[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: permissible lead in "lead-free" faucets

[Lawrence Lile]

>The plumbing contractor working with my company showed up on the
jobsite 
one morning about a month or six weeks ago, and was quite excited about 
a new fixture Moen had brought out recently.
 These are frost-free outside taps, the kind you can leave 'on' all 
winter in freezing zones, but with a difference. These new ones allow 
you to connect the tap to both the cold and hot water lines, just as 
many indoor fixtures are now capable of doing.



For a while when we lived out in the woods we installed an outdoor tub -
just a standard cast iron tub, and used standard thru-wall hose hydrants
one plumbed hot and one plumbed cold.  Filling the tub in the winter and
peering out at the snow in a steaming bath was an amazing experience.
We'd also fill it with cold water and jump in when it was hot.  Didn't
seem to need $80 faucets at all.  

Lawrence Lile