How Can I Get My Showerhead to come off?

Question

Im trying to replace my old showerhead and the bolt WILL NOT TURN WHAT-SO-EVER!!!! I've tried lime away but it will not work...Please help!!

Answer 1

Be sure you are unscrewing the shower head and not the pipe that goes into the tile wall behind it-its' just an added hassle. It should turn counter clockwise like everything else, except gas fittings,etc. Hold onto the parts you don't want to remove.

Answer 2

You need a bigger wrench

If you turn it hard enough the nipple will come right out of the wall, which is actually ok.  Then you can either get a new one of wrench the daylights out of the old one.

Answer 3

Twist out the whole shower arm that the head is connected to, and replace it as well.

Answer 4

What gobonzzo said.

Answer 5

The bolt is probably rusted together with the shower head, try spraying som WD40 or some sort of lubericant to allow the bolt to twist off. lefty loosy   righty tighty

Answer 6

Not sure what bolt you are turning. A pipe maybe?

Most shower heads are a attached to a piece of 1/2" inch pipe, that is chrome plated and has a slight bend to it. The shower head is separate. You may need two wrenches to take it off. One to hold the pipe, placing a piece of cloth around it to protect the chrome, pushing in the direction to tighten while you pull the shower head in the direction to loosen. It should be a left hand thread which means you will turn the shower head counter clock wise to remove it.

Hope this helps

Answer 7

I don't know what kind of wrench you have but I hope you got a pipe wrench and not a adjustable wrench......Also depending on what type of shower head you have you may have to use a strap wrench......I would go to the hardware store and find the shower head you have and ask the guys down there how to take it off......