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    Vacuum breaker on deck mount hand held shower

    Resolution of the problem It turns out that there are hand held shower heads, which have a double check valve within them, and that satisfies the need for a vacuum breaker. American Standard does not, even though their customer service people insist they do, Kohler does. The inspector who...
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    Vacuum breaker on deck mount hand held shower

    thanks for responding... I tried one of the in-line breakers from Alson, but as soon as I turned on the shower head the water poured through where it met the hose, rather than the shower head... I know that sounds as if it was installed backwards, but it would require a female/ male adapter...
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    how to retro fit an anti backflow valve?

    Thanks Jim: Actually it's a deck mount set up on the tub, not the shower. We flunked the shower vacuum breaker too but that was easy to fix with the Grohe outlet one. Yes I've tried to talk with American Standard. They specify a valve (#028708) should be used "where code requires" ... but...
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    how to retro fit an anti backflow valve?

    We were told by the inspector that we needed a vacuum breaker/ anti backflow device on our hand held shower head. I don't understand how to retro-fit such a valve into the system. There was some mention of something needing to be 6" above the deck, not easy to do, with porcelain tiles. Yes it's...
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    Vacuum breaker on deck mount hand held shower

    We were told by the inspector that we needed a vacuum breaker/ anti backflow device on our hand held shower head. I don't understand how to retro-fit such a valve into the system. There was some mention of something needing to be 6" above the deck, not easy to do, with porcelain tiles. Yes it's...
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