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Just saw this article about local water utility installing flow restrictors on the meters of consumers who don't follow the rules during the drought: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/us/california-water-restriction-enforcement-elam/index.html

With all the stockpiling of toilet paper and store shelves being empty, I was thinking that maybe 2 things could occur of relevance to professional plumbers: 1. There may be an increase in customers wanting bidet seats installed 2. People may resort to using other substitutes (e.g. newspaper...

I just had my WH replaced by our HVAC company, which also does plumbing. I realized that the plumber used crimp-on fittings for the 3/4" copper lines. I was aware of PEX crimping systems but was not aware of using crimp-on fittings for rigid copper. Is this common practice? Seems to me it might...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/magazine/selling-airborne-opulence-to-the-upper-upper-upper-class.html

Hot of the presses, from the annual Consumer Electronics Show: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-ces-tech-talking-toilet-huppke-20180110-story.html https://www.us.kohler.com/us/numi-toilet-standard-remote/productDetail/toilets/1334092.htm

You may have heard about the infamous London "fatberg" which hit the news last month -- huge blog of congealed fat + flushed non-flushable items. Something like 140 tons, takes weeks to remove. Now Baltimore has its own fatberg...

I recently heard about the huge Cascadian subduction: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/us/cascadia-subduction-zone-earthquakes/ I imagine this is actually common knowledge in the Pacific northwest, right? Assuming it is, do the plumbing codes in Oregon and Washington have some or all of the same...

I am looking for a decent pre-made air gap for a Kenmore softener. I have done a search but not finding much, and few if any reviews of the ones I have found online. Some of the reviews were negative, mostly saying that either the unit may not have a built-in way to attach the plastic drain...

I took the liberty of putting together some sweat soldering tips and tricks from a recent thread, and thought it might be a good thing to have as a tutorial or "sticky" somewhere: 1. The joint must be 100% dry. 2. Wiping the soldered joint with a rag is a good practice. 3. Keeping a bottle of...

Today I saw an ad for the new AS self-cleaning toilet. Went to their website and looks like it basically dispenses a cleaning solution into the bowl when you press a button, then rinses the cleaning solution away after either 1 minute or 10 minutes depending on which cleaning cycle you pick:

http://www.omaha.com/columnists/kelly/kelly-developer-is-betting-that-high-tech-japanese-toilets-will/article_c21178ff-dd17-5281-adec-3730b5072347.html See above article from today's Omaha World-Herald about a local developer who put Toto Washlets in every apartment in his new property.

I have a Toto one-piece toilet (can't recall model name) and fill valve isn't shutting off. It is not a Korky - it is a green oblong unit which according to a quick web search is designated "TSU39". I'm hoping I can just use a Korky fill valve - right? I am hoping the tank height isn't a problem.

Just read the September 2012 Consumer Reports, and they tested toilets. Toto Drake came in 3rd, behind AS Champion 4 as #1 followed by Gerber Avalanche. Toto Eco Drake was #7. Toto Aquia was #4 in the dual-flush category. I don't recall that CR ever included Totos before in their toilet...

From today's (7/21/12) LA Times: ******************************************** Toto, a Japanese company, holds the Guinness World Record for creating the toilet with the most functions: a model with a heated seat that lifts automatically, an air-freshening and deodorizing function...

Saw this in the online LA Times today (7/21/12): ******************************************* Some HETs use "pressure assist" technologies, in which a pressurized air tank helps push water down the drain. But those systems suffered a setback late last month, when the Consumer Product Safety...

I installed a Kenmore softener about 2 weeks ago. I have noticed that it hasn't regenerated since I manually regenerated it after installation. I put it into diagnostic mode to see if it is measuring water flow, and it does show that it is sensing flow, but compared to my previous Kenmore...

My Kenmore softener hasn't been working well (no soft water) for a few weeks. I have cleaned the venturi and that helped a while but again not softening well and appears due to a "salt rock" which I want to dissolve. I was trying to get some hot water from the water heater drain, to put into...

From the Omaha World-Herald today, noting that US cases of measles have gone up dramatically, due to lack of vaccination, which in turn is due to parents' fears that "MMR" (measles/mumps/rubella) vaccine causes autism: ****************************************** The notion of a link received...

Did you happen to see this the other day, in a wire story about a manufacturer of portable toilets? ******************************************************************* ________'s business outside the U.S. also has helped it offset the economic decline in this country. Its fastest-growing...

Just responded to a thread by a guy annoyed because he couldn't figure out which way to turn the fill valve adjustment on a ballcock. Now can't find the thread - did it get deleted?