New Products: K&B for the 90s

It’s a little ironic to see Spartan, lowflush toilets displayed next to showers with multiple heads and enormous tubs with high-volume faucets. Code officials in many states that are limiting toilets to less than 1.6 gallons per flush and showerhead flow to 2.75 gpm might balk at the wastefulness of these mega-tubs and showers. But the companies displaying their products at this year’s Kitchen/Bath Industry Show in Chicago seem convinced that Americans still want opulent bathrooms, regardless of water shortages. Environmental concerns also take a back seat in the kitchen. Appliance manufacturers have put a lot of effort into making their products more efficient in the past few years. But this year, the emphasis was on convenience and design. For instance,