Delta & Moen have that warning in their instructions, I don't know about other manufacturers.
The Shower can be connected with PEX but the higher flows to the tub spout create a back pressure problem causing water to rise up the shower riser and drip out of the showerhead.
Thanks, appreciate the feedback. Its really stupid that they manufacture the pex showerhead fitting but no warning instructions in the shower controls advising not to use pex to connect the shower. thanks again.
Well the manufacture of the tub and shower valves do warn you. Here are two different faucet manufactures instruction manuals. I took a picture off the warnings from. Do not feel to bad I know lots of plumbers that have made the same mistake. The only difference is they corrected their mistakes properly instead of a band-aid type fix.
Yep! Those are the Delta & Moen instructions
Pretty much any mixer that has a diverter in the tub spout or, between the mixing chamber and the tub spout will carry that warning.
The type that basically just shut off the tub spout.
Ones that have a selector valve usually will not have a problem.
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