Eco-Friendly Toilet?
I am in the market for a new throne! I would like to get a water saving toilet. My budget goes up to $350. I understand that all toilet now produced use only 1.6 gallons per flush. Does that make them new toilets ‘green’. I would appreciate any suggestions. My preference is to get a…
I am in the market for a new throne! I would like to get a water saving toilet. My budget goes up to $350. I understand that all toilet now produced use only 1.6 gallons per flush. Does that make them new toilets ‘green’. I would appreciate any suggestions.
My preference is to get a pressure assisted toilet but I have never owned one. How do they stand up to gravity driven toilets. I am also interested in a dual flush toilet. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Best regards!
Dual-flush toilets are coming down in price. You can get a Kohler dual-flush for that price from HD or Lowe’s… might need to special order, but doesn’t add to cost. Caroma is also coming down in price. We have one of each; no complaints.
A broken water main would not increase your water costs as there would be no flow of water through your water meter.
Most all of today’s plain gravity flush 1.6GPF toilets work very well. In the $350 or less price range check the American Standard Champion series.
Toto toilets got a name when they were the only choice for a working 1.6GPF that didn’t require a plunger each use- but that was back in the mid 1990s. Today the budget Toto line is nothing special and in general all Toto toilets have a horrible wash action and leave the bowl dirty.
-spkconstruction.com
Poo mist! Thanks for my morning laugh!!! 🙂
just flush less often. remember if yellow let it mellow.
And I think maybe some people here should visit a gastroenterologist if their poo mist is so offensive they have to be so concerned.
ew im sorry but a toilet with very little water is a toilet i don’t wanna sit on. more water = less poo mist. the atomic structure of water is known to draw in the poo mist. unless you have a toilet with a poo mist vacuum built in (those are very expensive, and personally i don’t think they work), youre going to have a problem. there are some things in life that green isnt better, and toilets are one of them.
im just giving you my professional opinion on the matter. im sure others will just say to ignore the idiot, but i like people knowing all their options.
*rob*
Good advice from jockdeboeraia re: your water line. Regardless, a water-saving toilet is a good thing. We just purchased the Kohler “Persuade” model from Lowe’s for less than $300 and it’s a nice, affordable dual-flush model.
A common source of toilet leaks is the flapper (in the tank). Just one hidden toilet leak can result in hundreds of dollars of extra charges on a quarterly water bill. See this NYC DEP fact sheet about water leaks and their cost: http://bit.ly/8c66Au
To test for flapper leaks, buy some food coloring and put a few drops into toilet tank. Wait approx. 15 minutes. If the food coloring shows up in your toilet bowl, you have a leak. There’s plenty of information and videos online showing how to conduct this test and/or replace the flapper. Another Toto model to look at is the Drake. One good site for plumbing info/comparisons is: http://bit.ly/5X7HwB
If this a recent development and nothing has changed, you might want to see if your water main to the house cracked with all of the cold weather. If you hear a noise in the line where it comes into the house, and the water is not in use then bingo that is it. DEP will check it for you, but will then make you fix it. Mine cost $5,000 a few years ago.
Jock deBoer, AIA
deBoer Architects
Thanks! I’ve seen a lot of positive reviews of Toto toilets, but I do notice that with the Aquia, some of the reviews state that it is difficult to install on a tile floor, which we have (slate). I do like the water savings idea, though, as recently we got hit with the biggest water bill ever, that probably could have supplied water to four brownstones! We are desperately trying to find and fix the problem(s) and runny/leaky toilets seems like a good place to start.