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BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF You're not just washing your hands or a dish, you're living a lifestyle and plumbing manufacturers are happy to help. When the home builders met in Orlando, Fla., in January, their show was all about function (April, pg. 39) . The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show , on the contrary, is all about pizzazz. While the show covers everything one will find in a kitchen or bathroom, the 60,000 designers, contractors and remodelors at this year's show in April in Chicago saw plenty of plumbing products . High-tech plumbing Kohler has entered the programmable shower market with its DTV custom showering system . Featuring the DTV Digital Interface and DTV Digital Shower Valve , the product offers customized shower experiences with multiple showerheads, hand showers and body sprays. The DTV's pre- set hydrotherapy experiences include up, down and wave massage, as well as temperature therapy that can ...

We are a nation of shower lovers, but standing exposed in a stream of water, we expect a vibrant, effective, sensory experience. Matching your shower to the water system in your home, will ensure sensory pleasure over a damp squib. Gravity- fed mixer showers : Traditional mixer showers use the same water that feeds your kitchen, laundry and bathroom. With part of the water descending from the cold-storage tank and mixing with water from the hot-water storage, the weight of water will depend on where the loft tank is in relation to the shower head. Have your plumber determine if an extra pump will be needed to avoid a feeble spit from the ‘head’ of water: 0.5bar is the minimum for anything approaching an invigorating feed — 3-4m distance between shower head and tank should be enough. Shower pumps for gravity-fed, low pressure: To opt into the luxury of say a tower shower ( added directional jets from an upright column) demands pressure. Pumps deliver more water per minute through ...

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 ...

Mira Showers – the brand most trusted by UK installers – has enhanced its range of innovative digital showers with the introduction of Mira Mode: a high aesthetic, accessibly-priced mixer that offers users the added convenience of app control from smartphones. Mira Mode responds to a growing consumer demand for technologically advanced home appliances that are also simple and intuitive to use; while meeting the needs of a demographic that increasingly requires multi - generational bathroom installations . As the ‘Smart Home’ concept takes hold, insights into consumer attitudes towards technology purchases suggest that digital could rise to up 59% of shower installations in time. The Bluetooth app allows on/off operation, while enabling the user to programme maximum temperatures and shower duration. Additional features include switching the shower on via the app to warm-up, remote control set up and up to 10 personalised bath-fill settings (with the appropriate Mode variant). F...