mrbeta
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I live in California. I built my own home. Because of chemical sensitivity issues I had to use a membrane system in my shower.
I used a tub and shower valve in the shower. I plumbed the spout line to a hand held shower head and installed an in line shutoff valve ahead of the hose. For some reason this does not send water to the wall mounted shower head. Ok I must be dumber than a post. I put a 1/2 ball valve on the shower arm to test my theory, after all no reason to buy another shower arm shutoff valve if this does not do the trick. Closing the ball valve on the shower arm sent the water to the hand held. So I purchased another shower arm shutoff valve. When installed it sends water to the hand held but it does not shut all the water off to the wall mounted head. I figured it was defective so another drive and purchased another one. Same result. I had a friend in Oregon buy a shower arm shutoff valve for me thinking there was some misguided state rule that will not allow me to purchase a shut off that actually shuts off the water. Nope that valve does the same spew water crap. All I want is a shut off valve. Every package has said shut off valve, not sort of or mostly shut off. I want a shut off valve that works and does not look like crap on my shower arm. Do they even make one of these any more that does not cost an arm and a leg. My god I am not well off in fact I am far from well off. So do they actually make a shutoff valve that really shuts off the water on the shower arm? If so where do I get this magic piece of equipment. Heck I even bought chrome ones even though I have brass colored trim in the shower because I could not afford the far greater price the Brass colored commands. I have spent hours and hours on this. I have spent to much money and time and still I can not find a shower arm shut off valve that does what the package says it will do.
H E L P!
I used a tub and shower valve in the shower. I plumbed the spout line to a hand held shower head and installed an in line shutoff valve ahead of the hose. For some reason this does not send water to the wall mounted shower head. Ok I must be dumber than a post. I put a 1/2 ball valve on the shower arm to test my theory, after all no reason to buy another shower arm shutoff valve if this does not do the trick. Closing the ball valve on the shower arm sent the water to the hand held. So I purchased another shower arm shutoff valve. When installed it sends water to the hand held but it does not shut all the water off to the wall mounted head. I figured it was defective so another drive and purchased another one. Same result. I had a friend in Oregon buy a shower arm shutoff valve for me thinking there was some misguided state rule that will not allow me to purchase a shut off that actually shuts off the water. Nope that valve does the same spew water crap. All I want is a shut off valve. Every package has said shut off valve, not sort of or mostly shut off. I want a shut off valve that works and does not look like crap on my shower arm. Do they even make one of these any more that does not cost an arm and a leg. My god I am not well off in fact I am far from well off. So do they actually make a shutoff valve that really shuts off the water on the shower arm? If so where do I get this magic piece of equipment. Heck I even bought chrome ones even though I have brass colored trim in the shower because I could not afford the far greater price the Brass colored commands. I have spent hours and hours on this. I have spent to much money and time and still I can not find a shower arm shut off valve that does what the package says it will do.
H E L P!