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    inkjunkie Posts: 7, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 12, 2007, 09:50 PM
    Mixing valve/shower arm
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    Is it possible to install a shower/tub mixing valve on a different wall then the shower arm? We are getting a new house built and if this were possible it would save us a lot of grief...
    Thanks
    Doug
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    biggsie Posts: 1,267, Reputation: 125
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    Nov 12, 2007, 10:39 PM
    There is no reason you can not plumb the shower arm to where ever you

    Want it -- and in new construction the job should be easier... You may want

    To make person doing plumbing aware of your plan, to save grief...
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    speedball1 Posts: 29,301, Reputation: 1939
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    Nov 13, 2007, 06:56 AM
    Biggsie's coirrect. You may pipe the shower head any where you wish to place it. You may even wish to tee off the shower raiser for two shiower heads. Goiod luck, tom
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