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Old 02-13-2007, 09:08 AM   #1
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Water Tiles With Well Water?


Has anyone ever used those Kholor water tiles. The water is run from well water... and its a modular home. so its got that really horrible plastic lines. I am just not too sure if the water pump can handle it.

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Old 02-13-2007, 06:44 PM   #2
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What are you refering to?
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I was thinking the same thing . does kohler make a wet saw ? If so i found all of kohler tools to be good .
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You absolutely need more storage tank capacity when you're adding high gpm fixtures, such as the water tiles. I have one customer who had to change to a higher volume well pump, also. The answer is "yes", but at some expense.
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http://www.us.kohler.com/onlinecatal...=1126632993920

You plumbers ever hear of Google?

Those water tiles are pretty nice looking!

I have seen a few large custom homes here that have low volume wells, the pluming contractor installed water storage tanks, not pressure tanks just storage.
Then he supplied the house with a variable pump to provide good volume and good pressure regardless of how many fixtures were open at the same time.

It is more expensive than the standard well pump + pressure tank system, but is a viable option.
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I have seen a few large custom homes here that have low volume wells, the pluming contractor installed water storage tanks, not pressure tanks just storage. .
'szackly what I was talking about. The tank has a float to turn on the well pump, instead of a pressure switch. The interior piping is then pressurized, in the case of the one I wired, with a Grundfos variable speed pump. Pretty sweet setup.
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'szackly what I was talking about..... Pretty sweet setup.

Yep! A plumber I work with has done a few of these set ups. There is an area here that has poor well capacity, (less than 4 gallons per minute) which is fine till you put a gargantuan house on the property, then you have to be innovative and this type system deffinetly works.
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Yep! A plumber I work with has done a few of these set ups. There is an area here that has poor well capacity, (less than 4 gallons per minute) which is fine till you put a gargantuan house on the property, then you have to be innovative and this type system deffinetly works.
It's basically a small version of a municipal well setup. The muni well pumps a constant trickle into the water tower to keep it topped off. Pumps (or gravity) pressurize the city's mains. Same basic setup, only for a house. Farmers in my neck of the woods use this setup in their dairy barns, because they use lots and lots of water during short intervals (cleaning the milking parlor between milkings).
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Can't anyone take a normal shower anymore?

Does anyone remember that depriate4 is on a short budget?
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yes i am on a budget but that does not mean that i can have something nice. i work 84 hours a week just so i can eventually go home and enjoy what i have worked so hard for... is that so wrong?
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