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As my plumber is returning to replace a bushing in new bathroom (see thread on burst of rusty water), I was chatting with a Hansgrohe rep that said that a lot of plumbers do not bother to "justify" the temperature control on the trim covering an iBox. I understand (per the installation manual - that I know many don't read) that one is supposed to assess the water temperature and set the mixing control such that it has a stop facing 6 o'clock for 100F and the second stop at 110F. I could have this "fixed" when he's here, but do I need to?
As mine was installed, the second stop turns out to be nicely where we like it (108F or so) and that is definitely not at 6 o'clock (more like 2 o'clock all the time). Currently, we just leave it there all the time and that seems to work fine. This means that the first 90 degree sweep of the temp. control at 6 o'clock is mostly just cold water (useless). But, again, all seems well.
So, my question is should we do the official "justify" operation for the trim???
As mine was installed, the second stop turns out to be nicely where we like it (108F or so) and that is definitely not at 6 o'clock (more like 2 o'clock all the time). Currently, we just leave it there all the time and that seems to work fine. This means that the first 90 degree sweep of the temp. control at 6 o'clock is mostly just cold water (useless). But, again, all seems well.
So, my question is should we do the official "justify" operation for the trim???