| Posted by Lee Bridges on January 17, 1999 at 22:47:24: | |
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In bathroom remodel magazines, I have seen installations where there is the standard tub spout and wall-mounted shower head, supplied by a standard three- valve diverter. There is an additional hand sprayer which is plumbed directly into the water line. The hand sprayer is not fastened to the shower head via the normal home-store diverter, and is not plumbed into the tub spout, either. There is a fourth "faucet" on the wall, which apparently lets the user select whether the water exits from the fixed shower head, or from the hand sprayer. In a nutshell, it appears that the diverter valve in the standard faucet fixture is used to select between tub spout or shower. Then, there is another diverter valve, mounted separtely, which is used to select between shower head and hand sprayer. There obviously is a type of valve which is in a "Y" configuration (ie. 1 in, 2 out), that can be fitted with a typical bath fixture knob. The problem is that every "expert" I've been able to ask about this immediately assumes that I want/need the ordinary shower head type diverter, and then tunes me out when I disagree. I did find one plumbing store employee who had seen what I was talking about on some remodeling show on TV, but didn't know how to accomplish it. Help??! What is this valve called, so I can ask for it competently, and where am I likely to be able to find one? Thanks for any information. Lee Bridges |
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