(I told you this gets complicated! - now you see why you get lots of different answers when you ask the question!) Since your goal is to have two 'water sources' that you operate simultaneously - the rainhead and the hand-held unit, I recommend you install your thermostatic valve and two volume controllers. Shower valves can control three things: (1) water on/off and (2) temperature - either by mixing hot-and-cold (pressure balanced) or by mixing hot-and-cold to a preset desired temperature (thermostatic) - I'm over-simplifying, but you get my drift, and (3) which 'water source' the water is directed to.and this is accomplished via diverters or volume controllers that can be integrated or separate from the valve. Shower valves are complicated systems, but basically it boils down to a series of simple questions that build on each other: (1) how many 'water sources/shower heads' do you want and where are these to be located? (California now only allows one shower head, so plan accordingly in California) and (2) do you want to operate these simultaneously? Two additional questions to ask if there are two or more 'water sources' in the shower is: (1) will two persons use this shower together or on a regular basis and (2) do they like their showers at the same temperature (I find that men tend to prefer cooler water temperatures for showering.
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