What the 11 3700 Is
An exposed wall-mount shower mixer valve with ceramic-cartridge temperature control and multi-function diverter — the entry point of EMPOLO's valve platform for project quotation.
Built on EMPOLO's 11-series platform, this wall-mounted shower valve shares tooling, cartridge and finish systems with its whole family — which matters commercially: one finish approval covers coordinated models, and one cartridge strategy covers your spare inventory across the catalog.
Shower Valve Manufacturer: How This Model Competes
Buyers comparing shower valve manufacturer options usually weigh three things: body material honesty, cartridge serviceability and finish durability. The 11 3700 answers with a solid brass body cast in our own foundry, a name-brand ceramic cartridge stocked as a consumable, and finishes that pass salt-spray validation before a color joins the price list. The result is product that survives its second and third year of guest use — when a bathroom fixture either earns reorder business or loses it.
Chrome; brass body; Naijie ceramic cartridge; wall-mounted exposed body, shower outlets with diverter function.
Typical Specifications
| Model | 11 3700 (series 11) |
|---|---|
| Product type | Wall-mounted shower valve |
| Body material | Solid brass, copper content >59% |
| Cartridge | Naijie ceramic disc |
| Standard finish | Polished chrome |
| Factory finishes | Chrome · chrome black · matte black · brushed gold · champagne gold · rose gold · gun metal (by series) |
| Testing | 100% air/water pressure & leak test |
| Warranty | 5 years body / 2 years cartridge |
| OEM | Laser logo · custom lever · retail packaging · new molds on request |
| Certification programs | cUPC · WaterMark · WELS · SASO · TIS · CE (per model/market) |
Finishes Available
- 11 3700 (chrome)
- 11 3700CB
- 11 3700GM
- 11 3700BCG
All finishes run through the same validation gate — salt-spray and adhesion testing per finish batch — because a finish is a specification, not a color name. Finish sample kits ship on request so your team can approve against real stone and tile under real lighting.
Who Buys This Model
Importers & wholesalers use it as an anchor SKU: one model family, seven finish points, retail packaging available. Hotel and residential project buyers coordinate it with our shower valves and bath mixers from the same finish batch, so golds match across the whole bathroom schedule. Private-label brands relaunch it with their own lever, logo and box — standard formats carry no tooling fee.
Applications
- Hotel guest rooms & public floors
- Luxury apartments, villas and serviced residences
- Commercial washrooms and healthcare-adjacent projects
- Retail and wholesale distribution under your brand
Packaging, Lead Time & Shipping
Neutral bulk cartons, retail color boxes or branded packages, each with protective caps and the full connection set. Stock-series models ship in weeks, OEM artwork adds the print lead; we quote FOB, CIF or DDP against your port, and provide loading photos and documents your clearance team will need. Flexible MOQs — new distributors start with mixed containers and scale on the reorder.
Sample & Trial Policy
Paid samples ship fast and credit against bulk orders. Physically verify the brass weight, the cartridge feel and the finish under your market's water before you commit a container — that test is the entire reason samples exist, and we speed it up rather than slow it down.
Buying shower valve manufacturer: What to Specify
A shower valve is the one fixture your guest never sees working properly — they only ever notice when it fails. Temperature drift while someone else opens a tap downstream, a diverter that weeps between functions, a handle that goes stiff in year two: all three are valve-inside problems, and all three trace back to cartridge quality and body machining. Every valve on this page is built on a name-brand ceramic cartridge in a solid brass body from our own casting lines, exposed-mount or concealed-box, in single-function or multi-outlet diverter formats. When you request a quotation, three fields settle the spec: how many outlets the valve feeds (hand shower, overhead rain, bath spout — in combination), whether the installation is exposed wall-mount or concealed behind a box set into the stud wall, and the water-pressure band on site. Concealed boxes are quoted with the valve as one assembly, with the escutcheon and handles as trim, on the same numbered spare list your maintenance team will use. Valves are the heart of a hotel bathroom schedule; buy them on the cartridge, not on the photo.
How the 11 3700 Is Made
Every unit of this model starts as molten brass in our Heshan foundry. Sand-cast bodies are cut to profile, then machined on CNC centers that cut the waterways, the cartridge seat and the thread profiles to gauge — the cartridge seat is the single most important tolerance in the faucet, because a disc valve only seals as well as the surface it rides on. After machining, bodies move through the polishing line: hand-filed cast marks, graded wheel passes, then buffing to the level the finish requires — a mirror chrome shows every flaw the plating will magnify, so inspection happens before the bath, not after. Plating runs in our own lines under the same program as the rest of the catalog: copper-nickel-chrome for polished finishes, PVD for the golds, blacks and gun metal, each color batch released only after salt-spray and adhesion testing. Assembly is cartridge, seals and aerator; every completed unit goes on the test bench for a full air-and-water pressure and leak test — body, cartridge seat, connections — before it is dried, capped and boxed. That chain, casting to carton, stays inside our factory for this model, which is what a five-year body warranty is actually built on: not a policy, but eight inspection gates you can walk through in person when you visit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the 11 3700 really solid brass?
Yes. The body is solid brass casting with copper content above 59% — not a zinc shell, not brass-plated zinc. Weight and the parting line both prove it; we send an annotated macro photo of your actual sample on request.
Which cartridge is inside, and can we stock spares?
A Naijie ceramic cartridge drives temperature and volume control. It is a serviceable consumable: we quote spare lots in the same numbering as the faucet so your maintenance or retail side never hunts for parts.
What warranty do we get?
Faucet bodies carry a 5-year warranty; ceramic cartridges carry 2 years. Distributors get the same claim path we give hotel projects — photos in, replacement or parts out.
Can the 11 3700 carry our logo?
Yes: laser engraving on the body, custom lever options, retail box with your brand, and barcode. Packaging design support is included at no tooling cost for the standard formats.
Which certificates cover this model?
The 11 platform participates in our certification programs (cUPC, WaterMark, WELS, SASO, TIS, CE by model and finish). Send the destination market and we attach the applicable certificate with the quotation.
How is it packed for export?
Neutral bulk packing, retail color box, or your branded package — each unit with protective caps, complete connection set and installation manual, and every unit 100% pressure & leak tested before the carton closes.