Why do bath/shower controls all seem to have only one handle these days
With only one control, you can select the water temperature, but not the
volume of flow.Are you supposed to control the flow volume at the shower
head?Why are the vast majority of faucets made this way now?
The one handle controls have an anti-scald mixing valve, I
believe they are code now. Helps prevent burn injuries esp. children
It seems to be for cost efficientcy there is less material
used. Yes, there are the shower heads that you can control at the neck
that extends from the wall. I personally just had this experience. Once
someone invents one item that seeems to be different from the ''norm cost
effective, and can be made to complement the room it appears to be what
the people want, what the people will buy.
This is being done to protect us. Many of these single handle
bath fittings are pressure regulated to maintain the water temperature
(via pressure ratio) say even when the adjacent toilet is flushed. The
also have internal settings, set by the installer, to limit that max
temperature.
The idea being that ur child might crank it on full hot, but will never get the 150 F water delivered straight from ur tank - if you had it that high. It would be premixed with cold & only ever come out at say 125 F. The downside of some of these features is that it is cheaper to make them if the volume doesn't change. I am sure someone is working on a way to take away our kitchen knives next! lol
Well i think the one control is better than 2 because with two
controls you have to keep switching from hot to cold to get the water just
right and plus I think the volume of water flow is controlled from the
shower head.
some shower/baths have one handle that can do everything. If
you move it up it comes out faster and move it left and right changes the
temperature. It is weird but it is like that and that is the way it is
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