Saving $ on waterbill starting with the toliet?

[Fiat1]

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

Were talking saving water here. And the planet.

Come on Man

 

[MisterJackson]

Gives a whole new meaning to, "He's gonna shit bricks.".

 

[MiniDoom]

pissing in the shower saves more water

 

[surfsatwerk]

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

Dish soap chaser keeps everything lemony fresh.

 

[spidey07]

The best way to save on your water bill is to make sure your flappers are making a good seal and your ballcock turns totally off. Both of these eventually wear and stop making a perfect seal. Even a little trickle can add up to a whole lot when it's doing it 24x7.

I was having high water bills and couldn't figure out why, turns out the guest bathroom ballcock was ever so slowly leaking along with the flapper. You really couldn't hear it. Being a guest room I was hardly ever in there. Dropped my bill by some 20 bucks a month.

The newer flappers and ballcocks can be adjusted to however much water you want to use, along with the dual flush ones mentioned.

 

[bignateyk]

The best way to save on your water bill is to make sure your flappers are making a good seal and your ballcock turns totally off. Both of these eventually wear and stop making a perfect seal. Even a little trickle can add up to a whole lot when it's doing it 24x7.

I was having high water bills and couldn't figure out why, turns out the guest bathroom ballcock was ever so slowly leaking along with the flapper. You really couldn't hear it. Being a guest room I was hardly ever in there. Dropped my bill by some 20 bucks a month.

The newer flappers and ballcocks can be adjusted to however much water you want to use, along with the dual flush ones mentioned.

Heh... ballcock. But seriously... put some food coloring in your tank and you'll be able to see if any of your toilets are running.

 

[JM Aggie08]

For 16%? Are you really that desperate ?

 

[spidey07]

Heh... ballcock. But seriously... put some food coloring in your tank and you'll be able to see if any of your toilets are running.

Brilliant!

 

[SunnyD]

Try not shitting. Then you won't need to use the toilet in the first place.

 

[slag]

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

That, my friend, is why it is called a P trap. It holds your piss until you your wife does dishes later that day and then all gets drained out.

 

[The_Dude8]

Toto Drake FTW

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

in that link, they have a youtube video demo with the shit in the toilet being flash down. hahahahha

 

[notposting]

I grew up in San Diego during the 80s to early 90s. There was something like an 8 year drought during the time. Water saving was already crazy there, I can only imagine how bad it has gotten over the last couple decades. They wanted you to cut back every year...of course when everything is already a water saver and you hardly use any???

We used to keep gallon jugs of water in the toilet tank. Also doubled as earthquake water

 

[BergeLSU]

For 16%? Are you really that desperate ?

Where I live, it costs $3 per 1000 gallons for water usage, and $4 per 1000 gallons of sewage (metered as 85% of your water usage).

Most people flush 5 times per day. Low-flush toilets are required in the US now at 1.6 gallons per flush, so let's say 2 gallors per flush. So 10 gallons per day per person on average.

That rounds out to be around $26 per year per person using $7 per 1000 gallons used (water + sewage). Saving 16% would save me around $4 each year (per person in my household).

365*(Flushes per day)*(Gallons per flush)*[$(Water Rate)+$(Sewer Rate)]/1000

Then multiply that by 0.16 and there is your yearly savings.

 

[Leros]

I was able to get free dual flush toilets from the water company. You might look into that.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Try not shitting. Then you won't need to use the toilet in the first place.

Or hold it for school/work:whiste:

 

[Red Squirrel]

It would also reduce the water flow pressure of the flush. What would really work well is if you were to put the tank up near the ceiling and have a large pipe that runs down to the bowl part, and have a rope to flush it. The water would rush down the pipe and build up pressure due to gravity. Then you could get away with less water per flush. It would look really weird though.

I heard recently that my city is looking into water meters, but only in the next 10 years. It will actually be good for people like me, since right now it's flat rate based on the number of rooms. I pay like 77 bucks per month for water which to me seems excessive.

 

[JimmiG]

I've always found it strange that we don't re-use water from the sink to flush the toilet. Instead we flush our toilets with drinking water.

Such solutions exist, but they're quite rare and probably expensive.

 

[spidey07]

It would also reduce the water flow pressure of the flush. What would really work well is if you were to put the tank up near the ceiling and have a large pipe that runs down to the bowl part, and have a rope to flush it. The water would rush down the pipe and build up pressure due to gravity. Then you could get away with less water per flush. It would look really weird though.

I heard recently that my city is looking into water meters, but only in the next 10 years. It will actually be good for people like me, since right now it's flat rate based on the number of rooms. I pay like 77 bucks per month for water which to me seems excessive.

Toilets used to be made that way and still are in europe. The water is much higher and you just pull a chain and the water rushes down.

 

[imagoon]

Toilets used to be made that way and still are in europe. The water is much higher and you just pull a chain and the water rushes down.

Friend of mine has one in his house. It was "original", or well as original as it could be since it the house originally came in the 1880's with an outhouse. He keeps it running to this day.

 

[RossMAN]

in that link, they have a youtube video demo with the shit in the toilet being flash down. hahahahha

Yeah I saw that video (link below), it looks pretty real doesn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmuzFve6O4k

 

[Red Squirrel]

lol that's awesome. If it was me there would be at least 10 pieces of toilet paper per "media" though.

 

[spidey07]

Son of a bitch. I just now noticed my basement bathroom toilet trickling barely into the bowl.

I love the food coloring idea.

The bathrooms you never use are suspect. Watch your ballcock and keep your flappers shut.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

I don't flush at night, and i saved 5 bucks on my water bill..