ᐅ Bathtub filler integrated into the rotary handle?

Hello,

as you can see from my sink question today, we have returned to the final bathroom planning stage.

For our bathtub, the recessed basin area is slightly angled relative to the wall—no need to picture it exactly—meaning it’s challenging to position a faucet on the wall so that water flows directly into the basin below without obstruction.

In our tub’s case, it would also be possible for water to come out on the side facing away from the wall through this rotary knob that is normally used to close the tub.

Actually, this would be an elegant solution for us, and I imagine the water inflow would be much quieter this way.

Is there any reason against this? Would it be unhygienic or should we worry more about the hose in the tub leaking?

Regards

This seems to be the preferred solution from my plumber (at the tri-state area BY/BW/HE)... The only argument against it is probably the price, but if the bathtub already offers this option, it shouldn’t be a dealbreaker.
From a hygiene perspective, it’s not problematic – you can clean around the faucet more easily, and the drain is also very easy to clean.
As for noise – it’s surprisingly quiet.
The only thing that doesn’t work: putting a bucket underneath and letting cleaning water run into it!

The overflow drain is very expensive because a) a built-in fitting is required (not a huge cost on its own) and b) a backflow preventer against negative pressure is needed to stop bath water from flowing back into the supply line. That just adds a few extra costs.

Otherwise, if installed correctly, there is no problem.

An alternative would be to build up a tiled height behind the sloped bathtub and install the fitting there. That also works for the drain.

We had a similar inlet until recently. That it should be quieter... I can’t agree with that. Our inlet was installed at foot level. What we noticed was that the warm water didn’t distribute well when you ran hot water afterward. However, this was due to the position of the inlet. There were no issues regarding hygiene.

Hello everyone,
thank you for the previous answers.
@toxicmolotow: Why do you need a concealed valve? I understand that you need a valve to control the water, but why does it have to be concealed?
Yes, I would find an exposed unit really ugly.

Hello,

we now have one of those bathtub spouts in our new house as well.

It is definitely quieter than the traditional faucet since the water flows down the edge of the tub instead of falling directly from the faucet into the tub.

We have no hygienic concerns, and we fill the bucket with cleaning water using the existing hand shower hose.

Regards,

Dirk