Have you ever replaced a toilet in your home?
Hi-flow toilets which consume more water per flush, actually use 27% less water annually than lo-flow toilets which advertise very low water consumption per flush.
supersnipe · 61-69, M
Yes, because the cistern on the old one just cracked one day. I didn't hear it, but saw the result later. The exact same thing had happened at my parents' place many years previously. I heard a *crack* and then a drip...drip...drip. If I hadn't experienced cisterns cracking I wouldn't have thought it very probable 🤔
1490wayb · 56-60, M
hard line up commode with bolts alone...need extra hand. actually 2 people use same amount of water as one many learn when widowed\splitup etc.
Softandsweet2 · 31-35, F
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
That can only be true if the low flow toilets don't actually flush properly so that one must flush twice.
Consumer Reports says that this is not the case
Busting Myths About Water-Efficient Toilets
Do low-flow toilets force you to flush multiple times? Not according to CR's tests.
https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/toilets/busting-myths-about-water-efficient-toilets-a6101538196/
Consumer Reports says that this is not the case
Busting Myths About Water-Efficient Toilets
Do low-flow toilets force you to flush multiple times? Not according to CR's tests.
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georgelong · 46-50, M
I’m with Swirlie. One quickly learns that “too much” in a low flow results in clogs and those are no fun. Avoiding clogs requires regulating volume resulting in multiple flushes. Quite difficult to make that point non graphically 🤣 @ninalanyon @swirlie
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@georgelong My toilets don't clog. Well one of them did once in the twenty years that they have been in place.
georgelong · 46-50, M
Then you regulate volume. Good for you. Swirlie is correct. @ninalanyon
froggtongue · M
Interesting. I suppose it's because there's less feeling that a single flush pushes everything down the pipes and so people flush repeatedly more times.
swirlie · 31-35
@froggtongue
It's mainly because low-flow toilets manufactured in North America are poorly designed, which subsequently requires multiple flushing by the user, hence using more water than an older hi-flow toilet which only requires one flush because of the slightly higher water consumption rate.
It's mainly because low-flow toilets manufactured in North America are poorly designed, which subsequently requires multiple flushing by the user, hence using more water than an older hi-flow toilet which only requires one flush because of the slightly higher water consumption rate.
froggtongue · M
@swirlie that sounds almost like what i was saying.
swirlie · 31-35
@froggtongue
Yes, it is almost what you were saying. Except it's not a "less feeling that a single flush pushes everything down the pipes", it's a known mechanical fact within the industry that North American-made toilet designs are inferior to what's otherwise available in Europe and China.
Yes, it is almost what you were saying. Except it's not a "less feeling that a single flush pushes everything down the pipes", it's a known mechanical fact within the industry that North American-made toilet designs are inferior to what's otherwise available in Europe and China.
Yup. It's easy.
Musicman · 61-69, M
As a professional contractor I have replaced many toilets.