Delta Faucet R10000-UNBX MultiChoice Universal Tub and Shower Valve Body for Tub Faucet Trim Kits

Great product. It's already installed and so far no problems. No leaking and Great water flow.

Great replacement for my old valve body, which was limed up and allowed no flow from valve body to tub spout. A plumber was going to do the valve body replacement and leave me with a bathroom tile remodeling job. This replacement valve body is machined and manufactured a little differently than the original valve body from around 2007, and appears less prone to liming up that the original. Fortunately for me I never had to use the new valve body, and now have it as a spare part. I'll share this tip with anyone who might care, white vinegar is your friend. I got cold feet, and before turning the plumber loose I decided to try to open up the old valve. I removed the tub spout and shower head, plugged the tub outlet with a rubber stopper, and filled the shower line, valve body and cartride with white vinegar using a vinyl tube and funnel. I let this sit for about 5 days, removed the stopper, and now the valve body works like new. This was a LOT cheaper and easier than the plumbing and remodeling jobs I was looking at. I used ordinary white vinegar, the kind with nutrition information that you can use to make salad dressing. I didn't fool around with cleaning vinegar or anything stronger that might risk damaging plastic and/or rubber parts.

Easy installation

First of all the directions could be a little better for the lay person DIYer. The stupid black plaster thing is dumb and I ended up tossing it, but was good for getting the depth right. This unit is necessary I found for using a delta shower unit. It is engineered well and the quality is very nice. Heavy duty brass for making tight solder connections. Mounting this thing is another story. I would say that it is designed for new construction, and you would install this before the rest of your shower was installed. If that were my case it would have got 5 stars. But since I was retrofitting this to my old shower I had a bigger challenge. Luckily I could gain access and cut a hole in the wall behind to tear out the old and re-solder the new one in. Overall, it wasn't a big deal. I do think Delta could engineer a better way to keep the valve body square going into the shower area. The black plastic guide is too thin and flimsy that it easily twists and bends, it also does not clip onto the valve unit well and slips off frequently during installation.

Wasn't sure if it was a good product as the price seems very affordable. But across the board, several plumbers looking at our leaks/fixes in the shower agree this is a great product. Delta website promises their products to be of equal quality no matter what retailers sell the item. (This is not the case with all brands). Was confusing as a NON - plumber to figure out what we needed. This rough in will work with a variety of afforable trims including the kinds with temperature regulators separate from pressure regulators. Lots of flexibility at this most affordable price point. Hope they keep making these forever! With our hard water, we will be replacing cartridges from time to time. Hopefully this will be a forever standard and easy to find trim to match for decades to come.

I will install tomorrow. If you're converting from a two handle to this, get the Delta remodel plate ONLY. Moen's will not fit. Cost me $7+ to find this out. Delta's is plastic : ( Google "Single handle shower/tub valve recommendations for good flow rate" and click on the post on Terry Love's site. It has flow rates for this. The last post was flattering of this unit and has data you might like seeing. There are better flow rates available and I think American Standard was one of them. The shower head is a little difficult to "adjust" for better flow, but it can be done, or you can get one that is. I live next to a Superior lake and water is abundant. If water gets tough to find, I'll shower with baby wipes. The black plastic thing is the Plaster Ring and for a fiberglass stall, it should set against the backside of the wall, not flush with the surface. This is straight from Marcus at Delta customer service. My Plaster Ring was slightly broken with 2 of the four clips that hold it to the brass snapped off. Marcus said it was not a problem and offered to send a new one. I can't wait 7 days though. I just used some epoxy to hold it on. It's not structural and once mounted Marcus said many users throw it away. It serves only to aid in properly positioning of the unit. He said it provides some extra support to the valve when left on. There was a white thing included which is not described in the instructions. It was a couple of inches long, 1/2" diameter and had two o-rings on the end. Marcus said this is a leak check device. After hooking up the water lines, this thing is pushed into one of the holes inside the valve, then install the Test Cap and Bonnet. Turn the water on. If you plugged the cold side, hot water will flow out the tub spout. This will allow you to check for leaks on the cold side. Reverse the steps to check for leaks on the hot side. I really dislike plumbing, and I'm loathe to spend my Saturday ripping out the wall to do this work, but duty calls. I will update if I have further comments. Update 7/9/16 Took me all day and then some because of unexpected stuff and delays. The instructions are not perfect, but should be. There's no excuse for typos or missing steps. The info on installing the Valve Trim never said to install the Rotational Limit Stop. It said to install the Temperature Control Knob though. I eventually figured it out, but come on guys!! Then I could not get really hot water even with the Limit Stop full hot. The things we live with because of lawyers and lawsuits. I modded the Limit Stop to get hotter water. Not too tough to do using a hack saw blade. The flow rate without the cartridge installed was significantly higher. I used that white plug mentioned above to check for leaks and that's why I know the flow is higher without the cartridge. I'll live with that I guess. I didn't study the cartridge to see if it could be modded. I used female copper pipe thread adapters on the rough in valve. I sweated 1/2 copper to those before I put them on the valve. This will allow me to reuse the valve when I remodel the bathroom someday. If you do this too, wrap the male threads 3 times with teflon tape and put white TFE pipe compound on the threads too, I get good sealing using this approach. The biggest challenge I faced was the shower ell was not fastened to anything. When I removed the showerhead pipe and cut the vertical copper going to it, the 1/2 copper pipe dropped down and it was impossible to put it back where it was. I have no idea what the original installer was thinking or how we did it. I had to rip apart the wall above the fiberglass shower stall and mount the ell properly. Sigh...did I say I dislike plumbing? I like this unit and I'm glad I bought it. I recommend it to others. 10:30 PM and called it a day. It was nice to take shower again.

Original Delta is always better than aftermarket valve.

This item worked great only thing I must say if you are going to install yourself use threat Goop not thread tape.. the thread Paste will work so much better in sealing the threaded 4 way to your Hot line your Cold Line your Shower head Line and your tub spout Line. The thread tape I had to take off and put paste on it for some reason it had small drips out the threaded side but after the Thread Paste I had no issues.. it definitely is a great temperature control regulator keeps you from getting burnt by hot water once the water heater heats up... And it heats up SUPER FAST. The moment I turn it on to warm or hot it comes out that way no more waiting for hot water.. I suggest you use either Copper or Pex piping ONLY. Do not use PvC or CPVC on this unit. It definitely was a easy job once you got the right parts for it such as the Plumping Thread Paste and NOT use the Thread tape.. If you are going to install yourself and use copper pipes and use solder. Take the Guts out of the diverter before heating the pipes up. Many people dont and end up having melted plastic inside and then ruined your diverter. But all in all a very easy install

Muy resistente y buena calidad

Very well made and engineered. Quality product - works well.

Product is exactly as advertised and very competitive prices.

Producto muy bien diseñado, tuve que devolverlo, no por algún defecto, si no que fue el equivocado.

Ninguno de los cartuchos funciona, ambos están obstruidos. Desafortunadamente, ya pasó el plazo de devolución, así que necesitamos encontrar otro proveedor para comprar cartuchos de repuesto. No recomiendo a este vendedor, ya que nos vendió piezas defectuosas, a pesar de haber tenido buenas experiencias con productos Delta en el pasado.