All shower fixtures loose, what to do?

darsunt

I have a shower where both the shower head and the spout are loose in the shower wall. It feels like I can push the whole shower assembly behind the shower wall back and forth about a half inch.

My plan now is to simply use silicone sealant to seal the spout and the shower head escutcheon to the shower wall. I am still concerned that this would leave potential leaks, since the parts can still move. What do you think?

KUIPORNG

yes you need to secure it... silicon is not good enough.... how do you secure the pipes without breaking the wall...?

if I were you, I would at least open up the shower facuet cover and see what can be done there... may be some sort of clamps can be installed there... hopefully...

well I would say this is due to bad installation of the shower plumbing...

you may need to open up the wall at the end...

ron schenker

Do you have any access from behind?

darsunt

No, the wall is an outside wall on the second floor.

It is a plastic tub shower. I suppose the only way to do the job right is to rip out the whole thing, I don't suppose one can cut out a section of plastic wall and replace it. Or can you?

I think I will have to do a temp silicone job and keep a eye out for leakage downstairs.

I will look behind the shower arm escutcheon. But I believe its only a tiny space there.

KUIPORNG

what a pain ... left by a few minutes save from the person who install the shower plumbing....