Comments on: Shower Power http://www.greenerhouse.co.za/2007/03/28/shower-power/ Your Earth, Your Home ~ in South Africa Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:58:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.greenerhouse.co.za/2007/03/28/shower-power/comment-page-1/#comment-14672 Mike Thu, 08 May 2008 22:04:21 +0000 http://www.greenerhouse.co.za/2007/03/28/shower-power/#comment-14672 My comment of 28 Feb refers. My memory played tricks on me. I've checked and find that the head I referred to is made by another European firm, RST, which I think may be German, or possibly Spanish. It's called a Profilence 1540 and sells for about R360. There's a web-site www.rst.co.za with full details, including stockists. I found stocks in a local George plumbing shop today. I've had one for about five years and I just looked at the ceramic disk to see if scaling is a problem - it isn't. As I said, what I like about it is the entraining of air, which gives the illusion of volume. All of the people who've stayed with me have commented specifically on this - they all liked it. I've also found a SA web page on which John Ledger endorses this fitting. I've just done the stop-watch thing and reckon about 8 l/min at full bore, but I tend to throttle mine. My hot and cold water are both subject to the standard pressure regulator. I've also had a look at the book "Ecohouse", third edition. It says 0.2 l/sec is a target volume for a low flow head. A final comment about Grohe. Iseem to recall that Grohe & Hans Grohe are different, with quite different ranges. My comment of 28 Feb refers. My memory played tricks on me. I’ve checked and find that the head I referred to is made by another European firm, RST, which I think may be German, or possibly Spanish. It’s called a Profilence 1540 and sells for about R360. There’s a web-site http://www.rst.co.za with full details, including stockists. I found stocks in a local George plumbing shop today.

I’ve had one for about five years and I just looked at the ceramic disk to see if scaling is a problem – it isn’t. As I said, what I like about it is the entraining of air, which gives the illusion of volume. All of the people who’ve stayed with me have commented specifically on this – they all liked it. I’ve also found a SA web page on which John Ledger endorses this fitting.

I’ve just done the stop-watch thing and reckon about 8 l/min at full bore, but I tend to throttle mine. My hot and cold water are both subject to the standard pressure regulator.

I’ve also had a look at the book “Ecohouse”, third edition. It says 0.2 l/sec is a target volume for a low flow head.

A final comment about Grohe. Iseem to recall that Grohe & Hans Grohe are different, with quite different ranges.

]]> By: boroughs http://www.greenerhouse.co.za/2007/03/28/shower-power/comment-page-1/#comment-14468 boroughs Wed, 07 May 2008 09:36:20 +0000 http://www.greenerhouse.co.za/2007/03/28/shower-power/#comment-14468 Grohe has a line of products they call WaterCare in the U.S. Any product in this line should be low-flow. But I can't find these shower heads on Grohe's South African website. The shower heads I see there (Rain Shower, Movario, Sena, Relexa and Tempesta) all use too much water to even be sold in America. I have contacted both Mike and Grohe for more information and will let you know when I hear from them. The website for Builder's Warehouse shows five stores in the Cape Town area. See this link: http://www.builderswarehouse.co.za/Stores.html#. They may stock Siroflex, but you should phone first. Let us know what you learn. Don Grohe has a line of products they call WaterCare in the U.S. Any product in this line should be low-flow. But I can’t find these shower heads on Grohe’s South African website. The shower heads I see there (Rain Shower, Movario, Sena, Relexa and Tempesta) all use too much water to even be sold in America.

I have contacted both Mike and Grohe for more information and will let you know when I hear from them.

The website for Builder’s Warehouse shows five
stores in the Cape Town area. See this link: http://www.builderswarehouse.co.za/Stores.html#. They may stock Siroflex, but you should phone first.

Let us know what you learn.

Don

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