Sacramento recently changed their laws to allow water to be distributed via plastic PEX tubing. (Plumbers resisted this change for years as PEX is much easier and faster to install than copper tubing, hence it gives them less billable hours.) These manifold systems (hot on the left, cold on the right) will reduce the amount of wasted water when one is waiting for hot water to get to a faucet. This form of distribution will also minimize wild temperature swings when one is taking a shower and someone else turns on a faucet somewhere in the house. Or so they say, we'll see..
The big benefit is that if one should want to shut off the water to just one fixture, it is easy to do so.
The big benefit is that if one should want to shut off the water to just one fixture, it is easy to do so.
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