Plumbing
How To Make Your Bathroom A Wonderful Retreat – A Quick Read Will Help For Easy Execution!
A guest post by Hubert Dwight Whatever the reason to remodel your bathroom, planning will go a long way to make each of your house spaces complementing the other. Don’t overspend; smart planning about the improvement is a must. Your one and…
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Why A Condensing Hot Water Service Is Worth The Extra
If you are considering an instantaneous gas hot water service there are normally two options. A standard unit A condensing unit which typically costs around $300 more. So what is the difference Standard Unit The standard unit has a single…
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Kitchen Costs – Sinks
One of the most expensive rooms in your new house will be the kitchen. For the purposes of research I spent an hour looking through my local Bunnings. Just concentrating on stainless steel double drainer sinks I found they stock over 20 different…
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Six Thoughts On Basin Choice
Last week was ‘Bathroom Week’ on ‘The Block’ and all the contestants were out shopping for basins with the WOW factor. Fine for the judges. . . . . but some of these design concepts don’t think about the splashing…
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The Best Brands for Your Bathroom
Guest post by Hubert Dwight The bathroom is no longer just another room in your home. Neither is it a place just to take a shower nor a place to stock your towels. The modern bathroom is a place of rejuvenation,…
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Instantaneous Electric Water Heater
No Gas Supply? . . . . .No room to put a heat pump Well an Instantaneous Electric Water Heater may be an option. This is a unit in apartment we used to rent As you can see its very…
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Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV)
I have previously talked about Noises in Pipes and Dealing with Water Hammer, but neglected to mention PRV’s. Frequently people think high water pressure to be a good. In fact it can be a big problem. Too much water pressure in a…
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Missed The Bath – Fail
But when was this stuffed up? When the bath was selected When the tapware was selected? When the bath was installed? When the tapware was installed? It does show how carefully you need to thick about things at Selection/Pre-Start. Thanks…
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Bathroom Fashion 2
There are a lot of expensive bathroom fittings on the home shows and showrooms, but are they really practical? I saw this wash basin the other day. . . . . .But how do you clean under and behind it?…
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Plumbing Acronyms
There are a lot of acronyms used on plumbing drawings so here are a few definitions: AG – Agricultural (Drains) B – Basin Bth – Bath BT – Boundary Trap DP – Down Pipe FW – Floor Waste HWS –…
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