Shower extension arm, flange, and head replacement 

No one explains how to attach the flange to the wall except this video. Thanks for this video.

Fantastic tips: using the razor to cut first, checking to see no leak before putting on the flange, and using finger to tidy up the caulk. I think I can do this now! P.S. Thanks for not using any annoying music.

Thank you for your quick reply! SO APPRECIATED!! We will definitely try blowing air through both ends. Great idea. It's so nice when pros are willing to share their expertise with us who have no clue! We'll get this eventually!

This makes things crystal clear! Thank you

thank you for being detailed on what starting position the shower arm should be in to hopefully end up in the correct position when hand tightened.

Very good video. It's simple and straight forward.

Watched a few videos and so far your the only one that checked for a leak. Much appreciated that advice. Thank you.

Great video -- clear, concise, and very helpful. Thanks for posting!

I'll be doing this over the weekend for my elderly mom so this was an incredibly helpful video! Thanks so much! I've subscribed and definitely liked the video to help you out and I will more than likely be making use of more of your wonderful videos! Thanks again!

Great explanations about installing the flange and checking for a leak 1ST before using silicone to adhere it to the wall.

Exactly what I needed to know. Thank you, for being straight forward and upfront in the video on how too and what too look out for. This is exactly what type of video I was looking for and very short and simple instructions.

great video with all the details and no annoying filler, thank you!

Very straightforward and useful. Thanks very much!

Great job to the point; yet detailed

That is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you so much.

Very clear instructions. Thank you very much.

Intense video man, keep it up👍🏽

That was very helpful, thank you!

After searching over 80 or so sites for "polybutylene shower connection", your;s was the closet to my situation. I'm going to have to rip out the wall in my bedroom to see why my old extension arm just spins and won't come off. Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback.

Had no idea this was so easy in most instances. Thanks!

Thanks for posting this

I really thought I would have to pay someone to do this, now I feel like I can totally do it and rock it! thank you!

Wow that was a cool brass craft shower head

Excelent video. Thanks for uploading

You saved Christmas.

I never understood not having hand held showers. So much easier and for cleaning I need it. But I obviously see expensive fixtures in homes, just the head. Guess hand held looks too ghetto in mansions..lol. I guess cleaning is my biggest gripe. Just so used to hand held can't imagine being without. Great vid! Very simple.

Very helpful. Thanks

awesome video very helpful

Amazing explanation

Thank you for your expertice on simple home repair very helpful and video very nice presentation instruction wise

you are so perfect, thank you

I appreciate the moderate pace, the lack of background noise/music, and the practical tips (like why I need a flashlight). Also, the tip of using rubbing alcohol to clean the area where something will be adhered. I just subscribed to your RU-vid channel. Thanks for doing these videos. A senior citizen female fan.

Thanks! I am hesitant to screw around with this myself because the connection pipe in the wall seems so far back. I feel sure it hasn't been replaced in years and guess I will just have to get step stool to look inside at what I am dealing with before I begin

Very detailed. Thank you.

Great . You made it easy. Thank u

Thanks for this video. It looks like the utility knife trick might work.

Very neat job 👍

Good video

Thanks Kelly for leaving a comment.

Thanks.

Thank you

TY!! a girl need to know this .

Thanks for commenting.

thanks, will try that today

good stuff yo

After blowing out I would also flush the valve body, before reinstalling the cartridge, with water to make sure there are no pieces of debris hanging up in the valve body. Then flush the pipe to the shower head before reinstalling the head. You'll know if what you did worked by the amount of water that comes out of the pipe to the shower head.

Very helpful, thank you. I just hope I can get my old shower arm off, which has probably been installed since 1954!

I use plumber putty to hold the flange. Easy to clean and troubleshoot since I am a maintenance tech I do this everyday.

The shower panels are beige with light brown patterns, is that what you mean?

It is better if you cap the pipe to test for leaks in my opinion. You will have more back pressure. With the method shown it could take longer for any leak to make its way through the threads to be noticeable, not to mention a waste of water. It is also a good idea to run the water before you attach the head to purge any sediment/debris.

Thanks a lot for this vid! I had no idea it was this easy! I will be doing my own install instead of calling a professional.

I have water dripping from the shower arm and down my wall I hope this helps

Your info was great. I would have missed two steps in your tips and it would have later been a problem. Thanks!

What if, after you tighten it, it's not pointing down like it should be? Thanks!!!

Water through the handle? On my shower there is a pipe that runs from the valve body to the shower head. The valve body mixes the hot and cold water then delivers it to the shower head via the pipe. You should have something similar to this. Is your shower a shower only or is there a diverter spout involved with a tub?

any advise for replacing a 40 year old shower arm? I anticipate it may be seized.

thanks

Thanks for watching.

How tight should the extension arm be? I'm afraid to over-tighten it and crack the pipe behind the wall.

I have a shower on my ceiling its call a rain shower its cool and I have a shower spray hose its silver

We love all your videos! We were able to replace the handle and cartridge on our single handle Moen shower. Happy day! But it didn't solve our problem---no water coming from shower head. Not a drop. There isn't a seperate shut off valve to the shower. The toilet and sink work fine. What we could see of the valve and pipes from where we replaced the cartridge look good. A little water did come out when we pulled out the old cartridge. ANY IDEAS for what to try next?! Thank you!

Yes, I remembered those things from your video. I didn't have WD40 so tried 3 in 1. As for pliers, I used every conceivable kind. Either I lack the necessary strength or it was "over installed". The installer has done other work here and he has gone overboard before. It feels like he used "cement" to join male and female pipes! Absolutely no give.

I saw him wrap the Teflon tape clockwise, which is correct.

Had trouble using the GE all purpose calk. Wouldn't harden right away lol. Had to sit there holding the plate for like 10 min

Wasn't crazy about the way you attached the flange to the wall with the caulk on the outside like that. I think it looks better to use clear caulk and apply it inside around the arm and under the flange so it doesn't show on the outside. It holds just as well and looks a little neater. Otherwise, nice install.

i dont know if you can help me but on my shower all the water comes through the handle...when i unscrew it there is a big hole as though a fitting is supposed to be there, can you help me??

Hi, awesome video! I had to replace my shower arm as over the years it corroded and eventually broke off with the arm thread stuck in the brass pipe bushing. Luckily for me I could remove the pipe bushing and reinstalled all of it and then the arm ended up pointing sideways. I solved this by giving the pipe busing 3/4 turn and everything was straight and leak-proof(pray i did not crack the elbow in the wall). My question is could I have just not removed the sideways arm and then inserted one of those rubber-like washers and then retightened?

Thanks for the great video... Since you're just replacing the shower arm and head, I'm assuming you don't have to turn off the water valve to do that? As long as the handles are in the turned off position, you can change it out. Is that correct? Thanks in advance.

How do I remove a part that I can't budge due to age of the tape/connection? I have tried bpblaster (the strong version according to my local hardware store). What other products can you recommend?

Sounds like there may be some kind of obstruction between the valve body and the shower head in the piping. You might have to remove the cartridge and try some compressed air to blow out that section of pipe. You might have to blow both ways, from the shower head back to the cartridge and from the valve body up to the shower head. Remember to remove the shower head also. Let me know what you find.

my shower arm it sprays out water off from the sides inside of shower arm opening..how to fix?theres a hex typ thingy,i unloosen that?maybe a bad seal inside that?

Might have to try a pipe wrench. Careful you don't break the arm threads off in the fitting.

So we are dunces! We had a flash of brilliance and realized we needed to PULL OUT to test the handle, not just turn side to side!! So thanks to your great video the cartridge and handle are replaced and now water is running out of the shower head. BUT NOT MUCH. Major downer. We removed the shower head and still the water was just trickling out. The water goes from hot to cold fine. Ideas on how to fix this? Is it water pressure? A clog from the handle to the shower? Some bigger issue? Thanks!

When I remove the shower head I don't have any leaks,I replaced the shower head and the shower arm is still leaking,do you know what may be causing this

That's the trick, to tighten it enough that the curve is pointing down and that it doesn't leak where the nipple connects to the female fitting in the wall.

Do i need a tool to remove the shower head only? water pressure is low and i was trying to clean them up..try to unscrew them but they aren't coming off...Is there are way to clean the shower head without removing it....

I don't understand why they don't make gaskets for the shower flange and the handle and faucet escutcheons. It is hard to caulk these because of the thin edge on all of these parts.

SOOOOO, is this as easy as you make it look???? and if I just need to repair a leak behind the flange, do I need to buy new parts or can I just uninstall, use my teflon tape and reinstall what I already have? In case you didn't guess, I'm not handy, also do I need to turn the water off to do this or just have the shower off?

Great video! Very easy to follow with clear instructions. However, I have a question: Can you install a 12-17 inch shower arm and then your shower head? Are they all standard size?

If the sprinkle part came off how to do you put that part back on

Did u need to shutoff water in the whole house?

how do i remove the screw inside the wall??? ..it is striped

Good video,how can you replace the pipe behind the shower wall,the vertical pipe?With the shower arm off if I take vertical pipe lose where it connects down lower will the vertical pipe come out below? Is there a video?

Did you need to turn off the main water in the whole house to replace it?

My shower arm is in there REALLY tight. Any tips?

very good, but you only caulked the outer rim of the shower flange.

You sure that was silicone caulk you were putting on there and not latex caulk?

no matter how hard I try, the head or arm will not come off. Tried wd40 and turning as hard as physically possible but it won't move. ridiculous

I twist and twist but the shower arm doesnt come off' is there another way they are attached behind the wall?

My hd shower head took 8 loops around cause it kept leaking. 😖😖. I have been doing this for years.

Its funny how everybody that do these videos never have any leaks after

lol who measured the cut out for that... it is a lil off center.

our shower arm broke off how do we fix that

MY showerhead was frozen....i found a.strong rod, drilled holes through pipe near threads close to wall fitting. Inserted rod through holes and tapped with wrench until loose and then twisted off with rod. Only solution.

Was this in a mobile home or a house? Do it matter?

FYI You put your Teflon tape on backwards. But I got what i needed out of the video. I didn't know what the flange was called. I always incorrectly called it a concealing plate.

my shower has male thread coming out of wall??

there's no trick, if it get's too tight on the final turn you end up with the thing pointing sideways. If you leave it pointing down it will leak. It's just the way the threads line up.

Do you have to turn off the water first??