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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on November 7, 2006, 11:58 am
> I'm building a small bathroom in my basement. It will have a shower
> stall, not a tub. But all the faucet fixtures for sale in the DIY
> stores sell fixtures with the tub faucets too, which for me will be a
> waste of money. Furthermore, it is the tub spigot that turns the
> showerhead on and off, right? So how does this work if I don't have a
> tub spigot? WIll I have to buy the full set and throw away the tub
> kit, and if so, how will the shower head be always "turned on"?
There are shower-only faucets available. You're just not seeing them in the
stores you went to. Open the yellow pages and find a real plumbing supply
store. Or, call 800-BUY-MOEN. They should be able to give you model numbers,
and you can use those to find more info on their web site, which is a bit
weird to navigate.
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Posted by Bob F on November 7, 2006, 12:59 pm
> I'm building a small bathroom in my basement. It will have a shower
> stall, not a tub. But all the faucet fixtures for sale in the DIY
> stores sell fixtures with the tub faucets too, which for me will be a
> waste of money. Furthermore, it is the tub spigot that turns the
> showerhead on and off, right? So how does this work if I don't have a
> tub spigot? WIll I have to buy the full set and throw away the tub
> kit, and if so, how will the shower head be always "turned on"?
If you can't find the right thing, you can always just plug the
pipe from the valve to the tub spigot.
Bob
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Posted by Mark on November 7, 2006, 7:43 pm
You generally can buy a standard faucet and simply cap the outlet that would
supply the tub spout. You say "the tub spigot that turns on the
showerhead", but this is only because when you pull up on the 'diverter' you
force the water up to the head. By plugging the tub spout you are
effectively doing the same thing.
> I'm building a small bathroom in my basement. It will have a shower
> stall, not a tub. But all the faucet fixtures for sale in the DIY
> stores sell fixtures with the tub faucets too, which for me will be a
> waste of money. Furthermore, it is the tub spigot that turns the
> showerhead on and off, right? So how does this work if I don't have a
> tub spigot? WIll I have to buy the full set and throw away the tub
> kit, and if so, how will the shower head be always "turned on"?
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Posted by Ivan Vegvary on November 8, 2006, 1:18 am
> I'm building a small bathroom in my basement. It will have a shower
> stall, not a tub. But all the faucet fixtures for sale in the DIY
> stores sell fixtures with the tub faucets too, which for me will be a
> waste of money. Furthermore, it is the tub spigot that turns the
> showerhead on and off, right? So how does this work if I don't have a
> tub spigot? WIll I have to buy the full set and throw away the tub
> kit, and if so, how will the shower head be always "turned on"?
Joe, I went ahead in my shop and bought diverter faucet with the intent of
putting a plug into the opening that would go down to the tub. However, as
my wife pointed out, why not install a second spout in the shower, down low,
so we can wash the dog and possibly just wash our feet only. Worked out
fine. The second spout is about 18 inches off the shower pan and I put one
of those flexible hose-type shower heads on it.
Ivan Vegvary
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