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.gtr-container-x7y8z9 { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, "Times New Roman", Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6; padding: 16px; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; } .gtr-container-x7y8z9 .gtr-section { margin-bottom: 24px; } .gtr-container-x7y8z9 .gtr-section:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } .gtr-container-x7y8z9 .gtr-section-title { font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #FDB100; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: left; } .gtr-container-x7y8z9 p { font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left !important; } .gtr-container-x7y8z9 p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .gtr-container-x7y8z9 { padding: 32px; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; } .gtr-container-x7y8z9 .gtr-section { margin-bottom: 32px; } } Anti-backflow Floor Drains Anti-backflow floor drains, also known as anti-return water floor drains, have a built-in one-way check valve structure. Unlike ordinary floor drains that only have anti-odor functions, they can not only prevent the entry of sewer odors and small insects, but also prevent the reverse flow of sewage in the pipes. Working Principle During normal drainage, the water flow pushes the bottom sealing valve away by gravity, and the sewage flows smoothly into the pipe. When the downstream pipe is clogged or the water level in the municipal pipeline rises and creates reverse water pressure, causing the sewage in the pipe to flow back upwards, the water pressure will compress the sealing silicone valve, firmly closing the passage, preventing sewage from flooding into the room. Suitable Installation Groups Low-rise residents, old residential areas, houses prone to sewer blockage and backflow, and those with frequent pipe overflow after heavy rain. Floor drains in kitchens and balconies should be prioritized for installation to reduce the risk of sewage soaking the floor. When Regular Drains Suffice For high-rise new residential areas, with smooth drainage and no backflow phenomena in the pipes, regular anti-odor floor drains are usually sufficient.

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.gtr-container-lwc789 { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, "Times New Roman", Arial, sans-serif; color: #333; line-height: 1.6; font-size: 14px; padding: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; } .gtr-container-lwc789 p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left !important; font-size: 14px; } .gtr-container-lwc789 .gtr-highlight-title { display: block; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #FDB100; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; } .gtr-container-lwc789 .gtr-highlight-title:first-of-type { margin-top: 0; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .gtr-container-lwc789 { max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px; } } Lost-wax casting is thousands of years old. It is also still the standard for good brass bathroom hardware. The reason: surfaces and shapes. The process: make a wax model. Dip it in ceramic slurry until a shell forms. Heat until the wax melts out and pour brass into the cavity. Cool, break the shell, done. Brass where wax used to be. Why not something faster? Sand casting presses metal into shaped sand, cheap and quick. But sand is rough, and that roughness transfers to the metal. Polish a sand-cast handle as long as you like. The grain stays. Lost-wax captures detail with almost no shrinkage. The shell holds the surface smooth. Brass mirrors the wax. A chrome faucet made this way needs barely any finishing. A rough casting needs grinding, and grinding through thin brass is easier than you think. There is more to it than surface finish. A one-piece casting has no welds or joints. Water cycles through it for years. Every seam is a future leak. Lost-wax forms internal channels inside a single brass body. Weld pieces together and you built in the thing that eventually fails. Cost is the trade-off. Each shell is destroyed to free the part. Each wax model is consumed. One run takes days. Stamping a million brackets? Sand casting wins on price. Making a handle someone grips every morning for ten years? Lost-wax justifies it. One thing to know: "lost-wax casting" on a label sets a ceiling, not a floor. Bad tooling, rushed drying, overheated metal. Each hides defects inside parts that look perfect. A factory that controls every step gets the real benefit. One that does not gets the name and nothing else. When a product says "lost-wax casting" the manufacturer picked a slower, more expensive way of working. That choice matters. Whether their execution matches it is where your money goes.

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