On 7/13/2010 12:24 PM, dave wrote:
Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:


What's more is that to save that little bit of water in the flush, they
force you to use the New toilets and they never updated the Waste lines
and many older homes couldn't have pipes upgraded anyways. But that
lower amount of water with each flush(and the 1/8 drop per foot) will
create many more stoppages.... Stoppages mean a plumber being called
and that costs many times the water and gas and money......



My American Standard golf ball eater works great. I've never had to
flush twice.

Good for you. I worked in plumbing for a while and you're the lucky one.

You also missed the point that the sewer lines in existing houses and
toilets were a *matched system......* more /or/ less water needs
different pitch and height and diameter on the lines that the water/crap
travels through.

Why not install a maceration unit and make it all a slurry and flush 1/2
gal of water? or use a storage tank/maceration and a pump to push the
sewage rather than allowing "gravity and water" to drag the sh!t to the
sewer?

Fluid dynamics and gravity..... most people call the plumber more
often thanks to incompetent government regulations. If all it took was
placing a brick in any 3gal toilet why did the government need to
regulate new toilets? 3gal toilets need 3 gal and sewer lines need
enough water to flow correctly also.

Instead of "user" efficiency the government seeks some imaginary water
efficiency....