Housing to facilitate the alignment and replacement of a faucet body of a water faucet

摘要

A housing (20) is provided to facilitate the alignment and replacement of a faucet body of a water faucet. The faucet body is situated behind a vertical bathroom wall (24) adjacent a bathtub (28). The vertical wall has a showerhead and a bathtub spout mounted thereto. The faucet body includes hot and cold water inlet openings arranged for coupling to hot and cold water supply pipes located behind the vertical wall. The faucet body includes outlet openings for coupling to outlet pipes located behind the vertical wall for supplying temperature regulated water to the bathtub spout and showerhead. The housing comprises a mounting flange provided for mounting the housing to an opening in the bathroom wall in proximity to the water faucet body. A box section extends from the mounting flange and through the bathroom wall opening. The box section includes a horizontal upper wall, a horizontal lower wall and an access opening therebetween. The upper and lower walls include a plurality of openings for aligning the water supply pipes and the outlet pipes to facilitate the coupling and decoupling of the pipes to the inlet and outlet openings of the faucet body. A panel is provided for attachment to the mounting flange.