I want to update my old tub/shower fixtures with one of those thermostat valves for showering. i found a kit in Lowes for $144, but getting info or the right info from so called salesman is a joke. Since then, i found also that I may need what they call a rough valve body. Now i don’t know if that comes with kit or extra. Also, the kit is chrome. Don’t know if that is a good choice. The plumber that would install it has to obviously get through my tiles to get at the old pipes. I got an estimate of a Moen fixture with installation at $650 and it is not a thermostat type that i would like. The way it is now i have to run/waste water for over a minute and 1/2 till it gets warm enough to take a shower. The installer said something about this other valve that is the only one they handle, if someone else is running the hot water in the private house, it would maintain the constant temperature. Isn’t that kind of a thermostat type? BTW, is $650 too high?
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