"just that -- paranoia." well put - How many options do you think you'll have in the USA if you install that valve? Think there isn't any proprietary design/sizing in those? Look, if you like it and it meets your needs - go for it. Just don't talk yourself into thinking it's better because of fear of an imagined problem - it's not. Re: you sis- all valves can be replaced - they all hook up to 1/2" or 3/4" pipe inside the wall. you simply solder/crimp/glue in the new valve to pipe after you cut out the old one. It'll be more work (which many plumbers seem to be averse to) than unscrewing a union/fitting , but he'd be looking at the same amount of work if a totally different valve were glued into CPVC pipe or crimped to PEX or even soldered directly to copper instead of installed with a union like she has/had. Don't let your jackleg plumber's hangups and bad habits pull a jedi mind trick on you - but do get what you'll enjoy using and like to look at. After all, you will use it everyday.

Joe, as others have said, you have been furnished a "list of features", not a construction specification. Such lists may often be as misleading and confusing for what they omit as for what they claim to proscribe. The language of your construction contract will determine the extent to which your "features" list governs and is binding, including recourse (if any) for errors, omissions and disagreements. For examples of construction specifications, visit the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). Here's the Wiki definition for "Specification--Technical Standard". A key element of a legitimate specification is its three parts for each and every area of Work--General, Products and Execution: Construction specifications in North America Specifications in North America form part of the contract documents that accompany and govern the construction of a building. The guiding master document is the latest edition of MasterFormat. It is a consensus document that is jointly sponsored by two professional organisations: Construction Specifications Canada and Construction Specifications Institute. While there is a tendency to believe that "Specs overrule Drawings" in the event of discrepancies between the text document and the drawings, the actual intent��"made explicit in the contract between the Owner and the Contractor��"is for the drawings and specifications to be complementary, together providing the information required for a complete facility. The Specifications fall into 50 Divisions, or broad categories of work results involved in construction. The Divisions are subdivided into Sections, each one addressing a narrow scope of the construction work. For instance, firestopping is addressed in Section 078400 - Firestopping. It forms part of Division 07, which is Thermal and Moisture Protection. Division 07 also addresses building envelope and fireproofing work. Each Section is subdivided into three distinct Parts: "General", "Products" and "Execution". The MasterFormat system can be successfully applied to residential, commercial, civil, and industrial construction. Specifications can be either "performance-based", whereby the specifier restricts the text to stating the performance that must be achieved by the completed work, or "prescriptive", whereby the specifier indicates specific products, vendors and even contractors that are acceptable for each workscope. Most construction specifications are a combination of performance-based and prescriptive types, naming acceptable manufacturers and products while also specifying certain standards and design criteria that must be met. While North American specifications are usually restricted to broad descriptions of the work, European ones can include actual work quantities, including such things as area of drywall to be built in square metres, like a bill of materials. This type of specification is a collaborative effort between a specwriter and a quantity surveyor. This approach is unusual in North America, where each bidder performs a quantity survey on the basis of both drawings and specifications. Although specifications are usually issued by the architect's office, specwriting itself is undertaken by the architect and the various engineers or by specialist specwriters. Specwriting is often a distinct professional trade, with professional certifications such as "Certified Construction Specifier" (CCS) through the professional organizations noted above. Specwriters are either employees of or sub-contractors to architects, engineers, or construction management companies. Specwriters frequently meet with manufacturers of building materials who seek to have their products specified on upcoming construction projects so that contractors can include their products in the estimates leading to their proposals. Good luck on your project.

The ovens will need electricity like moja says. The different cycle used here will most notable cause the clock to not keep accurate time, and the fan motors will operate at a little different speed. Before you leap into the deep end you should read the older threads about importing appliances, the induction ones are full of useful info. It is not as simple as calling up TRONY and ordering the oven and having FedEx deliver it. You are going to have to arrange container shipping, find a customs broker, pay duties, taxes ect...That oven will EASILY cost $2000 by the time you get it to your doorstep. If you are still serious , you'd do well to try and find that model from on of the UK channels which will make life a bit easier , but not much.

One thing I immediately noticed about Kerrygold is that it was much saltier than the US butter I usually buy. My spouse likes salt so that was great, in his opinion! Interestingly enough, he doesn't care for European butter in things like sauces (it's a big deal here for upscale restaurants to drown some dishes in melted butter sauce instead of making a real beurre blanc). Being Asian, he doesn't like cultured dairy products like sour cream or creme fraiche - it took decades before he would tolerate more than a thin schmear of cream cheese on a bagel with his lox, LOL. So the European butters taste a little "off" to his tastebuds.