When we gave up on our old toilet, it was taking upwards of 45 litres per flush; we had a pail of water to add to the usual process, and that often resulted in a blockage anyway. So we bought one of the new low-water-use toilets, and oh my goodness, what a difference! The thing is almost unpluggable, and since it uses less than a quarter of the water the previous one did, the water bill showed the reduction immediately.
So don’t slag low-flow toilets – unless you bought the first ones available. THEY were garbage. Try a newer one though, and you’ll sing a different tune.
Similarly, when we bought a front-loading washer, the reduction in electricity and water use repaid the cost in the first year. The clothes were cleaner, too.
Same deal with those ‘water saver’ washing machines. “Would you like to wash all your clothes twice? And still not be sure they’re clean?”
Poo? We’re flush with it.
(Sorry couldn’t help myself.)
When we gave up on our old toilet, it was taking upwards of 45 litres per flush; we had a pail of water to add to the usual process, and that often resulted in a blockage anyway. So we bought one of the new low-water-use toilets, and oh my goodness, what a difference! The thing is almost unpluggable, and since it uses less than a quarter of the water the previous one did, the water bill showed the reduction immediately.
So don’t slag low-flow toilets – unless you bought the first ones available. THEY were garbage. Try a newer one though, and you’ll sing a different tune.
Similarly, when we bought a front-loading washer, the reduction in electricity and water use repaid the cost in the first year. The clothes were cleaner, too.
we should simply switch to toilets that generate small black holes and compact our poo into a space smaller than an atom
Thaaat would suck your intestines out through your anus.
Would that count as weight loss exercise?
As Saskfan says, there are some good ones out there. Not all low-flow toilets are terrible.