Roughing in frame and access panel to tub/shower valvfs
Abstract
Abstract THE DISCLOSURE IS TO TWO PARTS, A ROUGHING IN FRAME BEING FIRST USED BY THE PLUMBER TO EXTEND IN FRONT OF THE FORWARD EDGE FACES OF BATHROOM STUDS, TO WHICH THE FRAME IS AFFIXED, THE FRAME MEMBES BEING OF APPROXIMATELY TILE WALL WIDTH, AND HOT, SHOWER AND COLD WATER VALVE STEMS AND MIXED WATER CONDUIT EXTENDING FORWARDLY THROUGH THE BRACING WITHIN THE REAR PART OF THE FRAME. THEN A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR PANEL PLATE OF DIMENSION TO OVEREXTEND THE ROUGHING IN FRAME (AND PART OF THE TILE THEREAROUND) IS DISPOSED WITH A RECTANGULAR FRAME EXTENDING INWARDLY THROUGH HOLES IN THE PANEL PLATE, WARD PART OF THE ROUGHING IN FRAME. THE VALVE STEMS AND CONDUIT EXTEND FORWARDLY THROUGH HOLES IN THE PANEL PLATE, AND WHEN THE RESPECTIVE VALVES AND THE MIXED WATER SPOUT ARE INSTALLED, THE PANEL PLATE MATCHES WITH THE TILE IN FINISH WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING REMOVABLE IN EMERGENCY AS TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE MIXING VALVE FROM WHICH STEMS AND CONDUIT EXTEND FORWARDLY.
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- 👤 Lewis V Allgood
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