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   rez | Jun 16, 2002 05:37am | #1

   a paid vacation.

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   JeffBuck | Jun 16, 2002 08:35am | #2

   gas too trendy......been around since before electric lights! Jeff

                    Genius has it's limits.....but stupidity knows no bounds

    

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   rjw | Jun 16, 2002 04:22pm | #3

   "Bath/Shower faucet handles: I have always wanted them to be on the outside wall-annoying to try to clean around the fixtures all the time. "

   Wanna rethink that one a bit? 

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   Toomanyofus | Jun 16, 2002 05:09pm | #4

   Does your wife clean the bathroom and do the laundry? Ask them. :-) Shower head hangs over bathtub faucet which hangs over plug apparatus which hangs over drain, and the faucet handles are close set to the faucet. It's a scrubbing nightmare and it's just tradition that keeps it that way. Open minds...creative solutions.

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   CloudHidden | Jun 17, 2002 03:55am | #5

   What I'd rather have is a waterproof remote control with temp and pressure controls that would stick to the shower enclosure wherever I put it, such as with really good suction cups. I have something similar for a ceiling fan and it's really convenient to be able to put the controls wherever they are most convenient and then be able to move them.

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   Mongo | Jun 17, 2002 04:40am | #6

   The shower in my master bath is about 7' square. I plumbed two shower valves/heads, one to a standard-height (for my 5'1" wifey) wall mounted shower head. That fixture also has a hand-held feature. The other provides water to either another higher than standard wall mounted shower head (higher for my 6'4") or an overhead "rainshower" type of spigot. Muy bueno.

   The on/off/temp selector valves are plumbed on the entry wall as you walk into the shower. "Select-a-Temp" types, so the temp stays as set.

   You can turn on the shower and let them come up to temp without getting "into" the shower. And the shower valves don't get coated with crud. Still, by the nature of the design, you don't have to get out of the shower to change the temp. You just reach to an adjacent wall.

   However, my kids' bath has a standard shower/tub setup, and their fixtures never really get grimey. You may want to consider changing the bar soap you use. It does make a difference. I'd suspect the quality of your water is a factor as well.

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   Toomanyofus | Jun 17, 2002 03:38pm | #7

   Love the overhead rain shower. I dont like showers that pierce the skin-I want a shower that has a water flow like what comes out of the bathtub faucet, which I know is wasteful of water, but I suspect I would get cleaner faster and be out of the shower before a tub would have filled? Also, I wouldn't mind a faucet, like an outdoor faucet, with a short hose hooked up, inside. For filling a foot bath, for example. As for a remote control shower, if I could turn on the shower from the bed? Now, I wouldn't mind a waterproof phone in the shower. Let's move on to the kitchen? You know those refrigerators from the 50's that are so retro popular now? You could refurb the appearance of one and strip the mechanicals and have a fool the eye kitchen cabinet? Would look neat in a bar area. I believe any good junk yard has a bunch :-)