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

[Lawrence Lile]

Hey at that price I might install one myself!  The outdoor shower is
already roughed in. 

 

 

 

Lawrence Lile, P.E., LEED AP

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From: Mike O'Brien [mailto:obrien at hevanet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:25 PM
To: Lawrence Lile
Cc: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: permissible lead in
"lead-free" faucets
Importance: Low

 

Hi, Lawrence--

 

We installed one of the Moen bibbs on our new house, to be connected to
an outdoor shower in the summer. I like that you can set the temperature
and it's always the same when its turned on. Ours cost $60 and I have
seen them on the web under $45.

 

Best,

 

Mike O'Brien

 

 

On Nov 14, 2006, at 5:48 AM, Lawrence Lile wrote:





 

 

	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

 

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