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Keep your old toilets. Place a couple of bricks in the tank to take up room. And make them lower flow. Adjust the tank float to its lowest setting too.
Low flows suck for the most part. Especially the cheap low flows
That's exactly what I did. I put a few bricks in the tank to take up room and artificially raise the water level. Works great and I still have my great old 5-gallon-per-flush toilets, albeit with something less than 5 gallons of water. Whenever I go somewhere that has low-flow toilets, I chuckle about the need to flush them 2-3 times to make the toilet paper go down. Doesn't seem like they save much water that way.
My plumber told me to think twice about getting rid of my old toilets and my old bathtub. I was surprised at how small bathtubs have gotten. But that's a subject for another thread....
I live in NJ, not CA. I realize things may be different in different parts of the country, depending on the local water supply.
This thing will flush away anything on single flush but it does have the double flush. The only problem is not a lot of water in the bowl.
The stuff that comes with it like the seat is pretty cheap but other than that no complaints.
I had some cheap low flows in a rental. The previous ones worked fine but they weren't low flow. The new low flow ones had a ton of complaints. And the complaints were from tenants that never complained before. I stepped up to Kohler low flows and those worked better. I have yet to find a cheap low flow that works well. Everyone I talk to in the plumbing trades hates those things with a passion. My plumber despises them.
Keep your old toilets. Place a couple of bricks in the tank to take up room. And make them lower flow. Adjust the tank float to its lowest setting too.
Low flows suck for the most part. Especially the cheap low flows
It's best to put the bricks in plastic zip loc bags to prevent weathering of the bricks. Make sure there's no air in the bag which might cause them to shift around. I've also used weighted 1 liter bottles to decrease flush volume.
That's exactly what I did. I put a few bricks in the tank to take up room and artificially raise the water level. Works great and I still have my great old 5-gallon-per-flush toilets, albeit with something less than 5 gallons of water. Whenever I go somewhere that has low-flow toilets, I chuckle about the need to flush them 2-3 times to make the toilet paper go down. Doesn't seem like they save much water that way.
My plumber told me to think twice about getting rid of my old toilets and my old bathtub. I was surprised at how small bathtubs have gotten. But that's a subject for another thread....
I live in NJ, not CA. I realize things may be different in different parts of the country, depending on the local water supply.
They've flushed well for 15+ years now if you buy the right brands.. a Toto Drake is not going to give you flushing problems.... the idea that they don't flush well is mostly because of having builder grade garbage installed in new constructions to save $30-60 per toilet.
Both of the low flows that came with my used home... one's a Gerber and the other a Crane, both handle my largest loads. On the other hand the toilets in my rental did not and would clog all the time. Not all toilets are the same... spend $150 or more on one that gets at least 4.5 out of 5 stars in reviews, or spend $250 to get the Toto Drake which is an idiot proof choice.
Since I don't like to "let it mellow" and will flush every time, I'd rather be using 1.28 or 1.6 gallons over 3.5+ gallons.
Above ^ They don't think it's attractive, they think it's funny.
Posters who say there will be demand for old toilets are right. Lots of people like the old ones better... they flush better. Advertise them on craigslist or facebook buy/sell groups.
They used to smuggle non-low flow toilets in from Canada. Every now and then the paper woudl mention them busting up a toilet smuggling ring. Dirty smugglers bringing in those evil Canadian toilets you only flush once and save water. What is wrong with them?
It's best to put the bricks in plastic zip loc bags to prevent weathering of the bricks. Make sure there's no air in the bag which might cause them to shift around. I've also used weighted 1 liter bottles to decrease flush volume.
Yup. Another way is to fill up a ziplock bag with water and leave it in the bottom of the tank.
I have found that most everything goes when there's a CL free/curb alert
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