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Before floating the walls it became apparent to bring everything into plumb and square  and without moving the shower controls that it would be necessary to use an extension kit. When the valves were installed we had originally planned to use hardihacker thus the placement of the valves in the walls.

I contacted Danze custoemr service where it became apparent that my valves were outdated and had been replaced with newer parts and that there were no extension kits available for them. The customer service agent offered to send me new cartriges which after installation were supposed to allow me to use the extension kits for the current model valves.

Well as it turned out that  the new cartridges with entension kits were only ¼” longer than the old style valves which didn’t solve the problem.after many calls to tech support and several shipments of bits and pieces I was able to put everything together and only had to fabricate the temperature control stop part.

This is a Danze D5600 40 BNT Shower valve and trim kit.

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Here you can see the adapter pieces as well as the original temp control knob and the new style metal temp contrl handle.

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This is the adapter piece that was designed and printed using a 3d FDM style printer.

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Here you can see the new style stop, the old style stop and the 3d printed stop on the right.

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Here is the front view of the temp control stops. New style on left, old in the middle and the 3d printed piece on the right.

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Here you can see the difference between the new style on the left and the old on the right. The stop wall thickness is thicker on the old style as well as on the 3d printed piece.

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This is the new style metal temp control handle. It uses the same button and spring combination as the old style. The new style uses a larger diameter internal spline and therefore the spring collapsed height dosent allow the pin to move as far so the reduced the wall thickness of the stop to accommodate this decreased travel.

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I didn’t want to reduce the 3d printed parts stop wall thickness due to strength limitations of the process and material. I simply removed 1 ¼ coils from the spring to gain the necessary travel of the pin to clear the stop when overide is desired.

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An uncut spring

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! ¼ coils cut from the spring.

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Un-Cut spring stack up shown on the left and cut spring stack up shown on the right. This adds the necessary clearance to go into temp bypass.

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Here is the stop with an added ring bezel which has a well that is filled with silicone to provide a watertight seal between the back of the escutcheon plate and the stop. This should completely eliminate any possibility of water ingress. This would not be necessary if I had the new style escutcheon plate which has the stop installed from the outside not the inside.

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In the master shower I was able to install all of the new style parts and make it work by placing the new style stop behind the escutcheon plate  and sealing it with silicone.

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Water creations faucet. Hot and cold filtered drinking water comes from the smaller bar style faucet on the left in the picture  

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Soap dispencer on the left and air actuated disposal switch between the two faucets.

Refrigerator skins will be changed to match once they are back in stock at the cabinet shop.

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