The chrome covered plastic shower elbow that screws onto the male pipe that protrudes out of the tiled bathroom wall has perished and leaks, I have tried to fit a similar new elbow but when it is fully hand tightened onto the pipe the fitting for the shower hose is pointing up rather than down, i do not wish to tighten it anymore because it will certainly break, how does an idiot like me get around the problem, are there spacers available that will resolve this problem???