low flow toilets suck.

[Mday]

as in they are not good.

i just clogged one. and before you get disgusted, it was the toilet paper.

:|:|

 

[vi edit]

I think you mean don't suck

 

[T2T III]

I'm glad that my house was built a few years before these toilets were implemented. G. Gordon Liddy has cut on these things more than once on his show. He was talking about people buying regular old full-capacity toilets from garage sales so that they could install them in their new homes.

 

[403Forbidden]

i don't use the toilet in my house.

i use the one in the resturant downstairs

 

[403Forbidden]

i don't use the toilet in my house.

i use the one in the resturant downstairs

 

[PCAddict]

I watched this special on PBS or the Discovery channel about contractors in the northern part of the U.S. going to Canada to buy standard flow toilets for the jobs they did because that is what people wanted. It was really interesting. They are actually breaking the law and can be stopped at the border and stuff. It's amazing. I am glad I have standard flow at my house. At work, we have some piece of crap that WAS a low-flow. But, after becoming fed up with finding unpleasant "suprises" when going to use the facilities, my boss and I "modified" it. It is much better now.

 

[Tominator]

That's one of Canada's main exports to the US...

 

[dennilfloss]

What uses more water, flushing once with a normal toilet or 4 times with a low-flow?

Fluid Conduction (Anouk)

 

[~zonker~]

I had to replace a toilet in my house with , yes a low-flow toilet. Three months later I had to get a plumber to come out and clear out the drain line from our house to the sewer. There was not enough water in the tank to push the refuse all the way out. It cost as much to fix this problem as I would save in water costs in about 5 years of use....

An easy fix is just to get a stopper from your local hardware store that makes the low-flow tank work like an old fashioned one. That's what I did

 

[ApacheXMD]

can't they jsut make the tanks way up high so gravity will push all the crap through?
i'm sure you've all seen this on a toilet at one time or another.. but why don't they just make it standard?
sure, use a little bit of water, just make it high pressure so it'll flush right.

-patchy

 

[jhu]

am i the only one who has low-flow toilets that work?

 

[Descend492]

no, you just have small dookies

Here's a little clogging story. I was rooming with three of my friends down in Florida at some hotel. We all had to take major dumps (you don't have to read this, so don't complain, just stop reading), so we all went. By the time the fourth person got around (yes...it was me), that thing was fittin to burst, only I failed to notice because I'm a bumbling idiot. It clogged bigtime. We called up the guy to fix it (this is at 2 in the morning, mind you). He walked in, yelled "Holy Sh*t" at the smell, walked over to the toilet, and yelled out "who laid the 2-foot turd." He was real cool, and kept joking about it with us while plunging the toiled (the sloshing and sucking sounds added a lot to the conversation). That story can still put any one of us on the ground laughing

 

[MrChicken]

Man they do suck....
My builder appologized up front, said it was the law and said that it would probably clog a lot.
So now after 4 years of the low flow we have this routine, crap , flush, wipe(not more than twice), flush again, and wipe again and flush.
If I have a monsterous event I may add a couple more flushes in there.
When ever we have company that owns an older house and havent had the joy of low flow toilets, and they take a dump, it clogs.
Most idiotic tree hugging, green loving idea forced on the public.

But my dad has a toilet that seems like a great idea, if you just flush it, it uses very little water, thus making all the greenies happy. But if you hold the lever down it sends a stream of water directly at the drain for as long as you hold it down, the only danger is "splashback"!. It came in his "pre-fabricated" home as standard equipment.

 

[Mday]

the kind in airplanes is the best. they are available for home use too. but don't flush while sitting.

 

[ltk007]

Wow, I now feel so lucky that I have a regular toilet. I can't stand those low flow toilets in resturants. They are always clogged and filled with crap. In this resturant I worked at they brought toilets from Japan. The things flushed so well they could have sucked a child down them. It was so strong it could have ripped your arm off. The amazing thing was it didn't use much water. Why the hell don't we have these!

 

[403Forbidden]

you could always do your jobbie in a plastic bag and then leave it at the gap or banana republic

 

[Mday]

or i could stock pile for halloween and get paper bags and a lighter.

 

[jhu]

yeah, those airplane toilets are neat. and they suck

 

[JoeKing]

I used to live in the dorms. And we had some of the strongest toilets I have ever seen. These suckers <=pun intended were loud and ultr strong. Everytime I would go I would use WADS of TP and never once was I able to clog these babies. I want some for my house DAMNIT! I'll pay the water bill.

 

[T2T III]

<< the only danger is &quot;splashback&quot;!. >>


Sounds like a bidet.

 

[vi edit]

Joeyman speaks the truth. The toilets in my old dorm had enough &quot;suck&quot; to whisp away a small child. I think you could actually feel the air pressure in the room drop as you flushed that thing.

 

[Wangel]

Once after our toilet clogged, the plumber asked if we would mind having him modify our toilet to flow more water. I said sure. He added a piece of tubing to the center flow tube. This in essence raised the water level inside the tank. Now instead of the regulated 1.3 gallons or so per flush, it now comes to about 1.8. The tube goes to about 1/2 inch from the tank lid. You can't make this modification to all toilets.

Why couldn't the people that care, just put a brick in their toilet to conserve water? Why is it important to make people care about things they don't care about?

 

[Fathom4]

Ahh the days of the good old &quot;FlushMaster 7000&quot;. Now that was man's toilet.

Cushioned seat, integrated magazine rack, 7 gallons of water rushing through at break neck speeds to pulverize anything in its way. Just don't be sitting down during the flush or the suction will give you a whole ass hickie like you wouldn't believe.

 

[Lvis]

You guys need to chew your food better

 

[Stark]

I've got them in my house.

If it doesn't come out easy, it won't go down easy. :|