3 Essential Types of Shower Faucets

Home Improvement — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:22:07 +0000

Shower faucets are an often overlooked part of your bathroom’s decor, appearance and construction. Not only that, they’re essential for ensuring that your water pressure makes it all the way to where it matters most — the shower itself! While it’s common to see bathrooms with cheap faucets and minimal expenses, it’s really worth investing in high quality shower faucets. You’ll save yourself frustration at low water pressure, time in the shower, and you’ll get yourself squeaky clean fast!. Here are three shower faucet types that are often overlooked, along with some ways to ensure that you get the most from your shower faucets.

#1: The Bath Shower Faucet

We’ve all tried to fill up a bath that simply won’t fill. All too often it’s the result of poor water pressure, which is never aided by a poor quality shower faucet. You wouldn’t believe how often great plumbing systems are let down by cheap faucet hardware. It’s absolutely staggering why people would spend big on a copper repiping but skimp and save on the faucet itself. Our suggestion? Find a high quality shower faucet for your bath, preferably one that can be moved and repositioned. Shower faucets that sit on the end of a hose are recommended, as they’re useful for cleaning the bath.

#2: The Shower Faucet

Oh yes, the number one shower faucet is also the most basic. Standard shower faucets come in two varieties: the fixed and removable. Fixed faucets are typically large in diameter, higher in pressure, and less flexible than a removable head. If you’re looking at this type of shower faucet, it’s best to pick something with a large head. This will increase the effective area of the shower and minimize wasted water. If you’re looking at a removable shower faucet, be sure to examine the extension hose. There’s nothing more annoying than having a weak hose wear through and prevent your shower from operating at 100% efficiency.

#3: The Tub Shower Faucet

That doesn’t necessarily mean your bathtub, just any sink or tub that uses a shower faucet to control flow and direction. It’s best to look for a faucet that combines both hot and cold controls into one tap, and also provides a high level of water pressure. You want to ensure your tub isn’t compromised by a slow filling, so the water pressure is paramount to quality. Look for construction quality and fitting size, and you’ll be good to go with a high quality shower faucet.

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3 Essential Types of Shower Faucets