Comments | bill_sheehan: Singing In the Shower

bill_sheehan

Singing In the Shower

Oct 03, 2013 19:15

I admit it. I talk a good game about being environmentally responsible and socially conscious, but when push comes to shove, I hoist the libertarian Jolly Roger. To hell with you, Jack, I got mine.

Our Cape Cod place was build in the mid-eighties. In 1992, that elitist socialist President George H.W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act. The act ( Read more... )

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danthered October 4 2013, 16:29:41 UTC

It's not yet illegal for me to take apart the part bit that attaches to the shower pipe and remove the flow limiter.

That's "Step number zero" in installation of a new shower head, for sure. Best handheld shower I've ever had (and I've had many) is the Moen "Twist" item-I can't figure out why it took someone so long to figure out that yes, this is the way to do it; the rotate-the-collar-around-the-showerhead way is wrong. The Twist has a green plastic flow limiter, not a red one, but the flow limitation is done by a rubber O-ring installed in a groove in the limiter. Pick the O-ring out with a screwdriver…done.

(It's also not illegal to flush the toilet twice…or thrice…or however many times it takes to do the job one flush used to do, grrr…)

bill_sheehan October 6 2013, 23:37:23 UTC

Nice to know the Moen has its own. I'm still stuck on WaterPic, but I'll look for the Moen Twist next time.

peristaltor October 4 2013, 19:26:40 UTC

One beef I have with the toilet thing: though the tank is limited to the proscribed amount, the companies selling the whole toilet are perfectly within their rights to sell the bowl with the silly 1.5" trap that only works with high-flow tanks.

Meaning, if you want a decent low-flow toilet, you have to specify a 2" trap or face a life of multiple flushes (or, as I would sometimes do, keep a bucket handy to supplement the flow).

bill_sheehan October 6 2013, 23:40:29 UTC

Another advantage to older plumbing. I had been afraid that the brown iron stains at the bottom of the bowl wouldn't scrub out - the property had been vacant for years - but a little elbow grease took care of it. The only thing I fear now is that I'll never find replacement toilet seats for these Eighties-era squared-off fixtures.