Thanks.

I did not like the "look" of all those knobs and dials so we went with just the pressure balance valve and did 2, one on each end of the shower. I didn't need the fancy "save my temp setting" that you get with the thermostatic valve and we are pleased with the set up-plus just one thing to turn on for each end of the shower.

You still need to buy the trim, etc but the rough in valve is pretty cheap to balance out the price of the rest. The shower bar/system is $380 from them and then you still need the "elbow" where the hose comes out of the wall. They do "negotiate" prices over the phone and I was happy with their service. You still have a ton of trims (The part that turns the water on and off) to choose from and instead of 2 different handles, you only need one. Hope this helps some!

For the valve, we used the thermostatic 34 123 valve (about $180, plus $100 for trim), then two volume valves- one for the hand shower and one for the rain shower. Gave us full control over volume for both plus the temp control.

Nice thing about the Movario is the rotatable head that lets you change the angle of the spray in combination with all the other adjustability of the bar for height and angles.

Thanks!

With that arrangement, we can independently run both showerheads, plus have independent volume control over each. The only thing we can't do is independently set different temperatures, which isn't much of a loss.

The diverter systems get pretty complicated if you need to plumb anything other than "one or the other". The other benefit of having the two volume valves, was that it came out less expensive. :-)

Hope that helps.

If you are using the Movario, the additional swivel feature on the head means you can set it like a body spray or to spray up on your back as well. The longer bar lets you set it at just the right height to hit the small of your back perfectly.