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A system and method for installing plumbing spouts, such as shower heads and tub spouts, includes providing a stub out which protrudes out of a wall at shower height. A specialized adapter is then slid onto the protruding stub out until the adapter abuts the wall. The adapter is internally threaded

A system and method for installing plumbing spouts, such as shower heads and tub spouts, includes providing a stub out which protrudes out of a wall at shower height. A specialized adapter is then slid onto the protruding stub out until the adapter abuts the wall. The adapter is internally threaded with an integral ferrule, and may also be equipped with a one-way gripper ring and an O-ring to sealingly secure the spout to the stub out. The stub out, if closed, is then cut off outside the adapter and a standard shower arm or nipple for a tub spout is threaded into the adapter. A threaded end of the shower arm or nipple engages the ferrule and compresses it against the stub out creating a seal therebetween. When installing a shower head, an escutcheon plate is adapted to be slid over the shower arm to engage peripheral fingers of the adapter to secure the escutcheon in place. A shower head is then threaded onto the shower arm to complete the installation. A thin walled nipple with male threads at each end is used to secure a tub spout to the stub out. A first end of the nipple is threaded into the adapter on the stub out and the tub spout is threaded onto the second end of the nipple.

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1. A spout installation system, comprising:a. a stub out which extends outward from a wall; and b. an adapter which includes: i. a housing with a central opening sized to accommodate the stub out; ii. a female threaded receiver in said housing which is sized to accept a male threaded end of a spout

1. A spout installation system, comprising:a. a stub out which extends outward from a wall; and b. an adapter which includes: i. a housing with a central opening sized to accommodate the stub out; ii. a female threaded receiver in said housing which is sized to accept a male threaded end of a spout supply tube such that the spout supply tube, when threaded into said female receiver, is placed in communication with said stub out, said female threaded receiver including a threaded receiver wall; and iii. a ferrule which is integral with said housing and extends into said female threaded receiver in alignment with said central opening, at least a portion of an outer surface of said ferrule being positioned in concentric spaced relation to said threaded receiver wall so as to be engaged by the male threaded end of the spout supply tube when the male threaded end of the spout supply tube is threaded into said female receiver, the engagement between the male threaded end of the spout supply tube and said outer surface of said ferrule causing said ferrule to be compressed against said stub out.