Go big or go home!
addicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (170)
addicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoDain (Zone 5a, high NM Desert)
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA thanked Dain (Zone 5a, high NM Desert)Related Discussions
Rain Shower Head & Body Sprayer Newbie
Comments (11)Rainhead. The term "rainhead" has sort of been corrupted over the years. You really need to feel the output yourself and figure out what type you prefer. In my own shower I wanted a traditional rain head. Simple water droplets, so to speak. Mine is a 12" head, and I do consider that to be the smallest size for a decent rain shower, and without a doubt, that is my personal opinion. You want the head away from the wall, so if you have a large rainhead, consider a bracketed or support arm of some sort, the added support can come from the wall or from the ceiling. Something along the lines of this: For your hand shower, have a hose long enough so you can spray down the corners of your shower. Body sprays. The same. Good showrooms have spray displays where you can feel the spray of water. Once upon a time I was intrigued by body sprays, Then I tried them and thought them to be the silliest thing ever. Some folk put in two heads, stacked vertically, one one wall. It's a little more common to want four body heads. Usually on two opposing walls, stacked vertically. You don't want them spraying towards the door. Usually chest and waist height, so figure that out when plumbing. You will have to figure out flow and hot water supply issues, from your water heater to the shower drain. Shower supply valves allow a certain amount of "pass through". You need to make sure each valve can actually supply the water needed to feed the heads that you want it to supply, or you could end up with insufficient flow. With body sprays, I recommend a "loop" supply to feed them, so the last head has pretty much the same flow as the first head. For your shower drain, it needs to be sized to the number of heads you have in the shower. Doesn't matter if only a few of them can or will be on at one time. It's a simple counting of the shower heads. A 2" drain can accomodate a shower with up to three heads. With four or more heads, plan on two 2" drains or a single 3" drain. If your plumber says you don't need to upsize to a 3" drain with four or more heads, he's not complying with code. If you want a "car wash" shower with five or six heads going at once? Your half inch pipe may not be adequate. Sure, with adequate feed pressure behind it it might be able to feed all those heads. But high water velocities through the tubing can actually erode copper from the tubing, potentially resulting in leaks. It's not just a matter of the 1/2" tubing being able to supply the needed water volume. You can crank up the water pressure and get volume. But cranking up the pressure to get the volume increases the water's velocity through the tubing, and again, too high of a "feet per minute" flow through the tubing can actually erode the tubing away. So do be wary if your "contractor" tries to soft talk away all of your concerns. Half-inch supply tubing can work. But it should work because your shower was designed to work with 1/2" tubing, not because, as your contractor told you, "everybody else is doing it". You can help yourself by drawing out a diagram of your shower. Doesn't have to be fancy. Each body spray and each shower head will have a GPM rating. Same with each valve. Make sure the valves and/or diverters that feed those heads can pass through the needed volume of water. Very basic numbers here, but 1/2" can comfortably flow about 5gpm. For hot and cold, that's 10gpm combined. For a comfortable temp out of the shower valve, that gets derated to about 7.5gpm of shower-temperature water. If your body sprays are 1.8GPM, four sprays is 7.2gpm for the body spray set only. You can figure different GPM combinations. Then figure that GPM out of your water heater to see how long your heater can maintain shower temperature. Oh lord. I need coffee...good luck! Edit: I never proof read this after posting it. Egads. Edited to clean up the weird formatting too. This post was edited by mongoct on Tue, Oct 21, 14 at 17:47...See MoreWho is Decorating their Outdoor Conifers for Christmas?
Comments (3)This volunteer Eastern Red Cedar was less then a foot from my parent's house. I think a lot of folks here are way to paranoid about trees close to houses...but that was a bit much even for me. After it was moved closer to the driveway I put some solar powered Christmas lights on it. Here is a link that might be useful: Former Location of Tree...See MoreGo Big or Go Home DR
Comments (19)BTW, for all of us house-obsessed folks....Biltmore should be on your must see list if you've never been. It is absolutely amazing. I've probably been 1/2 dozen times during different seasons and such. I learn something new every time and continue to be awestruck by the place. The Architect's Tour was fascinating...I got the opportunity to walk out on the roof!...See MoreGo Big or Go Home?
Comments (5)All of these colors are between 20 and 200 on the wheel (or warm side). I guess that's good?! You've definitely picked a lane and you're stickin' to it. Which is a good thing, using hue families from the same hue family neighborhood, like one side of the wheel, will ensure a certain degree of continuity and flow throughout; no big leaps to the other side of the wheel, no big punctuation marks of cooler colors, means no big moments of contrast. Furniture is mostly antiques/vintage. Rugs are oriental and soumak. When you have contents like this planned for the room, it's kind of hard to mess up the wall color because there are so many good, viable options. It's somewhat of a luxury because you CAN choose wall colors first and you CAN choose those colors based mostly on what speaks to you and what you think looks pretty on the walls. You're doing the right thing by thoroughly testing to see how the colors behave in each room - again, if you do it right and take your time to test, sample, evaluate the colors, the margin of error is super low. As you see, I leaned towards the CSP line colors. I like the Aura paint line. Full spectrum color mixed in Aura matte - not sure it gets any better than that. Yum. This is yet another layer that will afford you more options for decor than it will limit you. Full spectrum colors shift, react/respond to the light more dramatically than most *regular* paint colors. Nic-named "chameleon colors", because they seem to have a magical way of changing and adapting to the contents of the room and somehow everything just goes together....See Moreaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoBob Davis
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoDain (Zone 5a, high NM Desert)
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA thanked Dain (Zone 5a, high NM Desert)addicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoplantmanagerkaren
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA thanked plantmanagerkarenaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoplantmanagerkaren
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA thanked plantmanagerkarenaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoaddicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years ago
Related Stories
Go Big With Sculpture at Home
Give One Big Piece of Art the Spotlight in a Room, Niche or Tabletop
Full StoryDECORATING GUIDESHow to Go Geometric Without Going Overboard
If your home decorating isn’t adding up, consider angles and shapes to help solve the equation
Full StoryDECORATING GUIDESThe Faces Have It: Large Portraits Go Over Big
Oversize visages of celebrities and mere mortals make for double-take drama in interiors
Full StoryLIFEYou Said It: ‘Just Because I’m Tiny Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Go Big’
Changing things up with space, color and paint dominated the design conversations this week
Full StoryDECORATING GUIDES10 Ways to Go Dark in a Contemporary Kitchen
Moody is big news in kitchen design. Find inspiration with these interpretations
Full StoryMOST POPULARHouzz Tour: Going Off the Grid in 140 Square Feet
WIth $40,000 and a vision of living more simply, a California designer builds her ‘forever’ home — a tiny house on wheels
Full StoryHOMES AROUND THE WORLDHouzz Tour: Rustic and Modern Go Hand in Hand
Floor-to-ceiling windows and simple interiors make this bright and airy Wiltshire home rustic chic without the chintz
Full StoryHOUZZ TOURSHouzz Tour: Going for Broke in Las Vegas
With bold architectural moves and killer views, this 8,000-square-foot resort-style home doesn’t hold back
Full StoryGLAM STYLEGlam Home Offices for Go-Getters
Get motivated to do your best in a home office that looks its best
Full StoryGREEN BUILDINGGoing Solar at Home: Solar Panel Basics
Save money on electricity and reduce your carbon footprint by installing photovoltaic panels. This guide will help you get started
Full Story
Pagan