The filler or spout is not the limiting factor in how quickly your tub will fill. It's the valve ! A faucet , wall or otherwise will only put out 2.2 gallons a minute not exactly a quick fill. You need a high flow valve at least 4 gallons a minute but preferably more. Kohler makes several going up to about 20 gal a min. You should start here: Here is a link that might be useful: Kohler valves

> We would love a tub that allowed us to face the same direction as well as each other, but in terms of freestanding tubs, that just doesn't really seem to be an option. Now this is more like it: It's freestanding (though I don't care for this particular surround) and the backrest is what I find the ideal shape for two people side by side, with good back and shoulder support for both. Most tubs with this shape are like 5 feet wide which is not what I want; this one is just wide enough for two. The taper at the other end helps preserve water without getting too crowded, but is still wide and sloped enough to lean against when you want to face opposite directions. Still, it's the side by side configuration I like best. Two-person tubs where you face each other look great in pictures and in the showroom. Then you use one in real life only to find you have to SCREAM AT EACH OTHER to be heard over the roar of the jets. Although air jets may be a bit quieter than the water jets I've used. I could do without the huge ledge at the end of this tub though - what's that all about? I too can't find a tub that gets everything right.

Well, you sort of have to use your imagination with this photo. It shows the tub location with a moderately sized window right over it. Widow is second floor and overlooks a lake, it's totally private. Put a pleated window shade over it, I think it's Hunter-Douglas? It's a top-down, bottom-up, which is great in a bath. If privacy was a factor, you can use the "bottom-up" feature to just have the shade cover the bottom half of the window, so you still have privacy while still maintaining a bit of the view and a bit of the natural light. In this photo you can see the shade is slightly "bottom-up". Mongo

I'm convinced there are forces in the universe which have not yet been identified. For whatever reason, tubs seem to attract damage even when a builder goes to great lengths to prevent it. They get mysteriously damaged even when no trades are working in the bathroom--or even on the same end of a house. If you're thinking a future Twilight Zone episode....well, maybe. Minor damage can be repaired. Yours looks like a tub after destructive testing in a quality control lab on a day when the technician was especially ticked off. A replacement tub is certainly in order. Speaking of order--don't wait to ask them to replace it because tubs can be long lead time items.