Soap dispenser - any regrets not adding one - or adding one?
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Comments (54)@raee -- yes, that's mine. Thanks for the kind words. Glad you like the color scheme. It's been 9 years now and I never tire of it. And with the four colors its easy if I ever want to change out the counters or repaint the cabinets since it could all look very different with, say, gray cabinets and walls and white counters. Also, I have variations on all those colors, plus green, throughout the house. I fell in love with the eurosplash idea which I first saw in someone's apartment kitchen. She is English and her walls were completely tiled. I didn't love her tile especially but I instantly connected with how the walls looked glossy and luxurious (also I knew I'd never need to repaint LOL). I'm odd this way but I start a kitchen by going to the tile store and seeing what I like. Tile choices are overwhelming and when I start with looking for something that calls to me vs something that's a compromise to "fit in," it seems easier. Once I pick the tile, I work in the reverse that most people here do -- I pick the paint, cabinet colors and then take all those with me to pick the counters....See MoreSurvey-Hand soap or dish soap in built-in dispenser?
Comments (28)I love my Never MT. We built a new house and put one in each bathroom, where I use hand soap(softsoap) and in the kitchen where I use dish soap. The only problem I've had is that in one bathroom, I had to replace the Never MT...it leaked at the valve. This has happened twice. But it's still worth it. Actually the first one was replaced by the manufacturer after 6 months use....See MoreGarbage Disposal - will I regret not having one?
Comments (48)In planning our remodel, my plan was to eliminate the garbage disposal. We looked at an open house to get ideas for the kitchen and the realtor told us about the remodel in the kitchen in the house that was for sale. He said that there were two things that all of the prospective buyers complained about: 1) the pantry closet had been removed (every house here is built with one), and 2) there was no garbage disposal. Since we might not be here for the long term, we will keep our disposal. If you think you might put your house on the market in the near future, you might want to do what's common in your area....See Moreadding soap to BT spray?
Comments (23)Barrie: My concern is that the dish soap might destroy many of the BT bacteria since soap has been credited lately as being superior to hand sanitizer as a bactericide. Washing hands with soap and water results in fewer live bacteria left on the hands than applying hand sanitizer with no hand washing. That's not the same as saying that soap is superior to hand sanitizer as a bactericide. I suspect that the mechanical action behind washing with soap and water and what soap does to dislodge bacteria on skin is what is more responsible than bactericidal properties of soap (which exist but are not very powerful). That would explain why washing with regular soap is no different than washing with antibiotic soap... and why hand-washing is only really effective when you scrub your hands well with the soap before rinsing (20 seconds is recommended by the CDC). I wouldn't worry too much about the small amounts of soap needed just to break surface tension in a spray solution in terms of a threat to the Bacillus, but I find that soap drastically increases the possibility of leaf burn in a way that surfactants specifically for plants, like Coco-wet, do not....See Morereshal
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