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Reduce water flushed from toilet
AnnaV
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After reading the No Waste Like Home thread I was shocked to see how much water was wasted by flushing the toilet, which seemed pretty unavoidable. I'm not sure how much people would appreciate you 'saving' yours for the next flush :rolleyes:
So I did a search and found this, may be worth a try? Would save loads of water over the course of a year!
Water required to flush some toilets can be reduced.
Experiment by placing a litre plastic (not glass) bottle
filled with water in the flush tank to save 1 litre of
water per flush. (Don't use a brick to fill space in your
toilet flush tank. Particles from the brick could damage
the valve).
So I did a search and found this, may be worth a try? Would save loads of water over the course of a year!
Water required to flush some toilets can be reduced.
Experiment by placing a litre plastic (not glass) bottle
filled with water in the flush tank to save 1 litre of
water per flush. (Don't use a brick to fill space in your
toilet flush tank. Particles from the brick could damage
the valve).
Anna :beer:
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Last time I spoke to my water suppliers (wessex water) by phone, the lady I spoke to offered to send me (free of charge) a bag full of what I think are absorbent crystals to put in the loo cistern. Apparently, she said it saves a litre each time you flush the loo.
Sounds like a similar type of thing, plus it was free
My water bills are ridiculous so anything that helps0 -
After years of nagging the kidz to "flush the loo" I'm certainly not going to adopt the No waste like home idea of "when it's yellow let it mellow":eek: (where's the smilie of someone gagging when you need one?) But out toilet has an adjuster inside the cistern so you can alter the amount of water used per flush. Ours is set on the lowest setting of 6 litres and I've never had to re-flush because the first time was no suffiecient.Life's a beach! Take your shoes off and feel the sand between your toes.0
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Whenever you have a bath:
(1) Save a couple of buckets for the toilet. This can save up to four full flushes.
(2) Use it to wash the car or water your houseplants.
(3) Use it to clean the floors (unless you have carpeting, of course).
You get the idea...Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.0 -
Last night on Trevor McDonut's Tonight program, there was a thing about saving water. They said you could get special aerators that fit into the taps and reduce the flow of water and also eco friendly shower heads that do the same thing. Anyone know anything about these?0
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If you live in Northern Ireland you can request a Hippo water saver bag to help save water when you flush.
Free WATER saving 'Hippo' for your WC
TEL:08457440088
HTH0 -
You can generally get them free from your water company, but more details of how it works here:
http://www.hippo-the-watersaver.co.uk
StompaStompa0 -
There's also the save a flush bags that are sent out free - more details
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=115&highlight=save+a+flush0 -
I recently sent off for water saving devices from Thames Water, despite not living in their area they sent them to me no questions asked! The link for these is here........
http://waterwise.fortune-cookie.com/free-stuff/0 -
Ok, in my new flat there is a toilet with one of those dual button things, small one for liquids, bigger one for solid...... Should I still put one of those crystally bag things in? I got one from the last water supplier but I didnt use it as i was going to save it for here, but now I dont know whether to put it in or not. I also think that the lid thingy is sealed (probably because of the button mechanism thingy.
Should I bother or not?
Jo xx#KiamaHouse0 -
jw1096 wrote:Ok, in my new flat there is a toilet with one of those dual button things, small one for liquids, bigger one for solid...... Should I still put one of those crystally bag things in? I got one from the last water supplier but I didnt use it as i was going to save it for here, but now I dont know whether to put it in or not. I also think that the lid thingy is sealed (probably because of the button mechanism thingy.
Should I bother or not?
Jo xx
As far as I know you shouldn't make any modifications to those that already have water-saving devices built in to them as I'm sure I read it can cause problems, or even damage them
"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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will come back to you three times as strong!
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