how to disconnect and cap this pot filler?
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Comments (7)M - I would fill to desired ht with ballast, like empty soda bottles or milk jugs with screw-on caps and back-fill with no covering (like cardboard or landscape cloth) at all. I wouldn't fill the bottom with anything organic, as it can turn to a soup-like consistency if it's not very stable, increasing water-retention, reducing drainage, and producing noxious gasses you don't want in the soil. There are also some considerable benefits related to drainage and the ht of the PWT to be had by allowing the soil to filter down in between the items you're using for ballast. Al...See MoreAir pillows as fillers in pots...will it work?
Comments (6)I wouldn't do air pillows.... too likely to puncture. Try using milk jugs! But, the one thing that is hard is that you have to keep jiggling the potting medium to get it to fall between the spaces. You might notice over time that you'd have to put more potting medium in as it fills in around the spaces of whatever you use....See MoreDeck-mounted pot-filler - behind cooktop
Comments (10)Running plumbing inside an interior wall is not a problem when insulated properly. We have our supply lines to the kitchen running inside an exterior wall here in Ontario, it gets cold and only had a pipe freeze on that wall and that was on the inside of cabinet. I missed a spot. I worked in commercial kitchens, that's where a pot filler belongs unless you don't care about water everywhere, I have seen much damage done to the commercial stoves because of drips and overfilling. The reason they are there because often it can be several feet from sink to oven in a restaurant, floors are slippery and slips were a problem with the wet floors. In commercial kitchens floors get wet, any everything else. I know it looks good but they are not for a residential kitchen, to those that worked in restaurants they actually look silly and pretentious. In fact I eventually cut and capped the line and told the chef to get his crew to walk the 5 feet with a pot of water because in our kitchen it didn't serve the original purpose of a pot filler. Think about how many times you have put a big pot in the sink and stood there watching it fill, never I bet. You are going to stand there watching a pot fill while you could be doing something else, especially with a residential plumbing system. Put a large pot in the sink and fill it, stand there and watch it. Then decide if that's what you want to do with your time. You don't need it unless you have a disability, then it serves a purpose. This post was edited by SouthernCanuck on Thu, May 2, 13 at 3:11...See MorePot filler or no pot filler?
Comments (26)We have one. We bought a finished new construction house, and the builder put it in. We've lived in this house for 6 months now. Honestly, it's taken some getting used to - I was so accustomed to going to the sink for water. If you do alot of cooking, I think it's a neat gadget. I find myself using it more. The only thing is that I prefer filtered water (our town water taste of chlorine, IMO). We have an undercounter water filter, so if I'm boiling tea bags, etc., I tend to use the filtered water from the kitchen faucet. However, earlier this week I canned some tomatoes, and that pot filler was awesome. I put my big canner on the range and filled it up while doing a few other things around the kitchen. Our previous house had a pull-out faucet, so to fill the canner up, I'd put it on the counter top (b/c it's too big for the sink) and would pull the faucet over and fill it up, then have to lift it to the sink. The pot filler was much, much easier, although, I did still have to lift it when I was done to carry it over to the sink to pour out. Could I live without it? Absolutely, but for some tasks, it's really handy. It's more of a conversation piece than anything because alot of people (at least in our area) have never seen one. BTW, we have a Brizo one that does NOT have the swing joint (looks like all of their current models do). Having a joint would be handy, but I don't think not having is a big deal. We have a 5 burner Thermador cooktop under it, and if I have a big pot on the center burner, then it will swing over that just fine....See Morenysmallspace
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