1/2 IPS Shower Hose Coupler?

[CHuDWah]

I need a male-to-male coupler to join two Moen shower hoses. Moen says hoses are 1/2 IPS and they do use rubber washers. The couplers I've found are all NPT. Will that work with tape and/or washers? If not, any ideas what will and where I can get it?

 

[PoorUB]

I have used a poly NPT pipe ****** and the rubber gaskets, worked just fine.

 

[rlitman]

The hoses will screw onto NPT just fine. The shower arm on the wall is NPT even though it can be sealed with a washer too. The hose MUST be sealed with a washer and not tape.

Your best bet would be a plastic pipe ******. A 1/2" poly sprinkler riser usually has a wrench hex, so I'd choose that over schedule 80 PVC. 35 cents sound good? This one can be cut to it's shortest length, but short ones are often in a bin next to these.

Orbit 1/2 in. x 6 in. Poly Cut Off Riser 37227 - The Home Depot

Visit the Home Depot to buy Orbit 1/2 in. x 6 in. Polyethylene Cutoff Riser 37227

www.homedepot.com

 

[CHuDWah]

I have used a poly NPT pipe ****** and the rubber gaskets, worked just fine.

The hoses will screw onto NPT just fine. The shower arm on the wall is NPT even though it can be sealed with a washer too. The hose MUST be sealed with a washer and not tape.

Your best bet would be a plastic pipe ******. A 1/2" poly sprinkler riser usually has a wrench hex, so I'd choose that over schedule 80 PVC. 35 cents sound good? This one can be cut to it's shortest length, but short ones are often in a bin next to these.

Orbit 1/2 in. x 6 in. Poly Cut Off Riser 37227 - The Home Depot

Visit the Home Depot to buy Orbit 1/2 in. x 6 in. Polyethylene Cutoff Riser 37227

www.homedepot.com

Just reporting back - sorry it's taken so long but life happened. Anyway, I never thought about a sprinkler riser - thanx for that tip. I snagged one of these schedule 80 PVC from HD:



a whole 47 cents, shipped free so I didn't even have to go to the store, and I didn't have to cut it. Put a rubber washer on each end and the hoses screwed right on. They're both right-hand thread but they screw on the connector in opposite directions relative to each other, so getting them tight without a hex was no problem. Now I have a 10-foot shower hose that doesn't leak and can reach every single part of me, leaving no part untouched.

Thanks for the help!