Newport Brass 3-997L East Linear - Manual (Page 2)

Rough in valve Installation
Recommended Installation by a Professional Plumbing Contractor
Note: Use plumbers tape or equivalent to seal all threaded joints. Plumb with 3/4” copper pipe is recommended.
Warning: To prevent severe damage to valve body, any solder/braze process must be performed a min. of 4" from ports.
1. Install the spout quick connect shank through appropriate hole of mounting surface. Secure with washer nut. See Fig. 1
2. Place lower washer nut on valve body. Insert body, (blue cold & red hot), through hole from underside of deck.
3. Adjust stem height from finished deck per Table 1 and secure into place with upper washer nut. See Fig. 1.
4. Apply thread sealant (e.g. plumbers tape) to hand shower adapter’s male threads and tighten onto diverter valve body.
5. Remove upper flange nut and install diverter body from underside of deck. Reattach upper flange nut onto diverter
valve. Note: place flange nut on finished deck surface, see Figure 1a.
6. Secure diverter valve body to deck by tightening lower flange nut.
7. Cut diverter stem to height shown in Table 1. Cut all thread 1/2” shorter than stem
8. Install hand shower deck flange housing though hole on finished deck surface, install rubber and steel washer and
secure with flange nut.
9. Place plastic hose guide onto lower portion of housing threads.
10. Feed braided hand shower hose through deck flange and attach one end of hose into the hand shower outlet of
diverter valve. See Figure 2.
11. Attach hot/cold supply lines to appropriate valve body. See Figure 2.
12. The outlet from each valve body must be joined (ie. mixed) then attached to inlet at bottom of diverter valve.
13. Connect 3/4” side outlet of diverter valve to tub spout fitting as shown in Fig. 2.
See table
for stem
Washer nut
Spout
Quick connect
Ø1-1/4”
3/4” NPT
3/4”
NPT
Figure 1
Finished Deck
Washer nut
Ш1-1/4”
Ш1-7/16”
Hand shower
Deck Flange
Rubber
Washer
Steel
Washer
Flange nut
Hose guide
Hand
shower
Adapter
Upper
Flange
nut
Lower
Flange
nut
Apply thread
sealant
Note: Some states require a
ASSE 1016 approved
Tempering Valve installation
with this product. See dis-
claimer (page 4) for proper
installation
*
Spout nipple
to be used
with trim
installation
Finished
deck
Figure 1a
1/2”NPT
Inlet for hot
water supply
Inlet for cold
water supply Figure 2
NWP-1-503
EN-2621
Rev A