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On 3/7/2019 9:59 AM, AMuzi wrote:
snip Sounds like victory! Speaking as a guy who's generally suspicious of many modern 'improvements', I just love flexible supply tubes. A lot of new fixtures come with the supply tubes permanently attached. If the fixture goes bad you replace the whole thing. It sounds wasteful, but it's labor-saving and eliminates two places where there could be more leaks. We re-did three bathrooms about 15 years ago. The sink faucets all failed after about 15 years. I was glad that Costco now sells Moen and Hansgrohe bath and kitchen faucets. Our kitchen faucet once had a lower flow rate than normal. I took it apart and found a tiny stone lodged inside. So apparently it's not unheard of for a small stones to get past water treatment. Also, on occasion, if there's a water main break, the water company sources water from a well until the break is repaired, and there is no treatment at all, just testing of the water from the well. Most water utilities are on a 100 year replacement schedule, replacing 1% of the infrastructure every year, plus whatever breaks. So there are still original pipes in use in areas that were built after 1919. |
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On Monday, March 11, 2019 at 8:16:39 AM UTC-7, sms wrote:
On 3/7/2019 9:59 AM, AMuzi wrote: snip Sounds like victory! Speaking as a guy who's generally suspicious of many modern 'improvements', I just love flexible supply tubes. A lot of new fixtures come with the supply tubes permanently attached. If the fixture goes bad you replace the whole thing. It sounds wasteful, but it's labor-saving and eliminates two places where there could be more leaks. We re-did three bathrooms about 15 years ago. The sink faucets all failed after about 15 years. I was glad that Costco now sells Moen and Hansgrohe bath and kitchen faucets. Our kitchen faucet once had a lower flow rate than normal. I took it apart and found a tiny stone lodged inside. So apparently it's not unheard of for a small stones to get past water treatment. Also, on occasion, if there's a water main break, the water company sources water from a well until the break is repaired, and there is no treatment at all, just testing of the water from the well. Most water utilities are on a 100 year replacement schedule, replacing 1% of the infrastructure every year, plus whatever breaks. So there are still original pipes in use in areas that were built after 1919. The one thing I found a bit irritating is that the models keep changing so that I can't just buy a new one that looks like the old one. Then the reach or height of the thing is always wrong. |
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