Dear cecil,
I read somewhere that the kitchen and bathroom sinks and bath tubs should be kept closed to prevent house chi from escaping. Is there any truth in this. Thanks.

Dear Anon,
There is some truth in this statement.
1. It is best to keep or concentrate pumbing to one side of the house:
1.1. For the developers, it is easier to build. (Although this is not our main concern here).
1.2. Many good houses have the above characteristics. Even many `good' buildings reserve e.g. a corner of the building for the pantry area, the male and female toilet is at this corner of the house.
1.3. The next important characteristics is to have the water position share an external wall.
Here, this simply means that if the toilet shares an external wall it can never be at the centrepoint of the house.
1.4. In my opinion, it is not so much of preventing the house Qi escaping but for above reasons.
1.5. The main consideration of looking at the toilet/sink/bathtub is because it has the water element (with the exception of fire element or wood element), which is unlike the earth, or metal element.
Fire is a consideration if it is actually used. For wood, normal furniture is acceptable. But if one has too many plants located together.
On it's own, earth element is always a concern because of `Five earth'. But this can easily be neutralised, if one does a proper Flying Star analysis.
Hope the above helps.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 3/3/00 5:01:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I read somewhere that the
kitchen and bathroom sinks and
bath tubs should be kept
closed to prevent house chi
from escaping. Is there any
truth in this. Thanks.