Recent content by Obama the Plumber

Well, that's true. If I want to sell American, then Toto is the way to go. I like to see the "made in U.S.A" on the boxes of the Ultramax, Soiree and Guinevere toilets by Toto. I heard the Eljer got bought out by Bain Captial too. There will be no more Eljer toilets. I"m...

Plumbing Codes call for temperature protection for safety reasons. They don't affect the neighboring units either. The pressure balanced valves are much nicer to use. The temperature stays pretty locked in. With low flow shower heads, it doesn't really matter if you get the volume...

If you hold onto the shower head, that should give you enough leverage to unthread the shower arm. Sometimes the arm will crack, but most of the time, a bit of tape and dope, and rethreading will do. You're a little too young to smoke aren't you?

I don't run into too many plumbers still willing to install the Champion after all the problems they had with them. The home centers sell them, but it would be rare to find one at a plumbing supply house. But then homeowners dont' have much long term information to go by either...