O T---but everybody has one?

Jiles · Apr 12, 2011

I have three nearly new toilets in a new to me home. They work perfect but, as you know, use a lot of water.
I have been told that a special "flap valve" can be purchased to allow water saving or regular flush.
Do these work as advertised?

JMS/.MN · Apr 12, 2011

Just put a couple of bricks in the tank- reduces the amount of water it contains.

Inno · Apr 12, 2011

You can buy a kit to convert it to the "fancy" two button flush system. I think it cost me about $40. It works pretty good once properly set up. I did it not to save water but to not put so much water into my septic tank.

ddl · Apr 12, 2011

or lower your float setting so it shuts off quicker. Only trouble is if you lower your water yiou may end up flushing twice and using more water in the long run.

rustyfarmall · Apr 12, 2011

Leave it alone. The water you save will not be enough to pay the plumber when he comes out to roto-rooter out the plugged up sewer line, and it will plug up if the amount of water used in each flush is in-sufficient to carry the solids on down the line.

Michael Soldan · Apr 12, 2011

We replaced our toilet with the water saver and also the higher stance. I don't regret the money at all..it saves a lot of water because it is designed to flush with less(limiting the water flow on a regular toilet may cause problems,these are designed to flush with less water) The higher stance 18" instead of 15" is just perfect and as we grow older it is easier to get up and down. around $159 for the toilet,seven liter flush which is a slight bit more than a gallon (maybe 1 and 1/4 th gallon)

Greenday · Apr 12, 2011

Do not bother. These toilets are made so that they require a certain amount of water to flush properly by adding bricks in the tank or water saver flappers, etc will cause these stools to not flush properly an dcause many headaches down the road. The best way is to change out the stools to the newer stools which are all water saver toilets.

dgasper · Apr 12, 2011

Before you do anything, check this out.

http://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm

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big fred · Apr 12, 2011

We just put in a new Toto Vespin 6 liter toilet and it works great. I had not been impressed with the water saver toilets, but now I'm sold. It was very pricey at over $500, but there are toilets that are just as efficient for under $150. My wife wanted some features and color that drove us to the higher priced unit, and the additional cost was pretty insignificant in the overall remodel cost.

Walt Davies · Apr 12, 2011

I tried to save money bought a cheap toilet, never did work
right. Went to my friends plumbers shop. And they laughed at
my choice. Sold me standard in the high style works great.
One flush per use. Don,t be cheap get the best.
Walt

Bob S. · Apr 12, 2011

Howdy,
1 US gal is 3.785 litre.
Bob S.

colekicker · Apr 12, 2011

They did a study on most of those "water saving
toilets". Turned out you had to flush them twice to
get the big crap down and used more water than the
old style. Why flush twice, when you can flush
once?

bobs old iron · Apr 12, 2011

jms- had the same idea that the h2o dept told us years ago, or can use a 1/2 gal jug also. it slim, fits on side of tank. all replys have merit, need enough h2o to flush to congerss.

joe 55 joe · Apr 12, 2011

You can put a jug of water in tank to save water. You must make sure water level in bowl is proper height or toilet won"t flush. Best flushing toilet is a gerber Viper. Old plumbing systems used toilets at end of system to flush out piping with 3.5 to 7.0 gal per flush.
New plumbing put 1.6 gpf toilets 1st and let lavs,tubs and showers last to help flush system.

JOHNNYfromMI · Apr 12, 2011

The 2 seater gramdpa buil years ago is a real water saver!
Getting hard to fins a sears cataloge these days!

supergrumpy · Apr 12, 2011

on my brothers recomendation, I put in a Kohler toilet rated at 10 flush power, got it at Home Depot

when it flushes EVERYTHING goes down, no problems whatsoever, cost 2x what the cheepo toilet cost but glad I spent the extra money

Ken Macfarlane · Apr 12, 2011

Us too, we got the pressure flush model for the main floor, it would suck your arm off if you got it caught in there, and is only 1.9 gpf or something like that.

Upstairs just a Kohler low flow gravity flush as its quieter.

CLTX · Apr 12, 2011

A Monkey Wards or Aldens catalog worked fine also......lol.

LenND · Apr 12, 2011

I just bought a new #8 rating flush toilet and it works fine. You DON'T have to flush it twice-ever. And it is the water saver type. If you plug this one up you have a problem not the toilet.LOL

teddy52food · Apr 12, 2011

Grampa wrote to Sears and asked for the price of toilet paper. Sears wtote back, It's on page 289 of the catalog. Grampa said if I had your catalog, I wouldn't need toilet paper.

Janicholson · Apr 12, 2011

They do work, and are easy to install. Find one that has a small float on the bead chain to the lever arm. This small float can be adjusted up or down to regulate closing time. Set it at a minimum distance above the new flapper that gives reliable flushing and all is well. Did one last Monday. Jim

Jiles · Apr 12, 2011

(quoted from post at 03:20:17 04/13/11) They do work, and are easy to install. Find one that has a small float on the bead chain to the lever arm. This small float can be adjusted up or down to regulate closing time. Set it at a minimum distance above the new flapper that gives reliable flushing and all is well. Did one last Monday. Jim

THANK you--that's what my question was.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 12, 2011

I have one of these, best toilet not to plug. The very best one guaranted to never plug is the one holler we had on the farm. Stan

greygoat · Apr 13, 2011

My 16 year old grandson "eats like a horse" and
can plug ANY toilet...no low water use models
for me!

chvet73 · Apr 13, 2011

I had several "lo flo" models that did not work well.
Just moved last October and had to replace 2 toilets. Bought Kohler Wellworth low flows. They were in the low $100 range at Lowes.
They are amazing, not one clog since we moved in. And they don"t use much water.

LenND · Apr 13, 2011

I bought mine at Menards. The higher the rating number the better the toilet is. They will run around the $100 range or so. If you buy a cheaper one then you will get what you pay for and that is a poorer toilet.

mkirsch · Apr 13, 2011

I never thought I'd see the day when people were complaining that a "nearly new" toilet was using TOO MUCH water.

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