On 21/10/2015 3:12 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:29:34 -0500, Mark Storkamp
> > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> William > wrote:
>>
>>> When you turn on your kitchen sink faucet, how long does it take for
>>> "hot" water 140 degrees to start flowing through the faucet?
>>
>> Twice as long as it used to. I was forced to remove all the 1/2" copper
>> and put in 3/4" to meet code. The line from the street is still only
>> 1/2", so the flow rate is no higher, but I've got twice the volume to
>> fill. Not the contractors fault, just the idiotic city code. The house
>> is over 100 years old and it has worked fine all this time, but the city
>> just can't keep their hands off of things.
>
> Building codes were made for a reason. Usually the reason boils down
> to MONEY like everything else, but ostensibly and often speciously is
> for "safety".
>
> John Kuthe...
>
1/2" plumbing tended to be noisier than 3/4".

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