Having done more remodeling that most folks, one of the things that bugs me is the lack of attention to residential plumbing. Specifically to creating plumbing circuits like electricity has. In a lot of cases electricity has dedicated circuits, which allow you to turn off specific portions of your house. So why don’t designers think about this? They do it in commercial work.
They have no problem designing a 6000 square foot house with bathrooms on opposite ends of the house, kitchens and laundry rooms as far apart as is possible, making the plumber happy with all the extra material and labor, but not thinking about the homeowner or remodeler.
Typically, to remodel a bath or kitchen, you have to shut off the water to the entire house as well as turning off the water heater. Although newer plumbing does have shutoff’s on both sides of the water heater.
Consider a typical bathroom. The cold water is supplied to the sink, toilet, and shower/bath. But there are shutoff’s on the sink and the toilet you cry. Fair enough if all you are doing is replacing a faucet or a float valve.
Your shower/bath has no such provisions.
It would cost the price of a couple of valves to install shutoff’s for various rooms. This would allow you to shut off just the water you need when remodeling.
Something to think about.
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