First forgive me for *not changing the sub-line. Bob as it seems you have investigated water saver toilets: How many gallons does it take to um, remove a large human deposit? For blind folks, we don't want to leave something for the next person? What amount do most water saver toilets disburse now-a-days? Thanks,
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, chiliblindman wrote: > Hello Scott. The distributor panel does allow to have separate runs directly > to any fixture if you want. You can run a hot and cold line to an area and > tee to go to more than one fixture in an area. Also available are small > brass manifolds with multiple fittings to attach pex to and go to I think > about 4 fixtures from one point. > Saddle valves go right on to pex the same as if it is copper. Also one > person mentioned about the push fittings for the pex. There are two kinds I > think as far as pressure and both are very nice to work with and blind > friendly. The low pressure goes up to 90 psi and the high pressure fittings > go over 150 psi I think. The low is plenty for what I am doing. My water > pressure here is over 50 psi and most people are not ready for that and have > a glass knocked out of their hands when they try to get water for a quick > drink. I live less than a quarter mile from the pressure reservoir on the > hill where I walk. > There are fittings to go from any kind of pipe to any kind of tubing. > Most plumbers I know now use the push fittings and report no problems. You > only use them once. You do want to invest into a cutter for the plastic pipe > so you get a true 90 degree cut at the fitting end. The cutters are very > cheap and they also do pvc and others but not metal. > Yesterday I cut the water off, got the two sinks out, removed the vanity > top and the vanity. Took a break around supper and worked till 10 last > night. I decided to remove the john right away and did that also. Crowbars > came out and so did the floor. I have decided to check on a water saver > toilet that flushes properly and put one of them in since I have gone this > far. The one I removed uses about 4 gallons a flush. I'll install it in the > basement where the john uses 7.5 gallons a flush. That one is only used when > the place is fully crowded about twice a year or when I work in the basement > on projects. My two other baths I have installed water saver johns in the > past. My hands are really sore today. > For me as in any project, the hardest and largest part of any job is > starting. Mentally overcoming a point of saying and going to the doing > point. So most of the work is done by starting, the only thing yet to do is > now finish. I have three month to do the little part so I'll always be on > schedule now. The nice thing is all the new information I'll learn when I > run into a problem that needs solved. That info and pinched fingers will > help with any future projects. > ...................bob > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
