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Review on 🚿 Speakman SC-1220-AF Commander Vandal-Resistant Industrial Exposed Shower: Cross Handles & S-2252 Brass Shower Head in Polished Chrome by Renee Thomas

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The Speakman outdoor shower works as expected and the product looks amazing!

We installed a Speakman outdoor shower faucet last week and it looks great! us to consider Speakman for our outdoor shower. For starters, we had free access to hot and cold water garden faucets (3/4 inch each). We bought a set of two washing machine hose inlet lines to feed the shower faucet valve. Installation instructions for a dual lever shower valve indicate that the faucet valve screws in about 54 inches off the floor. Since we have kids, we felt the suggested placement was too high, so we lowered it 12 inches (i.e. 42 inches off the ground) and bought a matching 12 inch brass nipple to compensate for the lower placement. We also had the water supply lines under the faucet valve, so we just flipped the faucet valve and swapped the red and blue round labels (red and blue index knobs) so the hot water supply line was on the left. with a button labeled red (warm), and the cold water inlet is on the right side with a button labeled blue (cold). We also needed a separate hand shower, so we bought both a diverter and a separate hand shower. We plan to winterize our outdoor showers as follows: 1. Unscrew the leads to the light fixture at the end of the fall season2. Unscrew the drain plug at the bottom center of the tool valve and drain excess water from the valve3. Removing the Shower Head 4. Removing the Handheld Shower Below are the various parts that we purchased in addition to the outdoor shower faucet to facilitate self-assembly: 1. Premium Stainless Steel Washing Machine Hoses 90 Degree Elbow 10ft Shatterproof (2pcs ), Red & Blue Striped Water Inlet Lines - Lead Free2. Anderson Metals Brass Garden Hose Connector 3/4" ID hose x 1/2" outer tube3. Chrome-plated brass nipple, schedule 40, 1/2 in. NPT x 12 in. length4. 304 Stainless Steel Fitting, Coupler, Grade 150, 1/2" NPT, Female Thread 5. 100% Solid Metal Shower Rail Elbow for Handheld Shower and Fixed Spray Head ∣ G 1/2 3-Way Universal Shower System for Bathroom Replacement Part (Chrome 6. AquaDance 6 setting high pressure hand shower 3.5 inch chrome face and hose for ultimate showering pleasure 7. Plenty of tape/pipe sealing tape

Pros
  • handy item
Cons
  • so far so good