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Bob meets Dave Kohler from Kohler, Wisconsin who is installing a Kohler lavatory on a Yonkers Blitz Build that is part of a Habitat for Humanity Project. The most distinguishing factor for the Brookline Lavatory is the faucet which is brand new this year from Kohler. It is called the Fairfax Faucet. While design and style didn't want to be sacrificed this unique faucet list price is only $134.00! It also has a great safety feature, a high temperature limit stop so someone won't get scalded. Also being displayed is a state of the art Kohler toilet. The features of this toilet include: a large 2" glazed trapway, a large water area and siphonic jet action. Not to mention this unit complies with the National Energy Act of 1992 that requires all manufacturers to make only 1.6 gallon per flush (gpf) toilets.
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" laboratory. But this is a color Brookline lavatory and what's really most distinguishing year's loss. We don't want to sacrifice style design in this house and it's a brand new faucet is yours all the Fairfax Boston. Beautiful single control traditional styling but it's a great value. This was the list for about a 134 doubt it's got ceramic realm in which is really the most durable in the industry. We've got fourteen kids here are there any any safety features that are built into this category feature for kids. When you have kids you want to make sure they don't it's called this plus it has a high temperature limits that you just pop -- cap and you can set the highest temperature for the blossom so there's no worry about girls at all that sex partner and I -- installation is pretty view we did not follow it installation very -- show -- it has flexible connections. Let's take a look at how it goes together. John what's the first thing connectedness."

" And the first thing we would do is connect can -- he's under the sink. That is true. And you're good Sarah sink in the opening on the countertop. And that's sat on the attorney. Next thing we do is move on to the water supplies. These are flexible connecting us supplied by Kohler right on their flaws that makes it very easy to install."

" Do that makes good for the average do it yourself yes it's really great for the professional way to do it yourself or you know most bosses come with rigid connections in this country with flexible so really makes it's simple you don't even need plumbers buddy disconnect and stuff."

" If you do the same thing because -- exactly who just who want to the cold side. At -- that it what are you -- Corcoran Hussein you push -- you know we push it up a little pencil son gets underneath. That's an order to hold them firmly. It is all the way around nice. All around."

" That's that great now let's talk a minute about the tour. To get back to honor code requirements made. Alterations to you wanted to put these things to build right the national energy act in 1992 requires that all manufactures only make one point six you know on to a so it's -- smaller tank up here it's a little bit smaller it only takes about one and a half gallons of water. And how you you know how do you picture it it's going to flush properly. Well there's really key features this is well worth toilet this is our most popular design we've been making this an improving it for over sixty years. That's a key features really make this toilet perform. One of them is being -- which trap. This -- as a large two which trap way it. It's fully glaze and smooth it also as a very large water -- this water areas 99 inches by 11 inches goes that evening when you're shopping for it's very important one of the largest in the industry it also uses aquatic jet action which really accelerates -- what makes it very quickly that you tested. Well you have varying numbers of tests and in here's one neither thirty balls of toilet paper this is much more than normal consumer with ever uses but what -- go -- show you how will this sort of for golf excellent. Well listen I want to thank you for your participation bank I don't know that project directly to me here terrific and."

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