no he is a handyman who does small remodels. I am not sure I could do better with a plumber. At least this guy knows other things related to the bathroom remodel. Sorry if this hits a nerve but I am still PO'd after spending 900 dollars on putting two toilets back and the plumber apparently fixing the flush on one of them. So now it does not have enough pressure - but the icing on the cake its unusable now because it flushes by itself every 120 seconds or so. I had to turn the water off. I figure even if I had to spend a few DAYs reading everything I can about toilets I could probably do better than the "journeyman" plumber my husband recruited. What I figured is this- dude has been in business for 30 years - either he really sucks or he is so good that he knows how to make it so there is a return call. Either way- I angry and won't go near plumbers till I can calm down a bit.

"I could also just get a pull-down faucet for the sink and aim it at the tub to fill it." You could - but you won't like it. The most one of those will fill is 2.2 gallons a minute - some less that that. Divide your tub's capacity by that and you're looking at 20 minutes to fill +/- Not good. beekeeper - I have one of these and have placed more than half a dozen in projects over the past few years. What you get for your money is a machined brass body that mounts in the ceiling or wall and a plated trim piece. The body is a substantial piece of hardware and chrome,brass, nickel plating costs $$$ too. Whether that's all worth 500 + bucks, is up to you. Like davidro says, it doesn't matter what the delivery system is, this is just an opening for hot water to come out of, albeit one with a bit of engineering. GD & Spanish - the splashing is very much dependent on the mounting height of the unit AND the tub selected AND the location of the water column inside the tub. Mine hardly splashes at all. The ones I have seen that splash only do so for a minute or so until their is enough of a pool in the tub to counteract it. Flat bottom tubs with tall ceilings are going to splash more than one from 7' into a sloped contact point in the tub. Besides , we're talking water in a bathroom, generally tiled so what's the big deal ??? It's not like the amount of splash is the same as taking a shower and leaving the door open. 2. While you are correct in that "the water cools off much more than it would from just a regular tub filler", it's not as if it cools off enough for anyone without a thermometer to tell a difference, and a very sensitive one at that! Sure the air cools the water more from a stream falling from 8 feet than one falling from two feet. But bath water that is 100 + degrees is not going to cool down to 90 deg. in the xtra 1-2 seconds it takes it to fall from the ceiling- get real. Additionally , that filler produces a very dense column of water (laminar) that has little to no air in it, so one might argue it will be hotter and less prone to heat loss than a "regular" filler that introduces room temp air into it's stream - thus cooling it off on it's way to the tub. So don't worry Spanish -your tub will still be plenty hot with that filler if you choose it. IT'S A NON -ISSUE people. I've already alluded to the real issue for lower tub temps - FILL TIME. That's directly related to the delivery system ( valve). If your valve and accompanying filler will only deliver 5 gallons a minute it's going to take a while to fill an 80 gallon tub, and there will be some heat loss. Select a valve that delivers 20 gallons a minute and you can be soaking quicker that most people can undress. Here is a link that might be useful: laminar valve body - see page 2

You can’t change out a valve without access to the valve. That means an access panel. If the tub faucet is Pfister, it may be possible to change out the trim with a different Pfister trim. But not a Delta trim. This is often the nail in the horseshoe that brings down the whole country. One thing leads to another, and the next thing you know, you’re in the middle of a full gut remodel without having planned to be. So, start planning that full gut remodel now so that when something behind he wall or below the inaccessible tub starts to leak, you have a plan in place and aren’t trying to be reactive and that inefficient in your responses. Plan access panels for both tub and shower into your remodel.

wdccruise ,since you have no solution to offer,how bout you join kudz and go play with,,,,,,while we try and help op. I openly admited I didn't go to the link but was relying on Debbi's assertion that link say's the 3/4 tub spout has 1/2 inside. After all the nay sayers came out to say it doesn't and even if it did,it wouldn't matter,I did open the link and guess what. Not only is Debbi 100% correct,both parts I suggested are actually included with the faucet. Evidently the slovenly plumber tossed them in his spare parts bag and took them with him when he was fired. There's a secound picture in link showing where and how to use the included 1/2" fittings to adjust spacing. I predict some nay sayers will be slinking back to edit what they popped off earlier but hey that's just how know-it-alls roll is it not? houzz could greatly improve the site by limiting time to edit or delete to 30 minutes which is more than enough to proof read and edit a post. David I would call distributor and tell them plumber ran off with parts and see if they can send more. Even if they charge for the parts,it's much cheaper than other options that require tearing wall out.