Shower Heads Too Strong, Drains not Strong Enough

A new hospital in El Camino, California has a problem with  high pressure shower heads that deliver too much water and drains that retaining too much water.  The patients are being asked to not take showers until they can fix the problem.  This is most likely going to cause a stinky situation.  With 85 to 90 percent of the patient rooms, having this problem it is likely to get very stinky.  I guess they will have to resort to the old way of doing things, sponge baths.

Kohler's Elate Pullout Kitchen Faucet

Kohler, one of the world's leading manufacturer of the kitchen faucet, has a new addition to their line called the Elate Pullout Kitchen Faucet.  This design is a sleek looking faucet that is available at an affordable price.  Available in two finishes such as Polished Chrome and stainless steel.  The Elate ha a pull out feature which has a must have for any kitchen sink.  The pullout makes it easy to get around all of your dishes andpots and pans. It also allows the user to switch between three spray settings, pause, spray and the steam options.  It also is very good at conserving water with a gallons per minute of 2.2.  It also comes easy to install with all the necessary parts for both single-hole and three-hole installations.

Stuff to Think About When Buying a new Bathroom Faucet

Buying a new bathroom faucet is probably not the most important decision you'll ever make.  I mean we'ere not talking about a car, a house, or possible even your spouse (ha, ha).  Even still there are a few things you want to consider before buying the first faucet you see.

Most faucets these days are made of solid brass, well the inside of them(the guts) anyway.  If you have a some pretty hard water, this is the best kind to have anyway.  Solid brass is very good at resisting calcifaction and corrosion, and because of this solid brass faucets are often more expensive.  If your looking at faucets and you notice one is more expensive than the other and you can't figure out why,  nine times out of ten this is the reason.
In the middle of faucet types is Zinc Die cast taps, which are reasonably sturdy, but will need to be replaced after a period of time. And then at the bottom of the barrel is the ever popular plastic faucet.  These are the bottom of the line faucets that you will find in many apartment buildings.

 Probably the most important part of choosing a faucet for your bathroom with the concern of wasting your time returning them before you get the right one.  You must get one that fits the amount of holes in your sink as well as knowing how far apart they are.  Most sinks have two or three holes while most faucets need two, one for the hot and one for cold water.  If your sink has three holes and you only need two, that is fine.  As long as you have more holes than you need, everything should be fine.

If your going to be replacing the faucet anyway, it is fairly easy to remove the faucet to see how many holes are in your sink.  Make sure you turn off the shut-off valves under your sink, then simply unscrew the clamps on the hot and cold pipes which clamp the faucet to the sink.  Now you should be home free.  If you have any  questions about this procedure, you can check out our article on replacing your bathroom faucet or right a comment here and we will do our best to answer your question.

Holiday Inn installs high-pressure shower heads

One owner of Holiday Inns, David Hart, says "It's time to refresh all the system's hotels.  It's time to make sure that there's not such a gap between the best one and the worst one.  Trying to re-establish the reputation of Holiday Inn as chain of quality hotels at a fair price.  They are trying hard to push their market up with the likes of upscale hotels such as Hilton and Marriotts while conserving the costs associated with the upscale hotels.  Changes to the hotels include softer towels, high-pressure shower heads, which is a personal favorite of mine, and the ever popular high-definition flat screen TV's.

County Employee's Receive Award for Installing Efficient Faucets

William Edson and his co-workers received the Pitt County Employee Incentive Award at the Board of Commissioners meeting in January for minimizing costs and creating efficiencies at there respective state departments.  Edson works at the Pitt County Detention Center and recognized the need for faucets that control the water supply and temperature.  The newly installed bathroom faucet collection turn off automatically and prevent employees from having to check for running water which is unattended. Cutting down on utility costs.

The PCEIP or Pitt County Employee Incentive Award Program was first adopted in 2001.  The program rewards employee's of Pitt County in North Carolina for reducing costs and providing excellent service to its citizens which also helps increase communication and new ideas in the workplace.

Keeping Your Bathroom and Kitchen Faucets From Freezing This Winter

In this new year of 2010, we have had some pretty crazy weather across the country.  Here in the southeast we have gotten more than our fair share of freezing rain and that white stuff on the ground which I have seen before, but it has been a while.  I'm not exactly sure what you call it ,but it looks real pretty.  In the month of January, the southeast had a cold front hovering over it, pushing cold air from the north down here to us in the south, that would just not go away.  Hopefully not to many peoples pipes froze during the cold winter month.  Today, I want to go over a few ways that you can keep your kitchen faucet and bathroom  faucets from freezing over.

Before the winter freeze hits your town, wrapping some kind of insulation around exposed pipes in unheated areas is always a good idea.  Pretty much anything can be used like rags, newspaper, trash bags, or even foam.  Putting the foam or some rags around your water meter keeps the cold from getting to your water since it is probably the only pipe directly exposed to the elements.  Drain and store water hoses indoors or in the garage.  If you have a swimming pool, you can keep your pump motor running, but that will use a lot of electricity so you might want to keep that off, but you need to make sure it is nice and warm outside before turning it back on or it could get quite expensive.

The best advice I can give you about keeping your pipes from freezing while you are out of town is to turn off the water at the shut-off valve under the sink while leaving your faucets running.  This will drain the pipes and you can keep your mind at ease knowing it is very unlikely your pipes burst.

American Standard Commits to Freshwater Conservation

American Standard announced on February 1st that they have committed $1 million dollars over the course of the next 2 years to the Nature Conservancy to support awareness to the american consumer on how they can conserve water everyday and protect our drinking water.  Nature Conservancy is one if not the largest conservation organization and is committed to changing water usage and managing conservancy.

American Standard as we know them is one of the world's largest manufactures of kitchen faucets and bathroom faucets.  Don Devine, American Standards president says "Our objective is to reduce overall water consumption by more than 18 billion gallons not just this year, buy every year thereafter, through the installation of water efficient American Standard toilets, showers, and faucets.  This will save consumers money on water, reduce water treatment volumes and costs, and reduce the strain on our environment."