Secondary Temp Balance Valves For Roman Tub Fillers (again)

Mike Finley

Okay, I posted about this once before with little response. Is nobody else having to deal with a secondary valve install for roman tub fillers?

Looking for creative answers or methods others are using to deal with them.

They are a pain in the ass not only from the extra dollars stand point they add to the job, but in trying to locate them, make them accessible and not have them ugly up a nice looking remodel. If you have a jetted tub it's pretty easy to deal with since you can double up the use of the access to the pump, but when you don't have a jetted tub and no access and have something like a tiled face on a tub deck we are having to find creative methods to place these things. Last one the vanity side was against the tub deck so we ended up installing there with an access panel inside the vanity. Before that we had to install one on the other side of the room on a job inside the separate toilet room with an access panel...