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Originally Posted by bestclimb
If it's yellow keep it mellow, brown flush it down...
I have also seen toilet lids that are also a sink. water filling the tank is routed up for you to wash your hands with then fills the tank.
two layers of clothing, a thin close to the body layer that is washed every time worn, and an outer layer that is washed when dirty.
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I don't think I'll do the mellow yellow thing because of the smell. I will admit that I prefer to do #1 outside and take every opportunity to do so. It's a messy affair for a man to do his business into a bowl of water, so that is one of the reasons my preference is outside. Also, I was raised on a lot of property, so naturally I relieved myself wherever I happened to be at the moment.
I wear white tee shirts as an undershirt for most everything. These I use once before washing, and the outer shirt I will wear 2 or 3 times before washing. My method is to hang freshly cleaned cloths on a white hanger, and already worn cloths on a blue hanger. After wearing the garment from the blue hanger, I toss it in the hamper to be washed. So far no complaints of smell, but then again my odors are relatively tame compared to most.
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Insulating hot water pipes helps reduce the amount of time it takes to get hot water flowing.
Or, you can install a brass pump that recirculates the tepid water from the hot pipes back through the cold water pipes...
If you are purchasing a dishwasher or clothes dryer, there are units that use far less water:
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I will look at my insulation next time I crawl under the house, but the pump idea sounds spendy and would waste more heat overall than just allowing the water to go tepid. I would not conserve water at the cost of having to spend more on heating.