American Standard Chatfield Tub and Shower Trim Kit with Valve - AMS-7413508

The valve is included. The Chatfield kit ships with a new pressure balance valve body along with the trim, and American Standard notes that installing this trim requires replacing the existing valve. So you are not buying a trim-only kit that has to match an in-wall valve already in the wall, you are replacing the whole works. That also means opening the wall or working through an access panel, which is why professional installation is recommended.

No. This is not a trim-only retrofit. American Standard states that installing the Chatfield trim requires replacement of the existing valve, and a new valve is supplied in the kit. If your current valve body is a different brand or series, the Chatfield escutcheon and handle will not simply mount over it. Plan on a valve swap, not a cosmetic change.

The diverter tub spout takes a 1/2 inch female IPS connection, so it threads onto a 1/2 inch IPS male nipple coming out of the wall. If your existing spout is a slip-fit type on 1/2 inch copper tubing, you will need to change the wall stub to a threaded nipple to land this spout.

Both are stated for the Chatfield kit. It is ADA compliant for accessibility and ease of use, and it is WaterSense certified at 1.8 gpm, which is 20 percent below the standard flow rate. That combination is what specifiers usually need for hospitality, student housing, and multi-family work where water-conservation credits and accessible controls are both on the drawing.

Yes. The Chatfield kit includes an anti-scald pressure balance valve that compensates for sudden changes in hot or cold supply pressure, so a flushed toilet or a started washing machine will not spike the shower temperature. That is the behavior most residential and multi-family codes look for in a tub and shower control.

Diversion happens at the spout. The Chatfield kit uses a diverter tub spout, so you pull the spout diverter to send water up to the showerhead. The wall trim itself is a single-handle pressure balance control for temperature and volume, not a two- or three-handle setup.

Three. A dial on the showerhead switches between a regular spray, a massage spray, and a combination of the two. All three run within the 1.8 gpm WaterSense rating.

Brushed nickel, ordered as American Standard part 7413508.295. If you are standardizing finishes across a set of units, that is the finish code to hold on the spec.

The Chatfield valve uses a ceramic disc cartridge, which American Standard rates for drip-free, maintenance-free service over the life of the valve. For property managers, that matters more than the trim style: ceramic disc is the construction that keeps turnover maintenance calls for a dripping tub filler down compared with older rubber-seat designs.