Adding shower plumbing to an existing tub (only).

bellinghamal · #1 Jul 13, 2009, 11:26 AM

I currently have a bathtub that has never been plumbed for a shower. I have just opened the wall and see there is a vertical stub from the tub water supply. Is this a job I should get a real plumber to take care of? Should I open up all of the sheetrock from the tub supply to where the shower stub will come out of the wall? Thanks in advance...

afaroo · Jul 13, 2009, 12:51 PM

On top of Ballengerb1 advice, I would add mine too, if your question is only how to add a shower raiser,it will be easy to work to open up all of the sheetrock from the tub supply to where the shower drop ear elbow goes and it needs a support, also to use the Sharkbite drop ear elbow and Sharkbite coupling, see the images below, Thanks.

John



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