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Hand-Tighten the Shower Arm

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DON’T SCRATCH YOUR SHOWER HEAD! 🚿

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What happens here

With the threads prepared, carefully insert the shower arm into the threaded opening in the shower wall. Begin turning the shower arm clockwise by hand. Continue to turn it until it feels snug and you can no longer tighten it comfortably by hand. This ensures the threads are properly engaged and reduces the risk of cross-threading before applying tools.

Goal: Secure the shower arm initially by hand

Tools and materials

  • Shower Arm — The component being installed

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On this joint, when installing the shower arm, I like to go clockwise with my Teflon and pipe dope. Yeah, like that. You just take your new one, stick it in your hole, hand tight, get that going, grab your channel box, don't use the jaws, flip them upside down, use the handle.

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