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Originally Posted by Hads930
If you have ever showered in a hotel or hospital then you have probably used a Symmons valve and never knew it. They came up with the antiscald device in the 30's. they are not cheap and can be difficult to install, but if you have the walls open and are redoing a shower then they are worth a look. I just finished a giant commercial kitchen where I used over 30 of their mixing valves, (some type of anti scald device is code) I was amazed at the quality. Just so happened I was remodeling our home shower/bath and my wife came up with one of their faucets. Even buying through a supplier I paid a a bunch compared to other brands. The valve body was brass, the tub filler spout and the shower spout were both solid cast material, the finish is beautiful and we could not be happier. Wife's family has KWC and Hans Grohe in their home and on their boat and I would put Symmons finish and quality up against that stuff any day.
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Symmons makes rough valve and not so much finish trims? I have a Chicago in my guest bath with a modified (by Chicago)Symmons valve in there. IMO, the Symmons is a Mustang (sorry Paul) and the Hans Grohe or KWC is a Porsche. they work and work and it is robust, but not smooth like their European valves. Now, there are some high end American companies out there that are finished very, very nice such as Andre. its just not my style. When you get up to the very high end kitchen and bath plumbing fixtures, I am not sure if there is a huge difference in quality between companies like KWC (I really like their stuff) compare to Dorn Bracht but I am not sure or sold on the price difference.