To flush or not to flush?

zippychick

Hi

As this isn't Old Style related, I've moved it to the Water board

thanks
Zip

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the_bet_maker

ohh Sailor's shower is a good one I hadn't thought of (sounds like some kind of homosexual act lol).

That way I can still have a shower at a leisurely 15 minute pace while not wasting water in the process.

That would probably take me down to a tidy 20 litres or less (probably considerably less) per shower.

I like the ethos of this board as money saving becomes a fun challenge .

jimjames

mrs_motivated wrote: »

I flush everytime (cant help it - it happens on autopilot) ... I do have one of those loos with a big and little flush though, so only use the little flush for a wee.

If you think your shower is the problem, how about one of those 'saving water shower heads' and a shower timer. Also like the previous poster think about small things like turing tap off when brushing teeth.

We have 2 toilets, one installed this year and one that was here when we moved in. The new one is very economical on the flushing when you use the dual flush option, the older one not so but we tend to flush that every 2 or 3 "yellow" uses to even it out a bit.

Water butts in the garden for washing car or watering can make a difference too.

bruceyb3

There are two of us. We shower only. We USUALLY only flush the toilet once a day each(both out during the day at work) but use WASTE water from the showers and very little from the main supply(drinking quality water of course!) filling the cistern up. Result? Water usage in £'s around £7.50 pcm.

frankenstein

Living without a water meter I just wonder how much does the 9 litres of water used to flush the toilet cost?

And are people that skint or miserable they won't pay for flushing the toilet?

It might just be me but there is no way I would not flush the toilet. Yuck!

redux

frankenstein wrote: »

Living without a water meter I just wonder how much does the 9 litres of water used to flush the toilet cost?

about a penny

(joke and serious at the same time)

frankenstein

A penny?

The way people are going on about the cost of water to flush the toilet I thought we were talking 1p a litre.

So if you flush the toilet 10 times a day that is 10p a day or £36.50 a year.

I pay over £400 a year for water and sewage and some people are too miserable to spend £36.50 a year to flush the toilet.

I can't believe that people can't afford that.

Is that not taking money saving too far?

I just wonder how much they spend to keep the toilet clean and smelling nice or do they go whilst holding their nose?

That's one money saving tip I won't be following.

redux

Yes, I think the shower and washing machine use a lot more

bruceyb3

frankenstein wrote: »

A penny?

The way people are going on about the cost of water to flush the toilet I thought we were talking 1p a litre.

So if you flush the toilet 10 times a day that is 10p a day or £36.50 a year.

I pay over £400 a year for water and sewage and some people are too miserable to spend £36.50 a year to flush the toilet.

I can't believe that people can't afford that.

Is that not taking money saving too far?

I just wonder how much they spend to keep the toilet clean and smelling nice or do they go whilst holding their nose?

That's one money saving tip I won't be following.

I would rather have £36.50 in my pocket than in my water companies coffers. Multiply that by the millions of customers and you can see how much money one is/would be giving away to them. However, it is not so much as saving pennies(and yet the old adage 'look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves' come to mind) as saving a precious resource. Why flush when there is no need to? Why use drinking quality water to flush one's toilet pan? Also, as others have stated in this thread, when combined with other water saving measures the savings can be a lot more than £36.50.

minimoneysaver

Good point, but it is called the water cycle for a reason.... it is a cycle.