Dual-handle plastic RV shower valve has an angled base to prevents you from hitting your knuckles on the shower wall when you're turning the knobs. Vacuum breaker lets you add a handheld shower set (sold separately) to complete your shower setup.
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The vacuum breaker lets you attach a handheld shower set (sold separately) to make cleaning mud and sand off the kids, pets, and shower walls even easier. The vacuum breaker also has an anti-siphon device - a small air hole that drains water back out of the hose to prevent your dirty shower water from contaminating your clean water supply.
This valve lets you upgrade the shower valve in your RV or camper. It includes a deck plate and 2 sets of mounting nuts. The black mounting nuts thread onto the shanks, whereas the gray quick-connect mounting nuts just slide right on. Depending on your preference, you could use either set of mounting nuts for installation. Using the standard NPSM inlet shanks, slide the new valve and deck plate in place through the mounting holes. Then hand-tighten the mounting nuts against the backside of the wall, and connect the hot and cold water lines.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Michael: Hi there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're taking a look at the Utopia RV Shower Valve by LaSalle Bristol. This is an ABS plastic construction valve. It's going to be very lightweight and yet still very durable. You can see it's got the white color finish on it.
It's going to be a very nice upgrade for your shower valve in your RV or your camper. On the top here, we do have our vacuum breaker, which is going to allow us to attach our handheld shower set. That handheld shower set is sold separately, but once you have it attached, it is going to prevent the backflow contamination of your clean water supply, so you're not going to have to worry about that. You can see, we do have the dual handle design with the teacup style handles here. That's going to allow us greater precision in our water temperature so we can get it set just where we like it.These handles do have a washerless design, which is going to help reduce the friction and daily wear of use so that this will last a lot longer.
This unit is UPC, cUPC and NSF, as well as ANSI certified. You know, it's held to high standards. It's met all those certifications. To get this mounted, we'll simply remove our old shower valve. You can see on the back here, we do have two shanks, so this is going to be a two hole installation.
These inlet shanks are your standard male NPSM connections. You're not going to have to worry about finding unique fittings or anything like that. Most of your plumbing supplies should fit with these. Our kit is also going to include our deck plate, which we'll put on the back of our shower valve, before we put it into our shower wall.Then on the back, we're going to have a couple of different options. We've got either the threaded mounting nuts, which are our traditional option.
You'll tighten these down until they make contact with the wall, that's going to provide the tension to make sure that our shower valve isn't too wobbly. The other option we have are these quick connect mounting nuts. These, as you can see, they slide on. Once you have them in place, you clamp them down and that's supposed to hold in place like that. I haven't had much luck with these. I don't know that I would necessarily trust them, but the kit does include both options. If you would like to try these, you're welcome to, but you're also going to get, what are, in my opinion, the more trustworthy threaded mounting nuts, as well as these two rubber washers, to make sure that everything is nice and tight.One thing that is not included in the kit and I do recommend is some thread seal tape. Anytime I work with plumbing, I like to make sure that all my threads have this on them to make sure everything is nice and water tight. You can pick this up at most hardware stores. We do sell it here at etrailer.com. You can find it using part number A zero five dash zero two six five. Our overall dimensions for our shower valve, with our handles out to the side, we're looking at right about 9-1/4" inch wide.With our vacuum breaker on the top here, right about 2-7/8" inch tall. From where we'll mount it on our shower, it's right about 3-1/2" inches deep. If we're just measuring the base itself without our handles, it's going to be right about 6-3/16" of an inch wide. Without the vacuum breaker up here, we're looking at right about 2-1/8" of an inch tall.These shanks, as I said, are the NPSM connections. So you're not going to have to worry about that. The inner diameter, it's going to be kind of hard to tell, but I did measure with digital calipers a moment ago, and they are right about a 1/2" inch inner diameter. The outer diameter is about 13/16" of an inch. The distance between from center to center is 4" inches. These are right about 1-1/2" inches long. Our vacuum breaker valve is again right about 13/16" outer diameter. So we can make sure that this will work for your needs. This does come with a five-year limited warranty from LaSalle Bristol. You know they stand behind their products and trust that it's going to hold up for us. That's going to complete our look at the Utopia RV Shower Valve by LaSalle Bristol.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (425 Customer Reviews)
Dual-handle plastic RV shower valve has an angled base to prevents you from hitting your knuckles on the shower wall when you're turning the knobs. Vacuum breaker lets you add a handheld shower set (sold separately) to complete your shower setup.I would have given it a 5 star if it did not come with the Etrailer logo on it.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
We'd been looking for months for a replacement faucet for our year 2000 camper. After logging off all of my devices (to hopefully circumvent 'relevance'), I ran my search again and etrailer was one of the top results. Because the photos and video were precise, clear, taken from all angles and with detailed measurements, I was able to compare with my old faucet. I was so pleased that it was an exact fit!! I'll be using them again soon. We're still rehabbing this little camper and etrailer is now my go to spot for replacement parts.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Website was easy to use. For me the best part was the measurements of the faucets. It took the guess work out of knowing what would fit and match what we wanted. Installation went well. Love the look of it and it even gives us higher water pressure than our old one which was a nice surprise. Overall, I would definitely order from them again.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
The Utopia rv kitchen faucet with pull down spout was a great upgrade from the original faucet provided with our rv. My wife loves it and the install was simple and the provided installation instructions was easy to follow. I would highly recommend this faucet.
Robert - 04/20/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
This was one of the nicer choices but there's still the Made in China factor that speaks for itself. The brush nickle finish is fading away and the left faucet squeaks. It's only been gently used. However, it was definitely an upgrade from the factory install and the higher faucet neck makes it much more usable than what came with the RV.
Katrina B - 12/09/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
I didn't realize that the fitting on the original tub faucet was on the bottom. With this one being on the top it was really tight to the wall, so I put the hose on before installing and tightened up as close the to wall as I could and filled the gap with silicone and that kept the wall out of the wall. Besides that everything is working good.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Great faucet. I purchased 2 for my Forest River Sandpiper.
If only Forest River would plumb their RVs usning PEX tubing.
They don’t. They use the reinforced plastic tubing. ID is not the same. I used Sharkbite couplings that needed a non existent adapter to connect the PEX to the plastic tubing. Had to use Teflon tape to build up for a good water tight seal.
Great faucets though!
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Just barely over a year old and the hot valve started squeaking and now is nearly tied up. Trying to find out how to get service on the 5 year warranty.
Jenny N - 01/23/2023Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
I have been thoroughly displeased with this faucet from from day one. I love the look of it. I was grateful for the price of it. However, I'm unable to wash dishes in my kitchen with hot water unless I turn on hot water only and let it run for 30 minutes. This is due to the fact that I only get a trickle, and then, I'm lucky if it's even still warm by the time the water level is sufficient. Apparently the mechanisms inside the hot water handle had a faulty valve which does not open but a hair. I lost the order information for the faucet came from because all of that information was on a phone which had to be replaced. It is by the Grace of God alone that I received this survey today. I had just mentioned to my husband this afternoon my intention to track down the faucet purchase info. I would gladly return this one to you for a working replacement!
Jenny N - 03/03/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Worked perfectly in our 2020 Grand Design Imagine 2800BH. Added enough of a gap to stop splashing water on the sink every time we used it. Easy to install, took about 10 minutes.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
this was a direct replacement for the faucet in my rv. shipment was sooner than expected and everything worked great. thanks for your service. will definitely order from etrailer again.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Looks good, works well and the install was pretty easy. The spray setting and low flow rate on the low end, really seems to be great for conserving water.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Fit on our new sink perfectly.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Product arrived early (yay!) and I will install today. All pieces look to be included in package. Responsible packaging was used to protect faucet and accessories. Seems to be light but sturdy, looking forward to my kitchen without a drippy faucet. I previously bought bathroom faucet and sink and am extremely happy with the purchase, although I wish I’d have gone with a stainless model for bathroom as well. Remodeling seems to never end and I’m grateful for etrailer helping to make it much easier. Thanks etrailer!
Millie - 05/02/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Relatively low quality valve set up, but lowest profile on maket (3” when hose connector removed from quick connect). etrailer service stellar (shipping and response to specific questions).
Avery - 06/18/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Exact replacement for my Casita travel trailer 2013. Old one was still working fine, I just replaced the faucet because I replaced the sink. I like the fact that etrailer asked for my review a year after I bought the product, some companies ask for a review the day you buy it.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
I gave it 5 stars so far. I just got it installed and it looks great, a lot better RV faucet then what came in the RV. Now I have room to wash my hands with out getting water all over the counter. The faucet shipped fast, was easy to install without tools, and looks great. It is real lite and is made of plastic, so we'll see how it holds up. It's better then what was in the RV and that one lasted 15 years. So I'm pretty hopeful. Thanks
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Product was a perfect fit right down to dimensions and fitting size however, not worth the three day extra postage as it arrived late.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
This faucet was a great addition to the trailer. Quite a help at the sink. Service and delivery was wonderful. Definately a good purchaase.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Package was open. Instructions missing plus insert for plunger hole missing.
Jenny N - 11/26/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Very easy to install shower valve w/ quick connect .I can attach a hose to my shower tent,set water temperature . Works
Great.
Richard - 06/13/2022Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Came quickly. Easy to install, and it worked perfectly from the start. I have used it when camping several trips this year, and have had no problems. Works nicely with the shower as well as functioning well for simple sink water.
Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Functions better than the small, flat faucet that came with the rv. Makes it easier to use. Wish it had been metal instead of plastic, but happy with it, nonetheless.
Brooke M - 10/08/2021Review from a similar Utopia in RV Showers and Tubs
Just installed and it was a perfect fit. Already tried it and it makes hand washing more accessible. Picture shows the comparison between old and new.
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