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  1. 21st July 2017, 09:16 AM #1
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    Can anyone help me with a screw please?

    This is the screw that holds the bottom mount of the slide for a shower head. The head has rusted to the extent that it could only be moved with visegrips or similar. It is screwed into good old-fashioned hardwood, mid-fifties vintage and I suspect it will break when I try to remove it.
    If I could spray WD 40 past the plastic shower wall, onto the thread, is it likely to swell the wood, increasing the likelihood of breakage?
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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    Give it a few taps with a hammers and screw driver might loosen enough?
    Or sometimes an cordless impact driver will work?? But go gently

    All else fails you'll have to drill it out and then use a stainless screw when refitting
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    watch your footing...very easy to slip when screwing in the shower.....
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    Maybe putty up the screw and use adhesive to mount the shower mount ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by trout1105 View Post
    Maybe putty up the screw and use adhesive to mount the shower mount ?
    Done similar before, filled and redrilled nearby.
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    Whats that daggy bit of white plastic Ian?
    If WD40 could get in then water would also have gotten in over time, So the penetrating oil won't make it any worse, but will add lubrication.
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    Well the job's done. There was never any hope of undoing it, the rusty mass just crumbled when I tried to grip it.
    Fortunately, when I tentatively drilled a few mill below the existing fastener I struck solid timber. The new mount is big enough to hide the butchery.
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    If you didn't have to completely renovate the bathroom, it was a highly successful operation.
    Obviously a man of great skill and admirable restraint.
    After all jobs like these can be quite tricky.
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