American Standard Aspirations Pressure Balance Valve Trim With Double Ceramic Pressure Balance Cartridge and Lever Handle - AMS-TU061500

No. The Aspirations TU061500 is trim only, the handle, escutcheon and cartridge you see on the wall. You also need an American Standard Flash shower rough-in valve, which is ordered separately. If you are plumbing a new shower, order both; if you are only refreshing the finish on an existing Flash rough-in, the trim alone is what you need.

Three: polished chrome (TU061500.002), matte black (TU061500.243) and brushed nickel (TU061500.295). The suffix on the part number is the finish, which is the detail to quote when you are matching other fixtures in the same bathroom or standardizing across units.

The Aspirations trim runs a double ceramic pressure balance cartridge. It senses the change when hot or cold supply pressure drops (someone flushes a toilet or starts a washer) and shifts to hold the outlet temperature steady. It is a one-handle device: you set temperature and volume with the single lever. If you need independent volume and temperature control, or multiple outlets, that is a thermostatic valve instead, not this one.

Yes. There is an adjustable hot limit safety stop built into the valve, so you can cap how far the lever travels toward hot. For multi-family, hotel and healthcare work that is the setting you dial in at commissioning to guard against accidental scalding, and it can be reset later without changing out the cartridge.

The Aspirations trim uses a one-piece cartridge, which is the part American Standard calls out for simplified installation and maintenance. Service means pulling the handle and escutcheon and replacing that cartridge, no work inside the wall, as long as the existing rough-in body stays in place.

It is carried as commercial-grade shower valve trim: metal body, brass escutcheon, one-piece serviceable cartridge and an adjustable hot limit stop. Those are the three things a property manager cares about across a fleet of units, durability, a repeatable service part, and temperature control. Because it comes in three finishes under the same base number, it is straightforward to standardize on one model building-wide.