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Show Add A Shower Some psychiatrists claim that competing for the bathroom is one of the unnamed un-named causes of divorce, lumped under the catch-all of "mental cruelty." THIS IS probably an exaggeration. However, according ac-cording to the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Information Bureau, surveys do show that feuding over the bathroom is a major cause of family friction, fric-tion, especially where there are two or more growing children. Ideally, the solution is the addition of one or more bathrooms. Where family finances do not permit this, the answer is a shower stall,, preferably with receptor tub. The Bureau points out that a plumbing contractor usually can install a shower in the basement or attic, often next to existing pipe. AT ONE TIME, taking a shower could be a "risky business". Whenever water was being used elsewhere in the house, a drop in pressure could cause sudden dousings of icy cold or scalding hot water. Today, according to Peter Warshaw of Powers-Fiat, a pioneer in the shower control field, there are temperature, controls that enable the bather to select the temperature tempera-ture he wants before turning on the water. It then remains constant regardless of pressure pres-sure changes. SPRAY settings on modern showerheads include fine, medium and coarse, and the heads themselves are self-cleaning. |