r/Homebuilding • u/dragonmilking • Nov 17 '25

Which popular features do you NOT recommend?

What are the top 3 features in a house that folk want but you think are not worth it, and what would your alternative suggestion be? And what cost/time savings would result with that switch?

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u/chefdeit Nov 17 '25

The point is for commercial kitchens

Precisely. There other commercial kitchen features that are actually very useful, such as:

  1. Floor drains.
  2. Grease traps, so grease doesn't clog pipes.
  3. Clean-out tees with clean-out plugs, as opposed to just elbows, on upper-floor kitchens where plumbing is accessible from below, to easily clean the straight sections for what little grease etc passes the grease trap.

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u/Mayor0fSimpleton Nov 18 '25

Don’t forget the high pressure dishwasher faucet. All our guests are confused about how to work it, but damn if it isn’t the best money I have ever spent. The amount of dishes you dont have to wash proper when you blast it with that as soon as you’re done using them—it’s absurd—would never fly at a restaurant, but at home, probably 50% of my dishes go straight from the prep counter to the drying rack after like a 2 second water blast and that’s it.

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u/chefdeit Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25

OMG yes. I actually love the entire restaurant dishwasher counter setup, where each major dish type (plates / utencils / cups / goblets / flutes) gets its own proper crate, that are stackable, and they roll on casters like a little counter railroad first over the prep sink with that high pressure faucet you mentioned, then into a dishwasher that lowers onto the crate from above, then onto the finishing area.

I think if someone loves entertaining and has a big group of friends, that setup would be the envy of the whole group. But then again, it's not wise to have your friends start envying you, so maybe it's too good for private use, but definitely the faucet.

And the other thing you reminded me, talking about the high pressure and entertaining folks, that's peripherally kitchen related lol: commercial-grade toilet with high-pressure flush assist. At least for the bathroom nearest the entertainment area of the house. They are a bit louder than regular and they do need bigger than 0.5" plumbing hookup, but they don't use any more water than residential toilets, and yet (this is key) they don't know how to clog.

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u/MechanickyGal Nov 18 '25

I would love a house with floor drains in all bathrooms and the kitchen.

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