Shower Valve Set Too Deep!!! How to fix 

delta was good about replacing missing parts, set screws,i bought things on amazon under their "used" sub menu, saved a ton,getting the nipple length on the body sprays was a chore,made my own custom lengths

I have had a few valves end up a little shy before. Its devastating. Luckily most of the manufactures make extension kits. You guys did get lucky with that one. Only problem is now the valve is pointing upwards. Maybe most will not notice. Glad that you went to ace for those screws. They saved the day for me earlier today. I like the stops also but I also like the high flow shower valves from delta, but they don't make it with stops. Probably should have grouted before putting the escutcheon back on ;)

Would have had the same issue on the Grohe fixture we just installed. Not designed for a floated wall. Ended up having to notch the copper supply lines into the denzshield in order to make it work. Only realized it because we did the demo and plumbing and worked alongside tile guy. Otherwise super easy thing to overlook. Great job on the fix.

Nice fix!! Shouldn’t you have grouted before the plate was installed?

I was like. HEEYYYYYYY TURN THE WATER BACK ON. LOL. You didn't hear me though. Awesome tile job man. Perfection.

The problem started with the G.C. not providing the plumber with a straight wall to work with, Its not the plumbers job to determine if the wall needs to be floated out.

The issue could have been prevented if the extension kit was already on hand before deciding to float the wall, otherwise the diverter mounting could had been corrected prior to wall plumb correction.

Very nice job. Wondering how the floor tile is cut? The blue and white are those tiles cut like that? One piece or what?

Had that issue too with my kohler shower valve but it turned out kohler was smart enough to sell extension kits unlike a airline company like delta

Wondering why you left the plaster guard in. It's not necessary after the tiling is finished. Sometimes it gets in the way. I had one guy install it behind the tile! They definitely couldn't have gotten the trim on that way. I'm sure they had fun removing it! 😂

Wassup buddy how are u I have a question I only float all my bathrooms I don’t do hardibacker. So u said u have half inch denshield plus half inch float cement mortar that’s already 1 inch plus thinset and tile

Hi great looking bathroom what do i do when i did not set the shower body deep enough

9 times out of 10 you can just go to back side of wall and correct it. Simple drywall repair. Way better than busting tile or jacking up the escutcheon crooked.

Good to see others rig shit like I do.....

Wow! Great job! I think you could do the glass! :)

What a SAVE!!!!! 🚀🚀🚀

What depth would you recommend to place the face of plaster guard. When in doubt I usually go with 3/4" out from face of stud. I figure there's a 1/4" of tolerance either way so the tile guy can go with any size backer board standard tile size and all is well.

too bad you cut away the grout for no reason, but no biggie in the end!

@TileCoach so if the valves are set too deep, there is an option to put in an extension on the valves? I have an issue with a shower elbow valve being too deep. Can I purchase an extension to bring it out a 1/4 inch? Or do i have to go in from behind in closet wall?

We have a 3 inches wall. Can we install a diverter?

How is called extension? Do you have any link on that or similar product? Thank you!

Hey Tile Coach.U think I could send you a video of my upstairs bathroom that was renovated but it is leaking bad.And if u can give me a few scenarios what they did wrong.

i read my instructions ,and still got it wrong,luckily just buying longer screws fixed it,and the trim still fit well,but the mud ring shouldve been out about 3/8 in more

Issac how do you waterproof around that valve(thinking it’s the same as my Delta R22000)? Ie: traditional Valve Seals meant for single valves don’t work, thanks.

i did need longer stainless screws also

Doing a shower remodel now, Kohler is such a headache tho, but more of a headache is my client, changes their mind like a baby changes diapers!!! I know someone feels my pain!!

All the vendors needs to be specific in small blueprint how the valves needs to be with finish surfaces

I can’t believe this guy……let’s scape out grout before we try the assembly. Unreal. What a choch.

Thank YOU,,,, awesome

When you knew the valve was going to work, why did you not take cover back off and grout the entire joint? You only grouted up to the valve cover and not behind it. Water leak.

Maybe communication between the idiot subcontractors would have been the easiest solution to begin with

Wait, somebody left the plaster guard in that valve to be in there permanently 😂

Probably better shims would be 3/8" copper tubing cut to 1/4" length and placed behind the ears. That way it would allow the set screws to go through them. Wait! Who talks shit about Northern California? No one that's a native. I can't think of anywhere else I'd live. And, I was burned out of Paradise.

Cant you get it 3d printed???

Grout saw

It’s was good from the beginning 🤦🏼

I wonder if this is an example of where 3d printing would be easier.

As a homeowner, I would prefer to remove the four tiles, address the problem 100% correctly. Feel, it was half-ass done.

No one cares about the property. Get to the fix

Get to the point of the video

Sorry brother, Can't help this shit platform anymore. Find another home. I'm outta here

You just need a special tool to remove upper nut 🔩

Problem solving lil details is so time consuming....to customer it looks like nothing but can take hrs to troubleshoot a problem

You got pretty lucky with this one! Normally, it's not this easy. Sometimes depending on how well a plumber fastens the copper lines to a backing further down the vertical run, unscrewing the rough valve portion only tilts the stem and cartridge outward in an angle, in which case, your escutcheon will not sit flat on the finished wall.

If the other side of that wall is drywall I would cut a rectangle out to remove the shower side drywall. My Last resort would be removing tile.

OK the only thing I see wrong so far other than what you were describing but at first glance as a project manager I can tell you your design is absolutely beautiful however you’re missing one characteristic that maybe you didn’t know about so I’ll tell you… On the glass enclosure the glass installers should’ve offered the sapphire blue glass as it is absolute clear and when you’re looking at the white on the video you can see the shading of the white shower and it should’ve been absolute clear the customers would’ve been blown away… It’s worth the change out should they decide but look into it and you will see because I hate looking at Beautiful white showers but then seeing a shading and color difference…. 🤔 just a thought 👍

just wondering shouldnt you have re grouted before installing the trim?

You should have removed the drywall before installing the durock.

Would it not have been better to grout before putting back that fancy faceplate?

This is a JOKE! The guy is NOT a PRO only a utuber. Any real contractor would have measured everything in advance before applying the backboard and tile. Along with allowing for the thinset wether it was an eighth inch or a quarter inch depth on it depending on the size of the tiles. A real contractor would NOT have removed the grout before trying to adjust the valve and most of them would have went to the back wall and cut a hole in the drywall did it that way and then just patched the drywall. A lot easier and a lot quicker!

What's funny here is these shower valves a DIY guy can purchase have a lot of forgiveness in them, especially the Delta products. You start getting into Ghroe or California Faucets, you and the plumber better be on the same page. I floated everything and found if you set the thing between 1 5/8" and 1 3/4" they fit come payday, the day you set the trim. The problem most people have is they just attach the new valve to the existing water supplies thinking that's where it goes. Guys like us should know better than this. When you figured out you had to float that wall, someone should have got the tape measure out.

good thing you didn't have to bust any tiles out - I don't see how you could have made it 100% waterproof again... also looks like it's pointing up now..

I love your videos, I just wanted to make some suggestions if I may! I would put some kind of blanket or protection on the floor because the pieces may fall and chip your beautiful tile job, also I would have grouted it before I put the cover plate. Great job as usual👍

Nothing worse than a valve roughed to deep in a wall with custom hand picked tiles and a trim that they do not make extension kits for! Spent many of long hours in multi million dollar homes going threw the same scenario! Good Job!

start simple as i say, not as I do.. lol

Nice bathroom, Brah. Lucky on the valve. Take the wins when you can....

First: fire the plumber. Second: hire a real plumber. Don’t spend 20,000 on tile job just to look for cheapest plumber.

You didn't say what you would do if you weren't able to just pull it out.

hack it up wow

Bro has much more skill than me as a GC. But look. This is why I hate the float option you use. Just get the walls plumb and square before you rock the walls and then you’re good. With all due respect, just my .02 Love your work and channel.

Hell yea man I love watching these vids! Helps me learn more which helps me at work!

You forgot to put that gasket piece with the plastic on it the screws into the plaster guard

This is the only video that I can find on the entire internet showing the installation of a Delta T27T997 Two-handle temperature 17T valve trim with setting diverter. Since Im probably not the only person frustrated with delta for showing the diverter install without the valve trim, I posted a link to this video on the Delta site showing installation of the associated R22000 Diverter Rough.

First mistake is floating over drywall..

They’re on eBay now double cheap. I just checked

You should check at your local plumbing supply house for someone who knows a delta rep, they usually either got the good stuff or can get it on the fly!

Can you do a video on water absorption rate for tile? What tiles to use in showers given their water absorption rates. Maybe even an experiment with tile with high absorption rates submerge in water compared to tiles with low absorption rates, etc.

Just curious...there were no accessible shut offs?

If you build you niche when you're one tile away you can get a sweet lineup and lose the l cuts in a lot of applications

I always have the extensions available whether I need it or not, cause you just never know. You got lucky though, nice job.

You can do anything with spacers!!!

HOW MANY BAD FUCKING IDEAS DID YOU ACQUIRE WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR OVER-PRICED CASTLE ????????

Hey Dude - I commented on your glass brick cutting video pointing out your bad work practices in it that may be copied by other people and now it seems that my comments aren't being replied to or liked - have you blocked me ?? I hope you haven't - Cheers

Nice to kno, thanks for your great vids. Helping me with a Reno.

Those guys do look better when rough in a little deep

First It was a plumber issue when copper pipes where next to the cement board …. Now grout was scraped For no reason And who’s fault is at the end

I see your tile shop every day as I drive through Rocklin, on I-80 !!!

Sometimes you get lucky

Just curious, who pays for that (repair,surgery?)(if tile removal is needed) Plumber or tile guy o homeowner? It's definitely NOT our fault when a wall NEEDS to be floated because wall boarders refuse to make Flat walls with the extra 5 mins it would take to wet shim and ot shim.🤷‍♂️

10:05 Imagine dropping that blue clip between the wall.

i did that wsR22000 delta

Wow, you really didn’t know what you were doing or how much you needed to fix the issue

Dude, wtf are you doing?

Seems like it would have fit with just longer screws

oh wow stay off of socail media hmm they i would not be able to see your videos anymore lol

So I installed mine a bit too far out .Any suggestions?

The plumber set the valve in the wall and then you floated the wall out. The tile installer should’ve stopped work and informed the plumber that the finished wall surface is out of plumb and will require floating out and the valve must be checked for repositioning. Why is the tile installer installing the plumbing trim ? This is a clown show

Cameraman needs to stop moving so much.

So don’t scrape the grout first.

12:59 not working on a blanket or towel I see 😉

was your fault tile guy. not plumber

If done in Pex should have some play.

This happened to us so many times we used to just have extra extension kits. It's also helpful if the plumber checks the walls, and or what the tile setters plan is.

Nice!!! I usually have the plumber leave the finish out 1 1/2- 1 3/4 passed the studs

Bro we need to calab

Hahaha hybrid or Sativa?

When you dig the grout out with a knife, doesn't that cut your membrane?

Delta is crap

Lovely tile pattern and install. Super clean.

Always try the simple things first.. Thats why Isaac starting razor blading the grout out before he loosened the bolts.....