Concealed Shower or Exposed Shower?

Concealed Thermostatic Shower Mixer Valves are composed of two parts:

• A built-in valve, which is concealed behind the tiling, this is the main body of the valve which houses its main components.

• A Chrome wall plate which is fixed on the wall, this will have been flush mounted in the wall and is the visible part.

• The advantage of a concealed shower valve is that it is aesthetically pleasing and will fit in with any modern designed bathroom

• You can choose a number of different designed concealed valves, which feature either a round, oval or square wall plate with round, square and cross handles.

• When purchasing a concealed shower valve make sure you have thought about the recess you need behind your tiling, is this recess big enough? For our own ergonomic design concealed thermostatic shower valves you need 85mm recess from the front of the tiles to the back of the body of the valve so that there is enough room to install it. If there isn’t enough room your should opt for the exposed option

Exposed Thermostatic Shower Mixer Valves:

·    The entire body is fixed to the wall and includes a water outlet to which you connect the hose of your hand held shower.

·    Exposed shower valves can either have a traditional look or a modern design style

·    Shower panels and Shower pole sets also incorporate exposed shower valves

      Exposed shower valves are easier to install as there will be little disruption to the bathroom wall, in comparison to the concealed valve where the wall must be excavated to accommodate the shower valve.  To make installation even easier, consider utilising exposed pipe work, which requires no wall excavation at all.