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How to Make a Relatively Sweet Shower – Cheap

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Our new shower – for the duration of this trip So the Mustache family is now happily living in the little vacation suite I built for us with the indispensable help of my friend and host Johnny Aloha . There are still some finishing touches to add (including paint), but for the most part everything works now. The nicest part of this place is the shower, which you can see there in the picture on the left. Ooh, ahh.. looks cozy, doesn’t it? Well I like it, anyway, and I wanted to build something that would serve as a centerpiece to this future rental unit that would anchor it in the luxury market and thus allow it to earn higher rents forever . The cool part is, it didn’t really cost much to build. Those floor-to- ceiling travertine tiles , dark slate, river rock floor stones , and even the handle and valve set were all found on Craigslist at a deep discount. The shampoo nook which keeps your wife’s shaving razors from messing with your personal space is just a few extra cuts on the tile...

K/BIS products focus on design, conservation, efficiency

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ATLANTA — At the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show held at the Georgia World Congress Center here, April 30 – May 3 attendees previewed not only the latest high- end product designs and styles for kitchen and bath products, they also previewed the sustainable technologies that have been integrated into a variety of different products to ensure that energy efficiency and water conservation is a top priority. At the show, Rheem displayed its new high- efficiency Marathon Heavy -Duty Electric, which is engineered to provide a low-cost water- heating solution for high-temperature applications in harsh environments. The water heater features titanium elements and a seamless blow- molded polybutene storage tank that is impervious to rust and corrosion. The unit will consistently deliver water at 170°F and is available in two sizes: 85 gallons with a first-hour rating of 87 GPH and 105 gallons with a first-hour rating of 101 GPH. Rheem also showcased ...