Tile work?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:28 am
Doing some basic home improvements around the bathroom, paint, change toilet, ect. So my wife asks me if I can change the shower faucet to a nicer one....sure, seems easy enough. Not being a construction worker or homebuilder, but knowing enough to get myself in trouble, I agree to it.
Turns out I need to make a hole in the opposing wall to access the existing plumbing behind the faucet to remove it and install the new faucet. I installed an access panel in the location so that it can be accessed if ever the need arises in the future. However, I'm taking a look at the pass-through that was originally cut for the faucet and it's only the top half of a circle. So, I expect I will need to cut the passthrough to accept the new shower faucet. I have a festool router and I'm thinking that a diamond bit will do the job, but they seem to get mixed reviews online.
Have any of you guys done this sort of work? Any advice/recommendations that you guys offer would be much appreciated.
As a side note, all of the enjoyment of this project is in the shower head, which I changed in about 5 minutes. All of the work is in the valve, which offers very little in terms of experience.
Turns out I need to make a hole in the opposing wall to access the existing plumbing behind the faucet to remove it and install the new faucet. I installed an access panel in the location so that it can be accessed if ever the need arises in the future. However, I'm taking a look at the pass-through that was originally cut for the faucet and it's only the top half of a circle. So, I expect I will need to cut the passthrough to accept the new shower faucet. I have a festool router and I'm thinking that a diamond bit will do the job, but they seem to get mixed reviews online.
Have any of you guys done this sort of work? Any advice/recommendations that you guys offer would be much appreciated.
As a side note, all of the enjoyment of this project is in the shower head, which I changed in about 5 minutes. All of the work is in the valve, which offers very little in terms of experience.