Removing faucets, spout and shower head

At my son's "fixer-upper" he had a tub surround that was yellowed and cracked. We yanked it off in small pieces and threw it out the window! We are ready to put in a new surround, but need to remove the hardware: The faucets are obvious...they have screws on the handles. How do we get the shower head and the water spout off? Shouldn't they just be screwed onto threaded pipe?? Maybe we just aren't twisting hard enough??? This is an older house and unfortunately appears to have been created using a lot of salvaged items!

This is a wonderful forum and I have found many helpful answers here. Thanks for any suggestions on this thread.

 

Good morning,

The key word here is gently

You need to be gentle but with some force.
You want to grab the pipe and turn counterclockwise without pulling the pipe down or sideways. If the pipe is old, brass becomes brittle and will break off. then you have a bigger mess to deal with.
Good pliers or a pipe wrench are my recommendations for removal, but if you plan to reuse the arm, grab as far back as possible and put a rag around the pipe to minimize scratching.

 

I'm sorry, I didn't notice that you asked about the spout also. If it is an older faucet, I would say the spout is threaded on.
If you are going to change the spout, put something into the end of the spout and turn it counterclockwise. If keeping the spout do the same thing but be very gentle.

Some spouts have an allen screw on the underside that must be loosened and then the spout slips right off.