toilet / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...toilet flapper then!  A typical North American toilet cistern and fill and flush system with float removed for access - those are Sointula rocks to save water! © Rj Pierson Step 3 - check the size and type of toilet flapper To replace the old toilet flapper, you're first going to need a new toilet flapper of the righ...

...toilets like the Boulevard® FloWise® and Studio® FloWise® toilets from American Standard that we selected use no more than 4.8 liters per flush guaranteed, which is less than the average 6 liters used, and usually less than the average that come with dual flush toilets in a best case scenario. The second consideration ...

...toilets are a way around that. A composting toilet is a great solution for reducing water consumption as well as having facilities where you don’t have access to water. It will cost you quite a bit more than a conventional toilet, and prices vary so shop around. Dual flush toilets are now common on the market and price...

...toilets and how to stop toilets running and wasting water by changing the flapper.

...toilets and how to stop toilets running and wasting water by changing the flapper in the cistern easily with simple instructions here The amount of trees cut to make toilet paper And if you want the straight poop on the global ‘personal hygiene’ stats, wrap your head around this - the pulp required for toilet paper man...

We have finished the bathroom counter, floors and shower stalls with a dark slate tile from Glendyne. Slate is a natural stone, so its surfaces have more character and inconsistencies in texture - and at times in thickness - than manufactured tiles. This can mean a bit more effort on the part of installers, but a more ...

...toilet, open-air shower, large moveable stainless steel bath. Built in outdoor fireplace on the terrace. Entertainment: human powered television, DVD player and sound system. 15 minutes of pedaling earns you an hour and a half of watching. Bathtub on wheels © Le Vertendre     The Fun Box © Le...

The Telsa solar roof tiles are in the news again. They now have solar panel shingle installations going in 8 states so far - with what's becoming competitive pricing. If news of these PV roof shingles is also news to you, check out our Tesla solar roof review from when it was first announced in 2016. What was missing b...

They might be parked a little more precisely than an auto wrecking yard, but that doesn’t mean they will ever fly again. Decommissioned aircraft have been declared so, because they have reached the end of their safe flying days. While most of us might be fine riding in rusty old cars, few of us would climb into a rusty...

It is pretty much inevitable that at least some warm, moist air from living areas will find its way into the roof of a building and bring with it the very real risk of frost and ice forming in a cold climate, or mold and rot in a temperate climate. This is a simple product of physics and the realities and limitations o...

...toilet flushing and showers. EPA and other research has shown that rainwater harvested using a "first flush" system and protected from light is safe to use for bathing and other household use.   With a sizeable underground cistern, it is possible to meet the entire annual flushing needs of a household with o...