On May 21, 6:00*pm, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 20 May 2010 22:48:29 -0700 (PDT), DD_BobK
wrote:

BTW *if oyu choose to use manifolds, they get used in paired sets; hot
& cold.
So a house needs a hot manifold & a cold manifold. *Same with local
manifolds

I haven't seen "paired sets". My manifold is a single unit. Hot on the
left and cold on the right. I guess if is molded fiberglass.

I've seen some really nice manifolds made of copper with brass ball
valves (good plumber) at the manifold. They were cobbled together on
site for near 5K s.f. homes.

What I meant by "paired sets", I meant two separate copper manifolds.
One for hot, one for cold.

I totally forgot about the plastic "combo" manifolds.

I know the copper manifolds with the built in ball valves are a lot
more expensive (about $150 more for two copper manifolds vs the
manibloc)
but the copper manifolds are much better material. I recommend using
the copper ones.

cheers
Bob