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Green Plumbing: What no one is talking about

In an attempt to reduce their carbon footprint, most people are looking for ways to improve sustainability in their homes. Green plumbing is an important concept of practicing sustainability at home, can be a solution to achieving this goal. By using sustainable materials and products, water usage can be reduced and at the same time there are many options to derive energy cost reduction benefits.

Ideas for Green Plumbing

  • Limit water use and avoid water wastage: Just the awareness in the household will result in water savings. One example is that train children to turn tap off while brushing.
  • Use grey water treatment and re-circulation system: waste-water can be easily treated and recirculated for flushing and many types of washing applications. Installing this system can result in single largest saving of water for the household.
  • Use Low-flow devices on your faucets/taps: usually one does not need high water flow to rinse. Wash and do your daily jobs around the bathrooms and kitchens. By installing low-flow devices, you can derive substantial water savings without any hassle.  
  • Use Low Flow shower heads: showers are another area where huge water consumption occurs. By installing the low flow shower heads, a lot of water can be saved.
  • Use dual flush cisterns: old flushing systems are highly inefficient and water hungry. New generation dual flush cisterns can do the same job much more efficiently using 1/3rd the water. 
  • Reuse RO system outlet water for washing/cleaning: find ways to reuse the outlet water of RO systems at your homes for washing/cleaning purposes rather tham simply flushing this water into your drains.
  • Use Waterless urinals: options are available for use of waterless urinals specially for commercial establishments which can potentially offer huge water savings
  • Check for leakages and fix them promptly: keep checking your plumbing system for leakages and ensure they are fixed promptly
  • Adopt Rain water harvesting: this can result in not only recharging the natural underground acquihires but this water can also be directly used for any application based on the treatment used.
  • Use energy efficient heating systems. Use solar water heaters and Tankless water heaters for conserving electricity.
  • Insulate all hot water pipes. Water in uninsulated pipelines cools down rapidly losing a lot of energy. 
  • Use timers on your hot water heating devices: use timers such hot water is only available when it is needed and not the whole day long 
  • Use energy efficient appliances like washing machines and dish-washers
  • Stop using chemical based unclogging/cleaning options and and adopt environment friendly options. Chemicals are toxic and go into the sewage and ultimately into the environment causing lot of damage.

Is it worth the hassle?

Going green with the plumbing makes a huge difference in terms of the energy and water costs of the house. After replacing the regular products with environment-friendly products, the difference in the costs is highly evident. If the aspect of health is considered, green plumbing can help the residents in a large way. For instance, getting a green water purifier installed will ensure that you get cleaner water than what the usual products have to offer. Going green with plumbing also lets you stay in peace that you are doing your bit to help maintain a cleaner, safer and more sustainable environment.

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How Plumbing and Drainage Relates to Your Most Basic Needs

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a list of essentials we need for life followed by other desires and needs. The most basic needs are food, water, shelter, sleep and air. What happens when someone falls violently ill due to a lack of clean water or because they don’t have working waste management systems? This is how plumbing and drainage is related to your most basic needs. You can’t move on to higher requirements like safety, love and self- actualization without fulfilling these requirements of life.

 

If you don’t maintain your plumbing system, the very air you breathe could become toxic. The release of sewer gas into your home can make your family sick.

Overflowing water from a backed up toilet or broken pipe damages your home, your shelter. If it isn’t dried out fast enough or happens repeatedly, the mold growth this fosters can impact your family’s health. Whether you suffer breathing problems or simply hate the smell of mold, it affects your quality of life. If you’re already dealing with chronic mold, call a plumber to find the cracked pipe that may be contributing to the problem so they can fix it.

 

Overflowing waste is even worse than clean floodwater. The dirty water containing human waste, food waste and cleaning chemicals carries it across your floor where it seeps into the carpets and walls. Now you have to worry about being made ill by both the bacteria this feeds that you could breathe in and the mold it nurtures. This is why you cannot afford not to have it fixed as soon as you suspect that your sewer line is clogged or septic tank is starting to back flow. You need to call a plumber when those sudden, unexpected clogs occur, too, such as when your toddler learns how funny it looks to flush toys down the toilet. Address these issues sooner rather than later, since a clog will cause more material to collect behind it until the system overflows. Fix it now, and you’ll get that toy or hair ball out. Wait a few days, and it will be compounded by human waste, hair, food particles and toilet paper. The mess that overflows will become more hazardous to your health.

 

Water quality is something that is not fully appreciated in developing nations such as India. People worry about fluoride and chlorine in the water and the luxury of how water tastes, forgetting that historically up to half of all children died before the age of five primarily due to water borne illnesses. Water quality can have major health consequences in the developing world. Rusting pipes and water pipes that let dirt seep into the line, discolor the water and pose a serious health risk. A water heater that isn’t set at the right temperature or malfunctions becomes a breeding ground for bacteria.

 

Tree roots often block sewer pipes and water lines. The moisture from the pipe attracts the roots until they start to grow into the line; this issue is worse for sewer lines due to the extra nutrients they carry. That will start to dam everything that you’re trying to flush away. Instead of repeatedly flushing the toilet or pouring chemicals down the drain, have a plumber run a checking-snake down the line to clear the roots or use an environmentally safe drain cleaner that will work if tree roots are the problem.

 

By maintaining the plumbing and drainage system well, you’ll enjoy safe, clean drinking water and waste elimination. You can sleep easier, too, knowing that you don’t have to worry about toxic messes that endanger your family’s health.

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BOTTLE TRAP PIPE, BOTTLE TRAP PLUMBING, BOTTLE TRAP FITTING

Introduction

BOTTLE TRAP PIPE:

Bottle trap pipe is a device that prevents debris from going inside the drain pipes and foul gases from the drains to escape into the bathroom surroundings.
In Absence of bottle trap plumbing, a wash-basin can very easily be blocked by different kinds of dirt particles. Therefore, Bottle trap fitting is a crucial part of wash basin plumbing.

When the basin is used, the water goes down into the drains and ultimately into the sewer pipes where a lot of dirt is present, this dirt accumulation releases a lot of foul gases that may come out through the drain pipe and pollute the bathrooms and kitchens. This is prevented by Bottle trap pipe as it maintains a certain amount of water in the bottle like structure so as to act like a water seal which does not let any foul gas enter into the bathroom or kitchen. These gases are not just foul smelling but also very harmful to our health, that is why bottle trap fittings need to be installed under all the wash basins.

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9 SECRET TIPS TO AVOID PROJECT DELAYS AND IMPROVE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WHICH EVERY BUILDER MUST KNOW

Plumbing and Drainage Relates

1. INSIST ON PRESSURE TESTING OF EACH UNIT:

After installation insist on pressure testing of the entire plumbing system as per the manufacturers recommendation before back-filling of pipes inside the walls. In case of drainage system, insist on doing leakage test. This will avoid the very expensive and time consuming walls and floor breakage later post tiling.

2. TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO USE CERTIFIED SOLVENT CEMENTS:

Solvent cements (fusion compounds) form a very small part of your plumbing system however is of prime importance in making a good joint. Certified solvent cements especially those complying with standards must be used. NSF certified products are usually the best for plumbing.

3. HAVE ALL PIPES PROPERLY CLAMPED:

Ensure that plumbing and drainage pipes are properly clamped as per the manufacturers recommendations. This helps avoid leakages, damages and breakages in the long run.

4. HAVE ALL EXPOSED PIPES PAINTED:

Always paint all pipes that are exposed to sunlight. This will avoid damages to pipe line due to brittleness and ensure long life of the product.

5. ALWAYS PROVIDE ‘INSIDE-BATHROOM’ PLUMBING DRAWING TO EACH CUSTOMER:

This will help your customers locate pipes behind the walls so that if you need to mount something on your walls, there is no danger of drilling through the pipes and causing huge damage.

6. ENSURE THAT THE MAIN TRAP INSIDE EACH TOILET/BATHROOM AND KITCHEN HAS 50 MM WATER SEAL:

Before installing the traps, always ensure that they have minimum 50 mm waterseal. Check manufacturers catalogue for details before purchasing.

7. INSULATE HOT WATER PIPES FOR CENTRALISED HOT WATER INSTALLATION:

Always insulate hot water pipes with correct insulation from the hot water heater to customer homes. This will save huge amount of energy and electricity bills.

8. ALWAYS INSTALL PROPER AIR RELEASE VALVES WHEREEVER REQUIRED:

After installation is complete, request your consultant to visit the site to check places where air entrapment may happen. Air release valves must be installed at all such places. This will avoid catastrophic failure of pipes.

9. CHOOSE LEAD FREE PLUMBING PRODUCTS ONLY:

Lead is a commonly used ingredient in plumbing pipes and fittings which has long term adverse health effects and can specially impacts infants and children. Always ensure that plumbing pipes and fittings are free from lead and other heavy metals.

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5 SECRETS THAT PIPE COMPANIES DO NOT WANT RETAILERS TO KNOW

  1. Every company claims that they make high quality products and to justify claim that their product is ISI marked. However on careful evaluation, you will often find that not all the products are ISI marked. Check which location, the product is getting manufactured. Ask for the ISI certificates and details of their ISI listing and verify before proceeding. Aproved
  2. Many companies offer more than one range of product with different quality levels. Initially they shall discuss about a higher quality product while discussing price and shall make the proposition attractive however shall supply the lower quality product.
  3. Initial samples are good but later the product quality deteriorates very fast. This is a typical tactic that many companies adopt. Retailers must check the company background and also keep initial samples for reference and cross check from time to time.
  4. Range: Some companies are known to claim that they have full range and even show it in their catalogue and price list while in fact they do not have many items within the range. When ordered you will never receive the items against some excuse. To avoid this kind of issue, you may visit the distributor or company warehouse to verify the range.
  5. Issue resolution: What is the issue resolution mechanism from the company in case of a product issue or complaint? Whom to contact, who will support etc.? This must be clarified beforehand.

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