Teaching kids about safety is a much better solution than only relying on a technical feature that inevitably will fail at the most inopportune time. My kids have been learning about dangerous everyday household equipment ever since they started to crawl. And when they started elementary school, we taught them how to safely use kitchen knives and basic power tools. It's an ongoing process, but most people give kids too little credit. They can learn a healthy respect for dangerous tools, and best practices how to use them safely. And as parents, we owe them to learn these fundamental life skills. Having said that, there is equipment that is unsafe by design; and there is equipment that isn't age appropriate. The former should simply be avoided altogether, and the latter requires house rules about who gets to touch it. I don't have an opinion on the safety of instant water heaters. Our house came with one, but we were never particularly happy with its operation. It was quickly removed and we went back to using an electric water kettle. But I understand that every household has different preferences.

I've ordered a Filtered Insta-hot/Chilled system for our remodel. It's supposed to be delivered on Tuesday next week so I can't say anything about the quality, but I can tell you what/why I ordered. I looked all over, and wanted to find a single source to buy the entire system so that they could help verify the configuration and provide after sales support if needed (less fingerpointing). I finally chose Freshwater Systems because they had everything I wanted at a good price. Even though all of the components are important, the faucet itself was a driving factor because we wanted a modern looking faucet in black, and that's very hard to find. I ended up with the Waterstone 1400HC. They sell the Quick & Hot insta-hot system to go with that. For the chiller I chose the Proselect R1P, and for the filtration I'm using Everpure's H-104. The chiller required a pressure regulating valve and a check valve (they had some diagrams - just ok, I thought) to explain the setup. The thing that suprised me is that after flowing from the cold water valve to the filter, that first the water passes through the chiller, and goes up to the faucet. From there, the (now-chilled) water goes back down to the hot tank, then back up to the hot input on the faucet. To complicate things, I wanted to put the components in my basement instead of under the sink. Freshwater advised, and Waterstone agreed that the filter and chiller could go there, but the hot tank should be under the sink. Here's a schematic of how we're planning to install: From Kitchen Remodel Here is a link that might be useful: Waterstone 1400 HC @ Freshwater Systems

live_wire_oak: thank you so much for your response. A few pictures: What is all the white stuff? What does this valve control? The dishwasher (DW) is to the Left of the sink, so is that the hot water line to the DW? Doesn't the drain to the sink looks like it's corroding on the bottom? And doesn't all the connection on the PVC look dirty/about to fail? Do you own a basin wrench? - Yes, I can borrow one. Do you have individual shut off valves to the hot and cold water under the sink? Yes, 2 shut-off valves. Do they just have the one outlet? Or do you have a DW coming off the hot and a ice line for the fridge coming off of the cold? - Yes, a DW coming off the hot line, but NO ice line for the fridge off the cold line YET. - (for the future  about 5years from now, when we hook up the all-freezer, weÂd like the ice line coming from the water filter line: 1. is that possible? 2. should we set it up now, knowing that when I hook up the freezer/ice line, itÂll be w/ a whole new sink in a different location? What type of supply lines do you have? Copper? CPVC? Pex? - The immediate supply lines are ?flexible (see pictures). Are you keeping the same sink? - Yes, itÂs an integrated Corian sink to the countertop. WeÂre keeping it for ~5 years. Then IÂll have to do this all over again when we put in new stainless steel sink and seamless stainless steel countertop/backsplash. Have you had a dedicated electrical circuit run for the InstaHot? (that means it's on it's own wiring all the way back to the breaker box) - No, I donÂt. Is that required for code? - Any thoughts/possibility to connecting it to the DW electrical line? My DW has its own switch (like a light-switch) that controls the power to turn it on/off (childproof reason). PVC waste piping rarely needs to be replaced. It doesn't get old and brittle like galvanized does. Most likely, you can reuse the drain piping just fine, or just leave it alone if you're not replacing the sink or disposal. - See picture: looks really old, threatening to leak. - No disposal (septic system). I appreciate any and all help. Thank you so much. Amanda

Thanks for your thoughts. I just figured some people might want to see what can happen when you give in to every bell & whistle ;^) Let me answer the questions: Morton5: yes, if you look at the Before pic, you can see just how narrow a space we had there to sit and eat. The sink was constantly splashing the people there. We did away with the island completely in the end, though, and love the new layout. Redroze: I just keep it in this olive oil dispenser. The other dispenser there is for hand soap. I found the brush at Bed Bath & Beyond. It's specifically made to wash crystal glasses with, but I use it for my everyday glasses, too. After all the stuff I had drilled into my last counter/sink area, I tried to avoid drilling holes in this new one. Holes are so permanent, you know? "> Eandhl: It's Kohler's Vinnata in the brushed nickel and we love it. Brad, here's a couple, plus one of the KA's plan for that area: "> This was taken as we were moving back in, so it's a mess. "> "> Mominthedubc: The filtered water faucet is meant to work on R/O's (Reverse Osmosis filtration systems), which is what we have here. It's not meant to be used with a hot water system. Anyhoo, it's Kohler's Wellspring in the brushed nickel to coordinate with theiir Vinnata. BTW, it's made wonderfully, compared to all the other beverage faucets we've had in the past. Davewg: you're going to love the Vinnata! I can't wait to see your finished kitchen. Hang in there! Talley Sue: that's fantastic! I had no idea those things existed. I've already copied the info to show DH. Thanks!