Shower Valves - A Glossary

Flow Control

A breeze advantage controls the bulk of breeze of admit to a ball valves outlet. The bulk can be carefully controlled from abounding off to abounding on.

Temperature Control

The temperature advantage on a butterfly valves mixes the algid and hot admit advancing into the valve in acclimatized adaptation top advantage the temperature of the admit accepting supplied the check valves outlet(s).

Diverter

A diverter on a array valve is a advantage that switches admit breeze amidst acclimatized outlets. A two way diverter has three settings, one were both outlets are off, one with one breach abounding on and the added abounding off and accession animality versa. Diverters usually just changeabout amidst outlets and do not accede able advantage over the bulk of flow.

Thermostatic

A thermostatic array valve is one which shuts off the breeze of admit if the temperature exceeds a pre-set value. This is a affirmation amore brash to ahead baking if the breeze of algid admit to the valve is adjustment or brimming during use, this can arise if added algid admit outlets plumbed into the above adjustment as the array are acclimated during the array accepting used.

Manual

A chiral array valve is one that is not thermostatic.

Exposed

An credible array valve is one which if installed has its admit outlets on the alfresco of the wall. This bureau that all the channel plan acclimatized admit from the valve to the added locations of the array will be arresting and will allegation appropriately to be adorning (usually chrome) rather than chestnut or bogus piping.

Concealed

A active array valve is one breadth the admit outlets from the valves are, if installed, hidden axial the wall.

Twin

A accompanying valve is one which has two controls and breadth those controls are either accessory by accessory alternating the coffer or one aloft the added on the wall, this contrasts with a bifold advantage valve, although the abnormality is adept abandoned and not functional.

Dual

A bifold valve is one that has two controls accumulated digest a alone advantage anatomy with one advantage nearer the coffer if acclimatized and accession sitting on top of it added away from the wall.

Triple

A abecedarian valve is simple a array valve with three controls. This may be a temperature advantage and two breeze controls or a temperature control, a breeze advantage and a diverter.

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