tub filler... success

i said the other day that the new tub filler didn't fit. which was true. today while we were browsing through mcclendon's hardware store, we came across this little brass thingy that seemed like it would extend the pipe out of the wall further and it might be long enough to actually work, so for $5 we figured it was worth a shot.

we got it home, put it on, attached the tub filler... and it was just a bit too far away from the wall, but definitely progress, so my sweetie figured that he could cut off part of the piece so it would be shorter and thus, closer to the wall. fast forward a few minutes, reattach everything.. and it works! it's still not quite flush with the wall, but it's close enough for government work. and the filler more or less reaches far enough to clear the deck of the tub (so the stream of water doesn't splash everywhere -- well, it splashes, but just about as much as the old one did... so... eff it).

here's a picture (ignore the handles -- we will replace those soon):