I watch that show Holmes on Homes which is based in Cananda. When they show a shower with no tub they still install a tub spout close to the floor. Why????
2007-11-07 13:44:51 · 5 answers · asked by rob89434 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Originally, the stall shower in our house was like that (in the US) it think the spout was to fill buckets for mopping etc.
2007-11-07 13:56:56 · answer #1 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shower Spouts
2016-11-06 20:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am a canadian plumber, and have installed about 200 showers in the past 6 years, in new and old homes. i have NEVER installed a tub spout on a shower.
the only thing i can think of, is if there is no tub in the house. i use my tub filler for filling all kinds of buckets, and larger vessels... so, if a house had no bath TUB in it, this would be a practical thing.
not many people in my trade have much respect for that show either, as they go overboard on a lot of issues for nothing quite often. i have seen them rip out an entire piping system, only to replace it with a different material. that was the ONLY change, and it was a silly one.
remember, just because it's on tv, doesn't make it right.
2007-11-07 14:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hadn't noticed that, but I agree with your first answer--especially if the house has no bathtub, it would be awkward to fill a mop bucket from a showerhead and having a spout would solve that problem. -- though the first thing I always do in any shower is rip that off and put in a good hand held shower anyway.
2007-11-07 14:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen many such features on passenger ships built in Europe.
I've seen in in a few houses. My shower does not have one.
Could be to allow draining the shower pipe or to provide a place to fill a bucket. But I do not know.
2007-11-07 13:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋