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pwhodges:
All of which is part of the building I work in.
dexeron:
I am familiar with the "don't flush if you're only peeing" rule from my grandfather, who lived in the Cayman Islands. Because there are no rivers and so much of the fresh water supply comes from reverse-osmosis desalinization, it's especially important not to waste water. I have to admit, even though I followed that rule when I was visiting him, I've never done that back at home. I just can't abide the lingering urine smell from an unflushed toilet. Smells just gross me out way too easily. :(
I've never heard of variable flush toilets, or toilets with a stop button (or toilets that use hand-washing water to refill the cistern) before today. All of these ideas sound so brilliant; they just seem like common-sense once you hear them. I don't know why they haven't been more widely adopted everywhere. If I ever get my own house, I would totally get something like that to prevent waste.
Akima:
--- Quote from: looktall on 19 Feb 2015, 04:05 ---I'm sure I once saw a cistern that had a little sink over the top of it. When you flush, the water comes out of the tap on the sink. you wash your hands and the waste water then fills the cister.
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Something like this?:
They certainly work, and have a small footprint in tight spaces. I find them a little awkward to use, and they are generally only plumbed to cold water. There are other systems where the toilet and washbasin are linked, but side-by-side. These are more like a conventional wash-basin to use, and can be plumbed to hot and cold supplies. Either way, I think there are problems with installing such systems in your primary, or only, bathroom, because I don't know how well they'd cope with toothpaste spittings, men's shaving-cream and whiskers etc. Rainwater or some other cleaner grey water would probably be best.
looktall:
Yeah that's the one.
It's only intended for use in wc's for washing your hands.
It's not meant for general bathroom duties.
Carl-E:
Explicit (and anyone else), the house I live in had one bathroom when we moved in, and it was last updated in 1926 (according to the date of manufacture stamped in the toilet tank lid, they all have it). The toilet flushed a full five gallons, the whole tankful.
We decided to keep all the fixtures - it's like walking back in time - but after about 6 months I had to replace much of the hardware inside the toilet. I did so, and adjusted the float down considerably, until the tank filled with the least amount that provided a decent flush. I got it down to about 3 gallons, which is still a lot more than a modern low-flush model (standard is 1.6 gallons), which is what I used in the powder room I added.
But we're saving about 2 gal per flush, and that's an improvement.
Get inside your tank and make some adjustments, it's pretty basic hardware and simple to adjust. Until you actually replace the beast, you can at least put it on a diet!
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