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sybster1000 Donating Member (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-10 10:28 AM
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Water saver @ Costco
We bought a device for our toilets that has the 2 button flusher. It took BF 5 minutes to install (granted, he's handy) and works well. Would put on other toilet but it is from the 1930's and won't fit. Just another little gadget to help just a little bit!
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Paper Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-10 01:54 PM
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1. Any link to this product? I'd love to try it if it would work for me
with my Circa 1970 fixtures. Installation is no problem. I'll tackle anything!
Thanks
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sybster1000 Donating Member (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-10 08:35 PM
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2. Hydroright, saves up to 15K gallons of H2O/year
http://www.gomjsi.com/products/overview/hydroright

There you go. They had some other water savers that I haven't tried yet.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 03:34 PM
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3. Since I've lived in old buildings my whole adult life, I've always filled up a 2 liter bottle
with water and put it in the toilet tank. That saves 2 liters of water per flush. :hi:
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txlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 10:25 AM
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4. Way to go
We bought a similar model from the Home Depot but when we got it home we discovered it did not come with the mechanism to replace the "flapper" and because of the shape of the tank it would not fit! So we took it back and just control our water manually.

It's a funny quirk of our toilet, perhaps, but the length of time you hold down the handle determines the amount of water per flush. So I just stuck with that method.

On the commode in our master bath it doesn't work that way so I thank you for suggesting Costco as a solution there.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 12:18 PM
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5. I'd love to use these on the toilets here to save well water
Are they expensive??
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 02:00 PM
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7. Follow The Links
Amazon, Costco, etc. carry them, and surprisingly they only run $18 to $20.

Read about it on Amazon as there are over 200 reviews of the product.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NKRR7Y

CR hasn't tested it, but there is some feedback about in the CR Home and Garden blog.
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2010/04/hydroright-dual-flush-converter-best-toilets-review-single-flush-gerber-american-standardd-toto.html

I think I'm going to take a chance on it for $20.

Great thread.
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safeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-10 09:58 PM
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6. Here is a cheap way to save water
if it is pee, let be
if it is brown, flush it down


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