Plumbing - Part 13

Insulate Your Pipes to Save and Prevent Frozen Pipes

Insulating your pipes can save you money. Every year many people have frozen pipes in the winter and if the pipes are not thawed in time they may burst. Once the pipe thaws and the water starts flowing again tremendous damage can result. Even if you don’t have pipes that freeze your hot water flowing […]

Stiebel Eltron Accelera 300 Heat Pump Water Heater Review

The Stiebel Eltron Accelera 300 Heat Pump Water Heater enters the heat pump water heater race a little late but with a big bang! Stiebel Eltron unveiled their effort behind GE, Rheem and Ruud with a totally different design that offers an 11 to 15 gallon higher 1st hour delivery above competition with a 2.5 […]

American Standard Town Square FloWise Elongated 1-Piece Toilet Review

American Standard recently unveiled their new Town Square FloWise Elongated 1-Piece Toilet, which is scheduled to be available in January 2010. My first look was in a trade magazine where it had been given the “Editors Choice Award.” The American Standard Town Square FloWise Elongated 1-Piece Toilet is being called a Luxury Performance Toilet and […]

Frostex Pipe Freeze Protection System Review

The Frostex Pipe Freeze Protection System is probably one of the best heating cables available for pipes. Most heat tapes are simple thermostat controlled heating cables that are looped around the pipe at a given number of turns per foot then insulation is applied over the heat tape and pipe. If the coils are too […]

A.O. Smith GDHE-50 Vertex 100 Power Direct Vent Gas Water Heater Review

The A.O. Smith GDHE-50 Vertex 100 Power Direct Vent Gas Water Heater is a new type of water heater, which offers up to 96% efficiency and almost endless supplies of hot water. It is a gas condensing water heater, which starts out like a regular water heater with a burner under the tank but instead […]

InSinkErator Evolution Compact Disposer Review

The InSinkErator Evolution Compact is part of the Insinkerator Evolution product line which is a culmination of InSinkErator’s 78 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, and selling over 100 million of the #1 Brand of garbage disposer. This Compact disposer features InSinkErator’s MutiGrind 2-Stage grinding technology and SoundSeal Plus™ Technologies which make the Evolution Excel […]

Tankless Water Heating Guide

Tankless Water Heating is getting a lot of notice these days as many people are seeing more advertising for them. The pro’s given are many along the lines of it will save you money because you are only heating what you are using and don’t have to maintain a tank full of water at temperature, […]

Rinnai RC80HPi and RC80HPe Tankless Water Heater Review

The Rinnai RC80HPi and RC80HPe Tankless Water Heaters are the latest designs of high efficiency condensing units and will soon be available in the US. The condensing boiler design uses an additional stage of a stainless steel heat exchanger to preheat the incoming water using the heat of the flue gases that previously would have […]

Rinnai RC98HPe Tankless Exterior Water Heater Review

The Rinnai RC98HPe Tankless Exterior Water Heater is the latest design of high efficiency condensing units and will soon be available in the US. The condensing boiler design uses an additional stage of the heat exchanger to preheat the incoming water using the heat in the flue gases that previously would have been exhausted. The […]

Liberty Model 405 Drain Pump Review

The Liberty Model 405 Drain Pump is a great pump for bar sinks, dishwashers, utility sinks, basement kitchens, dehumidifiers, laundry trays and washer discharges where grey water needs to be pumped up to a sewer line. The Liberty 405 is plumbed for 2” pipe so a washer discharge could go direct to the pump container […]