[TamayraS]

i just had my shower redone w/new fixtures. My question is isn't the faucet plate suppose to be flush with the wall? and my showerhead is brushed nickel but the contractor put in a chrome/stainless steel faucet/plate. It doesn't match and now he says he couldn't get a plate, etc in brushed nickel because the plumbing needs to be changed. Shouldn't he have told me this before he finished the job and did what he did? See attached pictures.

Am i being unreasonable to want the fixtures to match? Thank you in advance.

 

[joecaption]

Plate should have been tight to the wall.
The rest of his story was total B/S.
One screw and the handle comes off, two more and the whole plate come off, no "plumbing" involved.

 

[ZTMAN]

Was the previous show fixture you had a push-pull type?

 

[SHEPLMBR]

Where'd you find this guy?

 

[TamayraS]

It is the same set up for plate, etc that it was before. They did no plumbing. the plate was flush against the wall before they put the new tile in.

 

[WhatRnsdownhill]

from the picture, it looks like the old plate is behind the new plate????can you take a picture straight down against the wall?

 

[ben's plumbing]

from the picture, it looks like the old plate is behind the new plate????can you take a picture straight down against the wall?

I thougth the same thing at 1 st ..but its caulking ring from old face plate:wink2:

 

[WhatRnsdownhill]

I thougth the same thing at 1 st ..but its caulking ring from old face plate:wink2:

yes your right, the white looked like shine from chrome, but its just the old caulking..I need bigger glasses..lol

 

[WhatRnsdownhill]

It is the same set up for plate, etc that it was before. They did no plumbing. the plate was flush against the wall before they put the new tile in.

did they rip out plaster walls and put back cement board?

 

[TamayraS]

yes they put in backerboard.....

these are pictures from front

 

[ct18]

Is that a gap just above the screw on the trim ring. That looks terrible, is that screw even connected to the diverter. You should be able to tighten the screws and pull the plate closer to the tile. It does not look like the right trim at all.