Replacing a stubborn shower head

See what Eric said. And, sometimes if you're lucky and the stars are lined up just right, you can avoid scarring the pipe by wrapping it with a damp cloth and then grabbing it with the wrench. I use a piece of pond liner (thick rubber) for this, but you're not likely to go looking for a pond supply store. Got anything similar, like rubber mats that people sometimes put in the bottom of the kitchen sink to grow mold as a hobby, or an old rubber bath mat you can cut a piece from?

Thanks for the great tips. Looks like I have to go buy another plumber's wrench from Home Depot. :-)

Hoonsuk

Or rubber strap wrenches. Cheap and sold a few places.

BTW, I doubt anything is glued on. It's screwed on.

He may be seeing cruddy residue of teflon tape combined with soap, minerals and who knows what else.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in news:hh9si.13252$ snipped-for-privacy@news01.roc.ny:

try an scrap of bicycle inner tube,or a rubber jar opener(round rubber disc,textured)

On my shower,I had to replace the elbow pipe that comes out of the wall;the ball was an integral part of that pipe. they do that so you can't swap shower heads.

(the "glue" may only be liquid pipe compound.)

agree with earlier post suggestions of either strap wrench or old bicycle inner tube. I replaced the tubes in my wife's bike a while back, and kept the old ones around for just such uses.

replying to hoonsuk, Katherine Maldonado wrote: I have the same problem. How did you fix it?

Katherine Maldonado posted for all of us...

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