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Camelot One
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Re: And this is why you should watch your contractors carefully!

Yep, the theft, the damage, and the sale. The buyers didn't want a brand new flooded house, even after repairs. Can't say as though I blame them.
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Yes, muslims. They wash rather than wipe. Not unusual to find a toilet with a hose and sprayer such as is used on a kitchen sink.
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Much easier to clean the outside of the windows this way.

robbin
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said by harald:

Yes, muslims. They wash rather than wipe. Not unusual to find a toilet with a hose and sprayer such as is used on a kitchen sink.

No reason to limit this to one religious faith. Washing is preferred in many countries with differing faiths.

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Apparently the plumbers failed to glue together the drain from the massive bath tub in master bathroom - that was directly above the dining room.
First bath in new house, must have been nice until the end.

Must have been the same people who built my sister's old place. She took a bath in the new house, came downstairs to find a flooded first floor.
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Never seen it with just the hot. But ours had hot and cold hooked up. The water lines for the toilet kept freezing in the winter (close to the basement window under the floor) My dad got sick of it so hooked in to the washers hotwater and cold to stop it. worked like a charm.

We tapped the hot water line and used it in a small line around our drains in the kitchen sink under the floor as it would freeze solid in the winter. Open the hot tap on the kitchen sink (used for tea etc) and let it run a couple minutes and before the sink could fill it was draining You learn lots of tricks living in a near 100 year old home that originally did not have running water inside.

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»www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· xifdO_l0


My response if I were the installer.

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That is the way it is done in certain eastern block countries,

In Yakov Smirnoff voice: "In America window locks keep people out. In Russia, window locks keep people in!"
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This may seem far fetched, but imagine a world where there is no worry about keeping people out. Having locks on the outside for safety concerns? Wow. I'd never do it, but just imagine.
Expand your moderator at work

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Re: And this is why you should watch your contractors carefully!

said by Coma:

said by gerick:

One of my favorite stories I heard was they hooked up the hot water supply to the toilet.


I have a house that was previously owned by some Filipinos and the toilet was supplied by the hot water.

Actually that is because solid organic waste dissolves in hot water.

kevinds
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said by Camelot One:

There was an issue with one of the other houses in my neighborhood last year. Brand new construction, and the night before the soon-to-be owners did their final pre-closing walkthrough, thieves went in and stole all of the appliances, toilets, granite counter tops, etc. And they couldn't be bothered to shut the water off first, so water flooded out of every line all night.

That reminds me of the bank in Winnipeg, night before the grand opening (still considered a construction site), theives stole all the cash from the ATMs, several million in cash, because the security system hadn't been activated yet.

-Sorry, off topic
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said by Camelot One:

And they couldn't be bothered to shut the water off first, so water flooded out of every line all night.

You sure this wasn't intentional?

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reading this makes me so glad that I built my own home with my own labor.
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said by Anonymous_:

said by Coma:

said by gerick:

One of my favorite stories I heard was they hooked up the hot water supply to the toilet.


I have a house that was previously owned by some Filipinos and the toilet was supplied by the hot water.

Actually that is because solid organic waste dissolves in hot water.

Actually it also prevents tank sweating as well. The hot water line will cool down to the ambient much easier than the cold line with the 50deg water from the well will warm up to the ambient.

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said by Anonymous_:

Actually that is because solid organic waste dissolves in hot water.

Wax rings "dissolve" in it, too. Not a good thing.

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said by Coma:

said by gerick:

One of my favorite stories I heard was they hooked up the hot water supply to the toilet.

I have a house that was previously owned by some Filipinos and the toilet was supplied by the hot water.

laugh of the day thanks

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said by garys_2k:

Wax rings "dissolve" in it, too. Not a good thing.

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said by garys_2k:

said by Anonymous_:

Actually that is because solid organic waste dissolves in hot water.

Wax rings "dissolve" in it, too. Not a good thing.

I've been in bathrooms with heated toilet water.
Apparently a wax ring isn't used.
There are other materials out there. It's not a pressure seal. I know of a few o-ring seals on Boeing aircraft that would work and probably outlast the toilet.
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If hot water is such a good thing ..... , why don't codes require it ?????

robbin
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said by kherr:

If hot water is such a good thing ..... , why don't codes require it ?????

The question should be -- If a toilet is hooked up to the hot water supply does it violate any code? If not, then it is personal preference.
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quote:
Wax rings "dissolve" in it, too. Not a good thing.
Melting temp of the wax is 150-160 degrees. I doubt the water in the tank will be that hot.

»dar.proflo.com/darmanage ··· FICATION
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said by lawsoncl:

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Wax rings "dissolve" in it, too. Not a good thing.
Melting temp of the wax is 150-160 degrees. I doubt the water in the tank will be that hot.

»dar.proflo.com/darmanage ··· FICATION

It doesn't need to melt to have issues. Just making it warm enough (140-145 degrees) to move with water pressure around can cause issues.

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said by disconnected :

reading this makes me so glad that I built my own home with my own labor.

Reading what it's one picture... Probably some illegals they hired.