decided to put it on the right hand side because we don't want it to be too crowded. There. I think that the look is a little bit better off to the side. The main purpose of this is to be able to rinse down the inside of the shower for us we're going to tighten down that hose while we're at it since we have it in our hand already and then we can use the shower head to put in place later figuring the height that we want for this shower head. We want to use the base bracket that they have as a guide or a template on where we're going to drill our holes. I specifically am choosing a grout line here because it will be a lot easier to drill through and you'll have less chance of cracking or splitting the tile. After making a mark with a pencil. I used our handheld drill with some concrete drill bits.Read More
- I let the drill do the work here I don't apply too much pressure. This does take a little bit of time but let the drill and the drill bit do the work. I start with a smaller drill bit at first to create sort of a pilot hole and then eventually I will move up to a larger drill bit and that way I can make sure that both of my holes are staying on Center. Here you can see it finally popped through the backboard and I made it all the way through the grout and then we can go ahead and work on the second hole. This is probably the longest part of the whole process letting the drill and the drill bit do the work. For you you can see. Here we have minimal chipping and cracking and that's because we took our time while we were Drilling. I'm going to then move up in size and drill bits and do the exact same thing let the drill do the work but it should be a little bit easier this time since we have those pilot holes. The main reason for this is that if I start with the large one and for whatever reason the drill wants to move a little bit on the hard surface. It might create the whole off center.Read More
- Once I have both of these drilled out I can go ahead and put my plastic anchors. In once those anchors are in I would recommend using a rubber end Mallet or a rubber Hammer just to tap them in and secure them in place. Oh. Then we can go ahead and put our base plate on and obviously the holes line up perfectly because we use this base plate as a template in the beginning tighten them down by hand and again very snug and very secure but you do not want to max out these threads. Then we can go ahead and put our sleeve on. We will then secure the sleeve down with this mounting bracket that we have here it tightens down just like a nut.Read More
- But it is a ball joint so you don't want this too tight because you could adjust this by hand and you can adjust it as you see fit over time and then we're pretty much done with the handheld portion. Last step is to go ahead and reinstall your shower head. You can do most of this by hand and then at the very end I would put the blue tape back over that nut and tighten it down very snug. Then all you have to do is remove that blue tape and we are ready to go turn the water on see how it flows. Check your areas that you have the joints in the tape on to make sure there's no leaking you can hit that switch and divert the water over to the handheld wand.Read More
- We have good water pressure no leaking at any of the places that we screwed together and we can switch it right back over by hitting that switch very easy to do and something that you can definitely do yourself. I hope you all enjoyed this video and found it helpful please like. And subscribe. If you haven't already. I have a lot of videos on my Channel showing all kinds of projects around the house. DIY upgrades everything from electrical to drywall to tile even building a full Casita from the ground up but other than that thank you guys for watching and I'll see you guys on the next one.Read More