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dennishoddy

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Get an air hammer and remove the bricks. Mortar is cheap.

Not a mason either, but my plumbing was 12" inside the natural stone wall that is about 4" thick.
Had it been a steel bunker....no problem. I don't know what my problem is, but working with steel is a no-brainer to me, but working with wood, rock is.
 

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so far ended up with a very slow drip. i may be able to tighten the seat nut to get through the winter.
 

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I hate it when important plumbing is put in where there is no access to it, and when there are no valves to it. Like showers/tubs, very rarely have valves, and in our case, the only access is cutting through a wall. That's why I like them to back up to a closet or cabinet or something, so you can leave an access "door."

Two of the outside faucets at our house are run under the backside of the tubs, so to get access to replace the faucet would mean tearing out the whole tub setup.
 

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We had a bathroom re-plumbed a couple years ago.
I had them reverse the way the tube/shower sat in it.
Moving the plumbing from an exterior wall to an interior wall.
Then I put a removeable panel over the opposite wall in case I ever needed to get back in.
You have to watch some of these guys every minute.
 

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