The way of the pipe (water type)
The kitchen sink faucet had taken to dripping when shut off. It's one of those wand-type things--you lift and push right for cold water, lift and push left for hot, down and center for off. Only it dripped. It didn't drip ten or fifteen or howeverrmany years ago it was we last had it worked on, but it dripped now. If you were very lucky, you
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We just replaced an old toilet with a water-conserving one a couple of months ago. 1.6 gal/flush. It flushes really great. The problem is that it works great when you pee, but the water level is fairly low in the bowl, so when you poop, there are *always* brown streaks down the side. So one flush to flush the poop, and at least 2 flushes to get rid of the brown streaks. Not sure how water-conserving that is! (Yes, I've tried sitting further back, etc.)
Now I don't know if all new toilets have that problem, but I wouldn't be surprised. Something to think about.
Here in CA, Home Depot has the best display of toilets. There must be at least 20 toilets on display and it's very intimidating to choose amongst them. But at HD, they rate them for various things (can't remember what all) so we got the cheapest one with the best flushability rating. Tried using the net for toilet ratings, but the problem is that the brands that are recommended aren't necessarily the ones locally available at decent prices.
As for installing toilets (I can say this since we just did it): it's as easy as replacing the wax gasket. Just need a couple of shims and a level since your floor won't be perfectly level.
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