inside the bathroom to protect your bathroom floors or shower pan for safety measures.
allow the pipes to completely cool down before you begin the next step to finish up installing your new shower valve.
​once everything has cooled down, go ahead and replace any plastic parts into the valve. now you will want to follow the instructions your new shower valve and faucet came with to make sure all the pieces are screwed into the right spot.
once the valve is together, you will add in any protective plate that is needed. this will secure the cover plate. this creates a security layer for the pipes much like what the drain cover 