American Standard Aspirations 1.8 gpm/6.8 L/min Tub and Shower Trim Kit With Water-Saving Showerhead and Double Ceramic Pressure Balance Cartridge With Lever Handle - AMS-TU061508

No. The Aspirations TU061508 is trim only. You need a Flash shower rough-in valve, sold separately, behind the wall. What comes in the kit is the water-saving 4-spray shower head, metal lever handle, one-piece cartridge, diverter tub spout, shower arm and flange. If you are roughing in a new bath, order the valve at the same time or the trim has nothing to mount to.

Yes. The Aspirations trim runs a double ceramic pressure balance cartridge that holds temperature steady when hot or cold supply pressure changes, plus an adjustable hot limit safety stop you set at install to cap how far the handle can turn toward hot. For student housing, senior living or any facility where scald risk is a liability issue, set that stop during commissioning rather than leaving it at the factory position.

The diverter tub spout is a slip-on type, so it slides over the copper stub-out and sets with a set screw rather than threading onto a nipple. Check what is coming out of your wall before you order: if the existing spout threads onto an IPS nipple, a slip-on spout will not land on it without changing the stub-out.

The showerhead flows 1.8 gpm (6.8 L/min), which is below the 2.5 gpm federal maximum and meets the 1.8 gpm threshold that California, Colorado and several other jurisdictions use for shower heads. For multi-family or hospitality retrofits where you are chasing water-use reductions, that is the number the spec sheet asks for.

Three finishes: polished chrome (TU061508.002), matte black (TU061508.243) and brushed nickel (TU061508.295). All three are the same kit otherwise, so if you are standardizing a building you can run one finish across the portfolio and order by the suffix.

Diversion is at the spout, not the handle. The tub spout has an integral diverter you pull up to send water to the shower head, and the single metal lever handle controls volume and temperature only. There is no separate diverter trim to order.

The kit ships with a one-piece double ceramic pressure balance cartridge, so the cartridge is a serviceable item on this valve. If the existing American Standard valve body is sound and only the cartridge has failed, a cartridge alone will usually settle a drip. Buy the full Aspirations trim kit when you also want new handle, escutcheon, spout, arm and shower head, or when you are changing finish across a unit.

All metal construction, including a brass escutcheon plate and a metal lever handle. That matters in rental turns and hotel baths where plastic handles and stamped escutcheons crack or discolor after a few years of cleaning chemicals.

Four patterns: Drench, Sensitive, Jet and Massage. It delivers those at 1.8 gpm, so you get the pattern choice without giving up the low-flow rating.