Saving $ on waterbill starting with the toliet?

[qliveur]

dual flush toilets are all over the place elsewhere. probably not worth retrofitting your house with but it'd be nice if the house was built with the things.

All I want is a toilet that's capable of flushing everything in a typical dump with one flush.

None of the toilets made in last, I don't know how long now, seem to be capable of performing this once-simple task.

Idiocy reigns.

 

[SparkyJJO]

All I want is a toilet that's capable of flushing everything in a typical dump with one flush.

None of the toilets made in last, I don't know how long now, seem to be capable of performing this once-simple task.

Idiocy reigns.

Get a Crane. Seriously, their pressurized tank units are amazing.

I have what seems to be a cheapo one in my place but it actually works surprisingly well.

 

[qliveur]

I'd rather buy a 20-year-old toilet that actually works.

 

[Mixolydian]

I've had an American Standard "Champion" toilet for about 6 months. Even though it's considered "low-flow", the thing can practically flush a brick.

 

[SparkyJJO]

I'd rather buy a 20-year-old toilet that actually works.

Get a good one then. My brother's house has a 20 year old toilet that uses gallons of water and clogs if you look at it funny. And of course since it uses so much water it overflows really easily D:

 

[JulesMaximus]

i flush every turd

so it would probably save me a load :awe:

16% of the water displaced in your toilet doesn't equal 16% off your water bill.

Kudos to the OP for helping to save the planet though. :thumbsup:

 

[postmortemIA]

I am going to flush it for every reply on this thread :twisted:

 

[The_Dude8]

I'd rather buy a 20-year-old toilet that actually works.

get a Toto Toilet. Best toilet at $450.

 

[RossMAN]

get a Toto Toilet. Best toilet at $450.

Toto Drake FTW

http://www.terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?5241-Toto-Drake-toilet-product-review

 

[rh71]

Would only be a good idea on older toilets that flush with a gallon+ of water

Not sure what you mean. Even the newer efficient toilets advertise as using "only" 1.6gal of water.

I bought and installed this in my toilet, pretty awesome. You set water for 2 levels so you can have a small flush and a giant turd flush.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NKRR7Y?tag=at055-20

Looks good and would solve the flush/flapper sticking problem I have - it sticks in the flushed position so I put WD40 on the flush handle area and now we have to hold it for 3 seconds so it stays open to even flush.

But the problem is this product linked seems to only fit a circular overflow tube in the tank. The Kohler toilet in question has a rectagular shape tube. WTF Kohler.

 

[rh71]

dp

 

[Doppel]

Would you mind posting a link? Thanks.

I'm using the ONE2FLUSH on amazon

When I tried the hyrdoright first it didn't quite fit my toilet.

In fact, my garden hose is spraying in a fine mist 24/7, creating really cool looking ice sculptures. (I don't want the hose to freeze up.)

You can't drain the hose and store it somewhere?

 

[bignateyk]

eh.. I have a well & septic. It comes out of the ground and goes right back into the ground.

 

[slag]

Waste of a brick. Water is unlimited to those of us in North America and very very cheap. My morning routine consists of getting up, starting the shower on very hot so that it warms up the bathroom while I sit on the throne and surf the web on my ipad for at least 10-15 mins. Then, get in the shower and clean up, enjoy the heat for at least 15 minutes. I'm pretty sure most people follow this routine, so putting a brick in your toilet really doesn't do much.

 

[bignateyk]

Waste of a brick. Water is unlimited to those of us in North America and very very cheap. My morning routine consists of getting up, starting the shower on very hot so that it warms up the bathroom while I sit on the throne and surf the web on my ipad for at least 10-15 mins. Then, get in the shower and clean up, enjoy the heat for at least 15 minutes. I'm pretty sure most people follow this routine, so putting a brick in your toilet really doesn't do much.

Why don't you just turn up the heat to warm up the bathroom? Wasting hot water is pretty dumb.

 

[BladeVenom]

Get a urinal.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

why not 2 bricks? 3? hell, just crap in a hole if you really care about the earth

 

[rh71]

Waste of a brick. Water is unlimited to those of us in North America and very very cheap. My morning routine consists of getting up, starting the shower on very hot so that it warms up the bathroom while I sit on the throne and surf the web on my ipad for at least 10-15 mins. Then, get in the shower and clean up, enjoy the heat for at least 15 minutes. I'm pretty sure most people follow this routine, so putting a brick in your toilet really doesn't do much.

simply not true for everyone - I know out in Queens and some other parts of the city which is only 30 mins from here (where water is dirt cheap), it costs them so much that some don't flush urine until the end of the day. When I was selling my house, a resident said even though taxes here are more, the utilities like water much are less... so it evens out. It's obviously a big concern to some. It's a good thing they don't have lawns to speak of in most of the city.

 

[EagleKeeper]

The planet doesn't care if you save water or not. It has this thing called the water cycle. I happen to live in an area where mother nature doesn't say, "hey dumbass, don't live there, my water cycle doesn't replenish the water as fast as you're using it." In fact, my garden hose is spraying in a fine mist 24/7, creating really cool looking ice sculptures. (I don't want the hose to freeze up.)

Drain the hose and bring it in where it will not freeze if the hose is not fixed.
While you may not pay for the water if on a well; you are paying for the electricity to pump the well.

 

[bignateyk]

Drain the hose and bring it in where it will not freeze if the hose is not fixed.
While you may not pay for the water if on a well; you are paying for the electricity to pump the well.

Plus you have to worry about short cycling your well pump. If you need water outdoors during the winter put some frost frees in.

 

[imagoon]

I bought some new toilets to replace the dying 60's beasts I had. I found that getting the glazed "2 inch" fixed the plugging problem (most of the time. If it plugs it is a paper issue.) The ones I bought have multistage just based on the time you hold the lever. Quick press is low, press and hold = full blast.

 

[Fiat1]

One easy way to save water.

If it's yellow let it mellow.
If it's brown send it down.

 

[bignateyk]

One easy way to save water.

If it's yellow let it mellow.
If it's brown send it down.

You've gotta be pretty desperate to let your piss smell up your house all day to save a little water.

 

[surfsatwerk]

You've gotta be pretty desperate to let your piss smell up your house all day to save a little water.

That's why I pee in the sink.

 

[bignateyk]

That's why I pee in the sink.

Still gonna smell unless you wash it down. (The urine is just gonna sit in the P-Trap.)