# Bathroom hardware **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 19, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162 "2016-05-19T15:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/1 "2016-05-19T15:12:21Z")
What is the name for the device fitted to a bathtub faucet, that changes the flow of water to or from the shower head? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/2 "2016-05-19T15:15:54Z")
Tub spout diverter. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/3 "2016-05-19T15:18:52Z")
yep. lemme guess, yours is screeching. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/4 "2016-05-19T15:20:49Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > yep. lemme guess, yours is screeching. Like Harpo Marx. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/5 "2016-05-19T17:29:56Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Like Harpo Marx. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/6 "2016-05-19T17:58:18Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > Tub spout diverter. I’ll bet it’s been called a ‘thingamajig’ or some similar kind of word far more often than by it’s proper name. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/7 "2016-05-19T19:55:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > :dubious: That means I’ve never heard it make a sound. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/8 "2016-05-19T20:06:00Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > That means I’ve never heard it make a sound. I hoped so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/9 "2016-05-19T20:08:56Z")
Anyone else mildly relieved this isn’t another bathroom bill discussion? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/10 "2016-05-19T20:13:36Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Anyone else mildly relieved this isn’t another bathroom bill discussion? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/11 "2016-05-19T20:21:28Z")
I’ve never heard of Bathroom Bill, but Jay Leno pointed out a typo in a costume ad: mentioning “Bathman” (should have been Batman, of course). Leno commented, “I’ll bet the Bathman stuff is \*really \* discounted.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/12 "2016-05-19T20:26:21Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I’ve never heard of Bathroom Bill, but Jay Leno pointed out a typo in a costume ad: mentioning “Bathman” (should have been Batman, of course). Leno commented, “I’ll bet the Bathman stuff is \*really \* discounted.” 😃 Maybe, but my 4 year old has a batman bath wrap with cowl that is freakin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/13 "2016-05-19T20:45:24Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > Tub spout diverter. I’m offended with the word `diverter` … it’s just a normal `tub spout verter` ETA: Huh … this thing violates the ADA regulations … seems like everything is outlawed these days … [photo](https://www.grainger.com/product/KISSLER-CO-Metal-Diverter-Tub-Spout-31XJ49?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/31XJ49_AW01?$smthumb$) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-hardware/755162/14 "2016-05-19T20:55:49Z")
But it’s environmentally compliant. Do you suppose its the Dental or the Diabetic Association?