If I have a low flush toilet, will sinking a bottle of water in the tank still help? Or interfere w/flushing?

Question

I'm trying to conserve water and am wondering whether the old tip about sinking a full bottle of water in the tank still applies with today's newer "water saver" toilets...or whether, since they already use so little water, this could actually interfere with flushing power.

Answer 1

I would not tamper with low flush toilets, because you are already saving enough water per flush.  You might end up calling a plumber to unclog your sewer line because not enough water is clearing the line.and that will get very expensive for you in the long run.

Answer 2

Generally speaking buy displacing water that would ordinarily be in the tank you are decreasing the flushing power of your commode. Since it's already a low flow you're taking a chance of it not being able to take care of business.

Answer 3

forget all of that and check out www.flushmate.com,  great flushing, low water usage.

Answer 4

Surely it depends on the amount of use the toilet is getting and being flushed at the full rate compared to the "half-flush" condition. If a lot of water is being used and if the bottle does not interfere with the operation inside the tank then it would result in some saving of water and presumably a good thing to do.

An alternative to the "half-flush" idea is to fit a specially designed weight (of about 1 lb.) onto the vertical column inside the tank of an unmodified flushing device instead of the above-mentioned system. This weight has the effect of allowing the flow to be stopped when the handle is moved back to the unflushed position. This controls the quantity of water according to the (visual) need, and is even more economical.

Answer 5

What I found is taht these water saving toilets cause me to flush moer than once depending on why I am flushing.   Some people save bath water or other waste water for flushing.

Answer 6

certainly you can try it.

i suspect that they don't flush a lot more water than they need to.

what you don't want to do is decrease the amount of water high up in the tank.

that's where most of the "rush of water" is generated.

the rest is just to clean up after the first part of the flush gets the operation started.