Water comes out of shower head while taking a bath??

[ephedralover]

I have a similar shower handle to this
http://www.faucets.com/galleries/tub-shwr-gallery/images/4355.jpg

Had the shower re-done about 6 months ago. When filling a bath a small
amount of water comes out of the shower head. The slower I fill the
bath, the more water comes out the head. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[marks542004]

I have a similar shower handle to this
http://www.faucets.com/galleries/tub-shwr-gallery/images/4355.jpg

Had the shower re-done about 6 months ago. When filling a bath a small
amount of water comes out of the shower head. The slower I fill the
bath, the more water comes out the head. Any ideas? Thanks.

The ir should be a diverter valve control , often on the spout for the
tub , that closes a vlave and diverts the water to the shower. Check
that that valve is completely open.

 

[ephedralover]

The ir should be a diverter valve control , often on the spout for the
tub , that closes a vlave and diverts the water to the shower. Check
that that valve is completely open.

The diverter appears to be working fine. It is the kind at the end of
the spout.

 

[Jeff Wisnia]

the only way for this to happen is more water coming thru then the spout can
handle, check pipe sizes to the diverter spout and make sure they did not
reduce it down for some odd reason

I agree.

I'm assuming that when the OP wrote, "The slower I fill the
bath, the more water comes out the head," he was describing turning a
diverter valve lever below the main valve, it looks like there's one
partially hidden by the handle in his photo.

If it's been happening since he had the shower redone then he should get
on the back of whoever he paid to do that work and get him to make it
right. It may just turn out to be something not quite right with the
diverter valve.

Or, he may have unusually high water pressure in his home, and no
pressure regulator, in which case installing one could solve his problem.

I've seen situations where the pipe going up to the shower head from the
valve had to be extended several feet above the the head and looped back
down to prevent that kind of problem.

Lots of things to check, but the guy who did the work should fix it.

Jeff

 

[Jeff Wisnia]

I have a similar shower handle to this
http://www.faucets.com/galleries/tub-shwr-gallery/images/4355.jpg

Had the shower re-done about 6 months ago. When filling a bath a small
amount of water comes out of the shower head. The slower I fill the
bath, the more water comes out the head. Any ideas? Thanks.

One more thought, if he can't get the installer to fix it he could
always buy one of those little chrome flow adjusting valves and install
it just behind the shower head. One like this:

http://tinyurl.com/y46gjm

It'd be a bit of a pain to remember to turn it off when filling the bath
and on when showering, but lots less work than having to tear the walls
up to replace something defective or incoreectly installed.

Jeff

 

[ephedralover]

Thats the ticket! The bath only gets used 10% of the time so it
wouldn't be too bad. Thanks.