Hi,
I live in a house that was built in the early fifties. It has a bathtub/shower combination that has a faucet mechanism with three handles. One each for hot and cold water, and one for the tub/shower diverter. There is a tub fill spout mounted below the handles, and the shower spout is well above the handles. I believe the faucet was made by American Standard.
The faucet leaks even after replacing washers and valve/diverter mechanisms. After reading an article in Fine Homebuilding on retrofitting faucets like mine with either a pressure balance faucet or thermostatic faucet, I have searched for retrofit pressure balance/thermostatic faucets with little luck. I've looked at the web sites for Grohe, American Standard, Delta, Price Pfister, and perhaps a few more. (Personally, except for Grohe, I think the web sites are among the worst I have ever visited.)
Does anyone out there know of any manufacturer that specifically manufacturers either pressure balance or thermostatic faucets that would retrofit relatively easily into this type of faucet mounting?
I would prefer to have a thermostatic rather than a pressure balance faucet, however, from what I found thus far, it would require almost a Rube Goldberg approach.
Thanks in advance.