Shower Heads

[wct097]

Leaning towards this one for the ceiling mount:

Moen S6320 Velocity Two-Function 8-Inch Diameter Rainshower Showerhead, Chrome - Amazon.com

Probably mounted on a 1' vertical arm:
Amazon.com Riobel 507-PN Universal 12 Vertical Shower Arm with Flange Home Improvement

Unsure about the wall mount head though. I can't find the one that I was looking at before that had a handheld sprayer with a slider bar in addition to the wall mount head with the diverter valve.

 

[grigsby]

faucet.com

I prefer Kohler / Delta / American Standard in that order. There are better brands if money is no object, but something from one of those will work great.

 

[BirdOPrey5]

My shower has a 3 way valve- Overhead Rain Fall Head / Standard handheld shower-head / and both at the same time. Works well.

 

[wct097]

I installed two Moen mixing valves, so I have two feeds going to a ceiling and wall mounted head. Should be able to run both at once. Still need to figure out the wall mounted head.

 

[whiskey tango]

I hate handheld shower heads. I prefer a high mounted rainfall type shower head.

 

[wct097]

I hate handheld shower heads. I prefer a high mounted rainfall type shower head.

Again, I have a ceiling mounted rain head plumbed. I'm trying to figure out what wall mounted head to use, and am thinking about finding one with a diverter valve that lets you use a handheld head in addition to the ceiling rainfall and wall mounted heads.

 

[Justin]

The large diameter shower heads, if operated without the restrictor to get decent pressure, will empty your water heater like crazy.

 

[BrandonM7]

**** Moen.

 

[whiskey tango]

**** Moen.

Overpriced regular junk.

 

[Meh]

Overpriced regular junk.

On par with that American Standard plastic junk, and will outlast and out perform. Plumber that redid my shower says Delta is junk.

 

[miwico]

They're all junk, there is no good fixture maker.

 

[BirdOPrey5]

Just get a garden hose and a spray nozzle and be done with it.

 

[BrandonM7]

On par with that American Standard plastic junk, and will outlast and out perform. Plumber that redid my shower says Delta is junk. :shug:

I can only speak for myself, house is all Delta except for Moen in the kitchen and Master shower. I've had to fix the kitchen faucet three times, and it's leaking again now. Had to fix the master shower once. None of the others have required any attention.

Additional frustration has come from my kitchen faucet being something they don't know they made. There was a design change the month mine was made, and mine isn't either of them. It's half-assed both of them. Fortunately now they actually have my name on file, and they send me to the same guy to talk to, and that dude basically just sends me all of the guts of both generations so I can pick what I need. But it was a ****ing two week nightmare the first time, and my faucet sucks compared to what I bought. It's one of those that you pull the head out as the sprayer -- what I bought had a nice SS corrugated hose, very sturdy/weighted feeling head with a nice valve feel when using the button to go from spray to flow. The little plastic cap at the end cracked, which made it dribble. The replacement was to replace the hose with a cheap plastic POS, and the head with a plastic piece of shit (that looks like ss, but isn't). It was like getting a KIA replacement dash from Bentley and being told to deal with it. And it took two weeks to make it fit because of the weird bastardized parts-bin special I ended up with.

So that's enough for me. **** Moen. I'm sure everyone has had bad experiences with everything, and good with everything, but not me. 10 faucets - 2 moen, only 2 with problems. Shitty showing for that brand.

 

[wank]

And juot has hit an
all time low. Used to be bitches and beer. Now shower nozzles. Hookers and coke ftw

 

[grigsby]

You will want a hand held head if for nothing else but as a handy way of cleaning the shower

 

[themonk]

You will want a hand held head if for nothing else but as a handy way of cleaning the shower

Fact.

PITA to rinse it down well with out the handheld.

 

[John]

I hate handheld shower heads. I prefer a high mounted rainfall type shower head.

The ladies like them for shaving and masterbation.

 

[John]

I can only speak for myself, house is all Delta except for Moen in the kitchen and Master shower. I've had to fix the kitchen faucet three times, and it's leaking again now. Had to fix the master shower once. None of the others have required any attention.

Additional frustration has come from my kitchen faucet being something they don't know they made. There was a design change the month mine was made, and mine isn't either of them. It's half-assed both of them. Fortunately now they actually have my name on file, and they send me to the same guy to talk to, and that dude basically just sends me all of the guts of both generations so I can pick what I need. But it was a ****ing two week nightmare the first time, and my faucet sucks compared to what I bought. It's one of those that you pull the head out as the sprayer -- what I bought had a nice SS corrugated hose, very sturdy/weighted feeling head with a nice valve feel when using the button to go from spray to flow. The little plastic cap at the end cracked, which made it dribble. The replacement was to replace the hose with a cheap plastic POS, and the head with a plastic piece of shit (that looks like ss, but isn't). It was like getting a KIA replacement dash from Bentley and being told to deal with it. And it took two weeks to make it fit because of the weird bastardized parts-bin special I ended up with.

So that's enough for me. **** Moen. I'm sure everyone has had bad experiences with everything, and good with everything, but not me. 10 faucets - 2 moen, only 2 with problems. Shitty showing for that brand.

FIL has a plumbing business and he says that about price fister. (sp?) He says their products are cheaply made junk and you can't get parts for their products because they are always changing the design and don't support it.

 

[themonk]

FIL has a plumbing business and he says that about price fister. (sp?) He says their products are cheaply made junk and you can't get parts for their products because they are always changing the design and don't support it.

I have a PF faucet in the kitchen. It's cheap and you can see lime scale where it has apparently leaked a bit even though it's only about a year old.

 

[John]

Our kitchen faucet (pf) was leaking out of one of the handles but luckily I was able to fix it with a $4 universal part.