Re: Run your house on a thermoblock?

Jack Denver wrote:
 As Doug mentioned,
US plumbing runs at around 50 psi from pressurized mains. So we don't need booster pumps to take "power showers" - the street pressure is quite sufficient. But this means that the whole system is pressurized and has to


Oh to be down at 50 PSI. My pressure is 125 psi from the street. It comes in through white PVC laid above ground and ocassionally, palm trees fall over and break the line.

Guess what gets replaced soon?

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