Ok here ya go look at these pics.
$22,000 installed price, that does include the faucet & tub, & the mystery box above the tub.
Milkbones if ya can tell me what it does.
“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.†—Benjamin Franklin
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I don't know what it does... but for 22 large... hooked to the jets of the tub
i can tell you what it better do...
now if it could just make coffee toast and kiss me good bye
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No jets ----just a soaker fiberglass tub.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
I see it has a remote so my guess is that it turns the water on/off! What'd I win!!!
And as PonyT says, for 22k I to know what it should do!
Doug
Close enough.
It has two remotes.
One by the entry of the bathroom & the other on the headboard of the master bed.
It auto fills the tub with whatever temp you want.
Come out to Seattle & I'll buy ya a latte.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
I was working on a house today that has a $250-$300,000 theater room. The HVAC guys were there and one of them took a look in the theater and just walked away mumbling something about "what the hell am I doing wrong".
A remote to turn the water on is a bit over the top though, hell if I had that kind of cash for something like that I could probably afford a nice looking girl to run my bath water for me!
Doug
I'd have to have it turn the temp up today. Might be good for a soak after the Seahawks-Cowboys game today. At least it's not raining like it was yesterday.
"Being a cowboy aint all ridin and shootin" - Tim Mooney
Holy crap it was coming down yesturday.
This will crack ya up.
I showed up at work yesturday & everybody at the Westin was in a tizzy.
The head engineer came to me & said " you're not going to do anything to the boilers today are ya?"
The question caught me off gaurd, I said no why would I be doing anything to the boilers?
He said the Cowboys will be here at 5pm & I'm under orders to make everything as smooth as possible.
As I was standing there in my Seahawks shirt I asked him , didn't you get the memo?
I'm shutting down all 4 of the boilers for a system flush (that's 1800 gallons)
I said the Cowboys can take cold showers there tough aren't they?
He got the joke, but the VP of west coast operations didn't. He asked who I was & why I was in the building------ man some people need not to take everything so seriously.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
LOL. Good one.
This is one of the most interesting matchups this weekend.
so far looks like it may be closer than I expected.
"Being a cowboy aint all ridin and shootin" - Tim Mooney
Oh, thanks, I forgot the games on. Goodluck.I've got a double dose of NY games tomorrow.
Any way to rig up a chiller to the hot water line in TO's suite?
BruceT
Nah, don't want him to wake up too much.
Ran into Jerry Jones--- well kinda anyways, he was getting on the service elevator as I was getting off.
I don't think he liked my comment about Kemper Freeman (who owns the building I'm working on) being worth more money than him.
I didn't say it to him I was telling that to one of the engineers when JJ got on the elevator.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
Name dropper ;-)
OH OH guilty as charged.
I'm worse when I get pulled over I either know or related in some way shape or form one of the cops bosses or co-workers.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
Bill, how do those highrises deal with water pressure? Had to put a better tub spout on some friends condo that overlooks the Edgewater, 12th floor. The water pressure isnt that great.
Well here are my pumps for the condo's.
Pumping up 485' to my 42 floor mechanical room.
From left to right 25hp jockey pump, 60hp stage 2, & 60hp stage 3.
To give some reference that is a 10 foot ladder in the pic.
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Howdy Bill, I was wondering who is the manufacturer of that remote controled tub filler doohicky ?
My wife's doctor recommended the Toto system to keep her bladder infections in check. I use it too and my hemmies have never been happier. We were gone 9 days over Christmas and I was sure glad to get back to the Toto. I might have to get the portable model for our next trip.
It's an ESS (eltronic Shower System) by Ondine.
http://www.interbath.com/Ondine/esstub.html“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
Glad the weather changed for game day. Actually very nice this morning out on the south Sound.
That guy sounds like he needs to find some honest work.!
"Being a cowboy aint all ridin and shootin" - Tim Mooney
"He said the Cowboys will be here at 5pm & I'm under orders to make everything as smooth as possible."That would have been the perfect time to say, "Sucks to be you".
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
& how's this for a view out of the tub or the toilet & bidet.
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“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
You are going to have to help me out on the pics. That last one looks like a toilet next to a sink that looks like a crapper. Both are on the same height? Must be a tall person! That or neither is a sink and both are for sanitaion purposes. I guess the faucets and spout are throwing me off a bit on the far bowl. I did notice the caulk on the floor or ledge which leads me to believe both are lower than I think.Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
Maybe were seeing a bidet (sp?) and a toilet?
Doug
16" above the floor.
Closest in the pic is a toilet, minus the seat----that's six weeks from being delivered.
Far side in pic is a bidet---- lets just say for those who don't like toilet paper.
The lady who owns the condo is part of a family that has a large nation wide clothing store that was the first owner of the seahawks.
If you blow up the tub view pic you can see the name on the plastic white board I used to protect the shower wand hose from the steel studs.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
I am familiar with the bidet, I just couldn't remember the down spout in one. I guess you have to clean it out some way! LOL. I just have never used one, even when they are present. Different strokes for...........
When I was in the Middle East I was in a room and this fellow mate said " I didn't know they put pissers and toilets in the same room" I was like huh? She goes come here and showed me the bidet. I started laughing and said that is where wash your arse. I was like you didn't pee in it did you? Huh...... no.
In hindsight I do remember the spout now. Good way to adjust the temp before taking the plunge. LOL.Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
Quite a few years ago I was working at an electronics factory as a one day visit contractor. I needed to take a leak is I went into the bathroom. They had a large round toilet with a fountain in the center. There was a foot pedal type of thing all around the bottom to turn on the fountain to flush. I thought: hummm, the urinal is a little high and the idea of a bunch of guys standing around in a circle taking a leak seemed a little odd. I went ahead and did my business. Then while washing my hands at the wall sink one of the factory workers walked in...
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and proceeded to wash his hands in the odd looking toilet. I walked out with a smirk on my face...
A co-worker, upon walking into the bath and spying a bidet for the first time (circa 1978) yells out:
'Hey! there's a kneeling down drinking fountain in here!'_______________________________________________________________
'what if there isn't a tomorrow? there wasn't one today' - Phil Connors
and proceeded to wash his hands in the odd looking toilet.
That brought memories back into the old dying cells. Been there done that. H3ll it looks like a urinal!Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
I made that same mistake once. I was in eighth grade on a factory tour of the Pontiac Fiero plant. Oops....
I went to a parochial school for 8 years.it was about second or third grade that as I was peeing in the urinal, one of my classmates said something to the effect that he was gonna tell the Nun that I was peeing in the sink.I said go ahead, thinking he was just kidding.He did, and the Nun came storming out of the classroom to give me h3!!Just think, that poor kid had been thinking that the urinal was a sink for 2-3 years! The good money says his Momma taught him to pee sitting down.
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Yea, I wasn't a big hit with the Nuns either.
In my case it was too many questions like "Why can't people who are not Catholics go to heaven as long as they are good people?" :-)
By about seventh grade,in my case,it had more to do with Kay - the girl with the miniskirts who kept bending over to pick things up...
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Did you see the Simpsons episode where Marge is in Heaven after Homer and Bart had converted to Catholic? She had to just sit around and do nothing while the Cat'licks were playing volleyball, drinking and having a good time.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
It had a round, raised part in the middle with a bunch of nozzles on it it a tubular ring, right? Looked like terrazzo flooring? Had a small plaque with 'Bradley' or 'Bradley Wash fountain' on it? Yeah, it's bout the right height but no, it's not for what you used it.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
I'm talking with a potential customer about some fancy cabinetry for a master bathroom and he sent me a picture of what he wants. In the picture, there's a bidet next to the toilet and it dawned on me that I have no idea of how one actually uses a bidet. (Ok, ok, I admit to being a redneck. I grew up in the land of red necks, white socks and Blue Ribbon beer - lol)
I'm assuming that when you finish at the toilet, you have to walk (shuffle?) over to the bidet. The mental picture I have is sorta like when some dummy has used the last of the toilet paper and you have to shuffle over to the bathroom vanity to get a new roll.
As long as it's reasonably civil, I wouldn't mind some basic instruction. I'm old, but still capable of learning a new trick, or two. - lol
I could tell you far more about installing one than using one.
I suppose it depends on personal preference, like some wash before the go & others after & some before & after.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
Having never used one, and only working in two houses with them installed, I thought a bidet was only for women and that it had something to do with the lunar cycle.
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You guys are killing me, here read this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BidetAs much as bidet's are considered strange by many in the US they are actually a sensible method of hygiene. Most of us wash our hands with soap and water as opposed to smearing whatever soils them with paper.
And no, I don't have one.edit: Here is some more interesting reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washlet
Edited 1/7/2007 9:25 am ET by TGNY
So, you are recommending them as a bonefide cleansing tool then?
I've been told of their benefits. Might make for a nice Valentine gift.
especially if you get the optional blow dryer attachment, eh?
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Yeah, can you imagine on having to wait for a plumber and an electrician to finish your toilet installs.
together?
In the same room?
On the same day?My plumber is a Full sizew body and my electrician lost his calender. I've taught him how to use a broom and a vac but the calender is still hard for him to figure out.
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I think we need to sign you up as an instructor for Ryanfest this year to demonstrate modern hygene.
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LOL. Thanks for the offer but I think I'll pass.
Too late! Due to your great intrest in educating the masses, I've already got you down;)
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soap and water?
wash hands?
When did that start?? And, where??? - lol
I thought the same thing as Piffin, except that I thought it was not only to do with the "Lunar cycle" but just feminine hygiene in general.
That is an interesting question as on a lark at a giveaway price I bought one just because it matched the color and brand of a stool I had.
Thought of installing it just because I had it but then questioned why as hardly anyone I know hardly even knows what they are, let alone how to use one.
OK, I can do this with a straight face, I think.
(I will leave out all the candlelight, wine, music stuff - use your imagination.)
Prepare for an exciting evening...use bidet to insure personal freshness.
Enjoy intimate encounter. Use bidet as necessary.
Use imagination as necessary.
Edited 1/9/2007 8:19 pm ET by kate
Huh??!!
use bidet to ensure personal freshness. Personally, when I get fresh with a woman, I get slapped or ignored. I'll have to try a bidet for better results.
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Hope it works for you, Piff...
Was it not you who wanted to know how to use a bidet? If, not, sorry!
Kate -
Yeah, I asked about how to "use" a bidet. The "Huh" response was a smart alecky response to your instructions about low lights, soft music, wine, etc.
I guess it sorta fell flat - lol.
I just wasn't sharp enough!
;)Does your hubby know you are soliciting freshness testers online?
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My hubby died, but he liked the bidet too...died smiling?
I will leave out all the candlelight, wine, music stuff - use your imagination
That's what men do all the time._______________________________________________________________
I wonder where my get up and go went
Jarhead wrote: You are going to have to help me out on the pics. That last one looks like a toilet next to a sink that looks like a crapper. Both are on the same height? Must be a tall person! That or neither is a sink and both are for sanitaion purposes. I guess the faucets and spout are throwing me off a bit on the far bowl. I did notice the caulk on the floor or ledge which leads me to believe both are lower than I think.
Semper Fi
---------They're side by side crappers just like at PI, so the platoon could make a head call all at the same time.Carry on.
ok, here it come: $22,000 my tub was $185 and I get wet just as good.
ROAR!Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
Dennis Kozlowski the Tyco chairman who went to jail had a $27K shower curtain. I used to say the samething, my $14 one keeps the water out just fine.
ROFLOLI was waiting for that.=0)
But they bought a $4000 bath tub. my tub was $185 and I get wet just as good. ~Brownbagg '06
I had to look twice - figuring it was you that said it!;)
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They're side by side crappers just like at PI, so the platoon could make a head call all at the same time.
Man I hated that! No side walls or curtains. Crappers so close your legs touch. Nothing like losing your inhibitions! It was h3ll on mexican food day!Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
I guess you get over the shy bladder pretty quick.
When I looked at the first pic of the window view, I thought it was a bakers bread rack sitting outside the window and then the other pic made me realize it was a building.
I would think the workers in the building wil also have a nice view of the bidet in action.Rumour has it the Chrysler building in NYC has a toilet in the very top floor looking out a window. Was Walter P.'s personal head.
"Rumour has it the Chrysler building in NYC has a toilet in the very top floor looking out a window. Was Walter P.'s personal head."
In about 1982 or so, I was on vacation in NYC. That particular weekend, the top floors of the Chrysler building were open to the public for the first time in ages - there had been a fancy nightclub up there, called the Cloud Club. It looked like they had locked the doors in about 1942 and walked away...it was like stepping back in time.
There were a bunch of double hung windows in the men's room so you could look out over the city while you did your business. The windows were open, and you could just stick your head out and look around...kind of a weird feeling at that height. If I remember correctly, those big metal eagles on the corners of the building were right outside the windows, or maybe a story or two below.
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Cloud Club, that is correct. I spent several years looking at that building from my old office. And in about 2 months my new office will be beside it again.
Don't know about the plumbing. Ours is far more simple.
However, it looks like a view from downtown Belleuve, WA.
You working those highrise condos? Got any parking?The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
Yup Lincoln Square across from the mall.
Parking????? I park in the loading dock, made buddies with the dock manager.
I was parking down on sub level 5, then they threatend to tow me---- I said if I come down here & my truck is gone I will shut off the water to the building.
Betty Freeman (Kempers wife) was walking by & siad I needed to "take a chill pill" & she bought me a coffee.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin
Espresso Machine? Ours look kinda like that.
PJ
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
The box is a manifold of some sort.
Hot water distribution? The box on the left looks like maybe a tankless WH.
Box on left is the computer, box on right is all the solenoid valves.
Just so ya can turn the tub on to the spout or the hand shower, depending on what button you push.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” —Benjamin Franklin