In my continuing adventures in plumbing, I find myself replacing a tub spout/diverter thanks to a $0.50 piece of plastic that broke while I was re-installing the spout. This was the inside plastic pipe for the spout itself.

So I bought a new universal diverter spout, but noticed when I got home that the piece sweated on to the copper pipe was particular to just that spout, and was not just the easy end of 1/2" copper pipe (it is 1/2" ID pipe, btw).

Ok, so I undid the solder joint, took off that custom piece, and now I have bare pipe sticking out of the wall. I'm not sure if I should be looking for a fitting or some other option to make some threads available to me. What is the proper way for me to proceed here so that I may cleanly attach my universal spout/diverter?

Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by Emfuser

In my continuing adventures in plumbing, I find myself replacing a tub spout/diverter thanks to a $0.50 piece of plastic that broke while I was re-installing the spout. This was the inside plastic pipe for the spout itself.

So I bought a new universal diverter spout, but noticed when I got home that the piece sweated on to the copper pipe was particular to just that spout, and was not just the easy end of 1/2" or 3/4" copper pipe.

Ok, so I undid the solder joint, took off that custom piece, and now I have bare pipe sticking out of the wall. I'm not sure if I should be looking for a fitting or some other option to make some threads available to me. What is the proper way for me to proceed here so that I may cleanly attach my universal spout/diverter?

Thanks :)

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I would clean the end up and use a slip on tub spout,(see image) but if you have a universal spout then it should just slip on and tighten down. Make sure that the end of the copper has no burrs or rough spots. Good luck, tom

You're right, I had not paid close enough attention, and missed the slip-on hardware. It looks like all I have to do is cut down the length of pipe jutting out from the wall to the length designated on the instructions.

Thanks :)

Don't forget to burr the end of the copper pipe. If you don't the "O" ring will peel back and out of position and you will have a leak out the rear. Cheers, Tom

Well, I could never get the thing to not leak since the pipe was twisted when I tried to originally remove that first adapter. Having spent an entire Sunday over a broken little piece of plastic, I'm going to suck up my total aversion to destructive home maintenance and call a plumber.