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Advice for Shower Valve / Tub layout

5 years ago

For out shower over tub we have a shower head (not rainshower) handheld shower with bar, 2 valves, and a tub spout. What do you think the best layout is for this?

Attaching recommendation by our contractor. I like the symmetry but worried with everything in one line it looks cluttered. Also, the pipe for the handheld seems like it would get stuck on the valves. What do you think?

Comments (7)

  • 5 years ago

    What is that above the slide bar? A speaker? Why do you have two valves? Yes, the configuration you have with the placement of the wall outlet in that spot will be problematic. How long is your hose? The best thing to do is to actually hold the slide bar with shower head and hose in place and try them out to see how the hose drapes. See what happens when you move the shower head up and down.

  • 5 years ago

    The water connection for the hand held should be on the same side as the hand held shower head arm or the hose will constantly be in the way of your water valve controls. Move that to the right to avoid that.

  • 5 years ago

    @catbuilder — it is the primary shower head, not a speaker. There is a shower head in the wall and then a smaller shower head that slides up and down. There are two valves because that is what I am told we need to have a 3 way diverter between the two shower heads and tub. I am in CA so only one can be on a time )if that matters.) Not sure how long hose is — going to figure that out today. The hand shower is a hansgroche rain dance.

  • 5 years ago

    @roach thank you, this is helpful. This drawing is from the designer employed by my GC so I’m just checking everything makes sense.

  • 5 years ago

    There is no need for a fixed shower head at the same location as the hand held one. It's redundant, so get rid of the fixed head and thus the extra valve. Instead of moving the wall outlet to the right, you could just put the handheld on the left side. Those holders can be reversed. But that might not solve the problem. Frequently I will position the wall outlet so that the hose drapes underneath and around the valve. You don't want it to hit the tub spout, so take that into account.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Not necesarily redundant. sometimes the fixed head is nicer than the handheld. And the handheld might be used for pets and cleaning the tum.

    Sometimes those shower combo's come in a kit.

    shower combo

  • 5 years ago

    Thanks. I have heard that the hose will get caught in the valve?

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