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Installing Bathroom Fixtures
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" Once you go ahead in towards the corner and I'll stay back and Roger our plumber is installing the lavatory end what sort of lavatory is it."
" This is part of our Mercer line. This is that new design line Toto this is -- interpretation of the traditional."
" Design contest -- the -- pedestal lav goes back a hundred years that absolutely. Absolutely it certainly looks a little bit more contemporary -- cleaner softer lines more contemporary any tips when you're picking us you know lavatory that's this type pedestal any tips on what to look worked."
" Absolutely you want to look -- something that will accommodate your. Needs so that you're going to be using it simply for washing hands can be as -- honorable. If you see yourself using it to wash your face curiosity. Is the main lavatory absolutely certain mining area. Make sure you having an apple and apply enough bowl and basin me."
" Well Roger you're certainly hugging that the pedestal that there are you ready to put the water positive yeah yeah. What did you guys go ahead and bring it over. And it's a possible problem that was I was going to ask you very often when they do it yourself for put cities. Installs a toilet what they end up doing is. Putting in the wax seal like you're doing right there and thinking that's all there is to it and indeed that's the main thing DC. Any leaks from happening right about the show us the other tip that will keep the of the toilet from rocking on the floor. Mixing a little plaster. -- and it -- the kind of it's almost like a grout incident you can make that you know that's the purpose of thank you get enough. All right so let's get the toilet in here. And as he sets it in. Well that plaster -- kind of settle down. -- the -- what's the what's the the functionality here I know that there's been a lot of issues about water closets or toilets in that in the past ten years in terms water conservation."
" Right it's -- one point six gallons per flush toilet and that means that. Not only does in. In this case not only does it expel only. One point six gallons but that it functions effectively -- into question -- itself absolutely and that's for the water savings takes place all right. They're able first time every time. President adapted doesn't have a any kind of jet propulsion and out its gravity maximum -- is -- thank you next technology. He uses -- three inch -- to an eighth computer designed trap way. Which means it's uniform throughout so that there's no point for clogging. And it uses siphon jet action. The total -- catapult OK tell on the Toto lines been available. 1989. -- came when the drought in California. And create a market account Japan had experienced -- drought severe drought in the 1970s and you know the technology. And therefore we were able to bring this product over. And."
" So they've really answered the the the call of water conservation absolutely there's a whole variety of designs available wasn't -- about -- these products this. Yes absolutely and elimination of gas and telling toilet -- No springs I don't know how he do if it. Because they're very nice job now Roger let me let me just get by you a minute here I wanted to take a better look at the bathtub that is builder's bathtub right."
" Tax act -- 32 inches in diameter clean. Inches deep nice size forward this space."
" what I like about the the entire layout of the suite is that it matches very nicely with. The tiles which has been laid around the tub surround in a running bond and of course the marble floors which were laid just about a week ago it's it's very nice bathroom for a small -- excellently."