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Do u flush all the time?

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First off; I'm bored and I hope this gets through... my question: I spend alotta time at home, but I don't flush after every #1 use...My wife has a problem w/ this...She says please flush ALL the time..My way of thinking is; why waste water? She says BS...

When we were in St Thomas many years ago, I read a sign that said: ON THIS ISLAND IN THE SUN; WE DO NOT FLUSH FOR #ONE......My wife said "We're not in St Thomas"......I said: "We're saving water and money".....Ur feelings? lol...Thanks

ps...I wind-up flushing after 3 times or so
 
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Carta said:
First off; I'm bored and I hope this gets through... my question: I spend alotta time at home, but I don't flush after every #1 use...My wife has a problem w/ this...She says please flush ALL the time..My way of thinking is; why waste water? She says BS...

When we were in St Thomas many years ago, I read a sign that said: ON THIS ISLAND IN THE SUN; WE DO NOT FLUSH FOR #ONE......My wife said "We're not in St Thomas"......I said: "We're saving water and money".....Ur feelings? lol...Thanks

ps...I wind-up flushing after 3 times or so
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I agreed with your spouse. Please flush ever time. That is my opinion only !!!!
 
a plumber told me "If it's yellow let it mellow, If it's brown, flush it down"
 
Do you ever have guests in your home?

I don't think you're going to find much support for your cause around here.
 
If you pee in the sink you can rinse it down the drain with a cup of water instead of wasting a whole gallon.
 
Sea Six said:
If you pee in the sink you can rinse it down the drain with a cup of water instead of wasting a whole gallon.
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Oh, yeah- or you could just brush your teeth after using the sink for a urinal. Now THAT's multi-tasking. It that where the term 'P-trap' came from? :)

Jim
 
We don't flush at night due to noise unless we do a #2.
 
My DH agrees with you. He doesn't flush over night. He also can't seem to figure out how to put the toilet seat back down if he gets up in the night. We use different bathrooms now. I sure don't want to walk in and see it.

Also, our dogs tend to drink from the toilets if the lid is up so I may be a bit sensitive about it.

Deb
 
DebBrown said:
My DH agrees with you. He doesn't flush over night. He also can't seem to figure out how to put the toilet seat back down if he gets up in the night. We use different bathrooms now. I sure don't want to walk in and see it.

Also, our dogs tend to drink from the toilets if the lid is up so I may be a bit sensitive about it.

Deb
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Ur hubby is a smart man... Why can't u put toilet seat up? Oops; I just started a different subject...

Why would ur dogs drink from toilet?
 
Want to make everybody happy? Get one of those two button toilets. You use one button for #1, and it flushes with minimum water, while button #2 flushes with more water for #2. I don't have one of them, but I've seen it, and it works well.

Absent that, I always flush.

Fern
 
Fern Modena said:
Want to make everybody happy? Get one of those two button toilets. You use one button for #1, and it flushes with minimum water, while button #2 flushes with more water for #2. I don't have one of them, but I've seen it, and it works well.

Absent that, I always flush.

Fern
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Always was impressed with that type of toilet while in Europe and other parts of the world.

Only time I didn't flush was during a drouth in CA when the reservoirs were damn near empty.

Cheers
 
If it does't have an odor, like after drinking beer, I just put the seat down.

We have a toilet that has two flush levels. If you gently trip the handle, just enough water runs to refresh the bowl. If you hold the handle down, it does a more through flush, but nothing like our 43 year old toilet in the basement that creates a whirlpool.

This is such a pleasent subject.
 
When we remodeled the late FIL's house to sell, we replaced both of the thrones there with 'dual flush' ones. I really couldn't tell the difference between the two flushes, but the buttons were cool. I guess. In the end, they didn't cost any more than the single flush variety.
 
This comes up a lot more with people who have Septic Systems, I'm in the "let it mellow" crowd.
 
We have a dual flush. Even with the full flush, I often have to flush twice to get the bowl to empty. Seems there is a backwash.


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DebBrown said:
My DH agrees with you. He doesn't flush over night. He also can't seem to figure out how to put the toilet seat back down if he gets up in the night. We use different bathrooms now. I sure don't want to walk in and see it.

Also, our dogs tend to drink from the toilets if the lid is up so I may be a bit sensitive about it.

Deb
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Carta said:
Ur hubby is a smart man... Why can't u put toilet seat up? Oops; I just started a different subject...

Why would ur dogs drink from toilet?
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I always put the seat and the lid down as well. It helps the bathroom look less messy. I don't leave my cupboard doors open, either. And I make my bed each morning. It's the simple things that can make a house look messy or put together. Also, nothing can accidentally fall into the toilet bowl if the lid is down.

And dogs do drink out of toilets. They just do.
 
Cats know better...they climb up and can't figure how to drink without falling in. So they climb down and jump in your face instead. Where have those paws been?
 
Carta said:
First off; I'm bored and I hope this gets through... my question: I spend alotta time at home, but I don't flush after every #1 use...My wife has a problem w/ this...She says please flush ALL the time..My way of thinking is; why waste water? She says BS...

When we were in St Thomas many years ago, I read a sign that said: ON THIS ISLAND IN THE SUN; WE DO NOT FLUSH FOR #ONE......My wife said "We're not in St Thomas"......I said: "We're saving water and money".....Ur feelings? lol...Thanks

ps...I wind-up flushing after 3 times or so
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Looks like you are not the only one bored

I flush every time, out of habit...I know the older toilets like I have are big water wasters.

so I save a little in other ways... I pee in my pool
 
rapmarks said:
a plumber told me "If it's yellow let it mellow, If it's brown, flush it down"
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That was the saying in the 1970's when we had a drought in California.

We flush every time (except when someone is in the shower). Dual flush, low flow toilet and one of those slow motion falling toilet seats so it doesn't go THUMP everytime I'm required to put the seat down.

I can't say I understand why she can't just look before sitting, but I've been trained and it's one less subject to get beat up on in our home. <g>
 
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Cats know better...they climb up and can't figure how to drink without falling in. So they climb down and jump in your face instead. Where have those paws been?
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Yuck, I hope you flush every time. Kitties in the toilet bowl.

I'm glad our Golden doesn't drink out of the toilet bowel.
 
only time I don't flush is when we have no water (when elec is out). In those situations, #2 gets a healthy does of non-potable water I have standing by for exactly this situation but #1 can wait around.

When there is no water service, even the non-potable needs to be conserved.

I am on septic, would love choice buttons on the thrones. Thanks for the tip as remodelling baths is coming up.
 
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