pooping bricks :)
 

ive learnt that some people cannot flush their toilet bowls by dumping a bucket of (gray)water in there.. so if youd like to save some water.. heres an idea... put 1 or 2 bricks inside your toilet water tank and voila

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A shame mine simply would not flush like that. As it is, I've got the top off and I have to add more water to make it flush properly about half the time.

When I get my RV set up, whenever that will be, the gray water tank will be pumped directly into the toilet tank.

California had a rebate on low flow toilets. Put in a couple of Eco Drakes, 1.28 gal flush and the rebates paid for 3/4 the price of the toilets. Much better flushers than what I had before too.

Now there's actual semi-real testing done on toilets so you can get one that saves water AND still flushes well.

well since im in an appartment.. i have no intentions of changing my toilet bowl...
well it was just an idea :)

Hmph. So it ain't just me.

Take that bucket o water and throw it in there straight down the chute- forget the tank. The extra inertia makes 'er go.

I make an effort to use a 5 qt ice cream pail of grey water whenever I remember to leave it in the sink to catch it.

Thanks Frank,
I was wondering how the crapper they had wouldn't flush with gray water. My sis had a cabin without running water for a while and that is the way we flushed. I just couldn't figure out how it wasn't working for them.

On a side note, you can gain effectiveness in the pour-flush method if you don't directly hit the chute. It is called building a "head". Pouring off to the side will cause turbulence that will keep the water in the bowl longer, allowing it to fill and create a better siphon on the trap. Pouring directly in causes the trap flow to become turbulent (you dont want this) and it breaks up and pulls a poor siphon (doesn't flush well). good luck.

wow.. good tip on that one.. i hate seeing chunks of last nights dinner floating about :)

Be careful if your putting a brick or two in the water tank, some water tanks are not held to the wall very securely. The weight of a couple of bricks could be enough to pull the screws from the wall(Had it happen once).
Another option is to use either a zip-lock bag, or an old plastic paint tin, filled with water, in the tank.

I put bricks in the tank at my Mom's house many years back, but after 2-3 years they started to crumble (good material, eh?). I cleaned out the tank and put in 1 pint bottles filled with sand and water.

I have a semi-automated graywater system at my house.

Used laundry water goes through a sandfilter/marshplants, gravity fed into a big rubbermaid trough, and then gets pumped to the toilet with a well pump on a pressure switch.

When you flush the toilet, pressurized water starts pumping into it from the graywater tank.

It works great.

Read more at:
Ben's DIY Graywater System - EcoRenovator

bennelson.. it is an honour to hear from you.. in fact your youtube video inspired me to try that.. but 1 couldnt find marshplants anywhere :)
2.. if im gonna flush it.. why filter it ???
so this became more of a hassle since i only do laundry once a week

so what i did was place a bucket under the washroom sink and undid the U-joint and everytime i use sink water it goes straight into the bucket :)

again.. its an honour having spoken with you ben.. would u care to visit my other thread "what to do" its in regards to you sorta :p

On my system, I filter it because we do a load of laundry about every three days.

The water usually never completely empties before more water comes in.
If you let the water sit around too long, it will start to smell like dirty socks.

My filtering is really simple though - gravity fed only, through some plants and a sand filter - no pumping or replacing filters.

If you just use water from a bathroom sink, straight to the toilet, no filtering is needed. That's a great little system.

In my case, I am working with about 30 gallons of water at a time, and have cut my water bill in half. (Believe it or not, water is my most expensive bill! :eek: )

Every little bit helps though! Keep up the good work!

I use a variation of the brick method - 2-liter soda bottles filled with water. It adds no weight, since it's still just water. There's no possibility of chunks of brick coming loose. Also, if the water supply fails, you have a little water reserve on hand.

your right every little bit helps :) although i sometimes wonder why i bother saving water.. i mean if you look at the country im from :) when the worlds water runs dry Canada is gonna be the middle east :p

but the electric bike (if you read my post "what to do") has changed my life.. last night as i was hauling something heavy to my house i noticed an empty bottle of water... usually id ignore this but... i actually picked it up.. backtracked and tossed it into the recycling container.. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME lol

i really wish i could have a car like yours Ben :(

LOL oh gawd.. i actually gagged at that a little...probably because the inside of my water tank is coated with.. i dont even want to imagine what... its an old tank :) and yes even tho the bottle is sealed... i couldnt bring myself to do that :)

Oh, no! I didn't mean that! I mean you can get an extra manual flush from the bottle.

I guess in a true emergency, though...

LOL well thanks for clearing that up and for the 2nd gag.. your on a roll :)

say, how do i get your cool signatures ?
i myself drive a toyota echo

i tried the bottle in the tank trick (because my wife flushes) and my toilet screams (or the pipes ??) whenever the tank refills.. is that normal ?

I don't see how that could be directly related. With a bottle to displace water, the tank should fill up faster and that's it. Maybe the bottle is leaning against something? Or maybe you accidentally misaligned something when putting the bottle in?

Take the bottle out and flush. If the 'screaming' goes away, put it back in. Try flushing with the tank top off, with and without the bottle. Then you can see if something is rubbing against the bottle. Maybe the float rests on the bottle when the water level is low, then it wouldn't open all the way and may produce a 'screaming' sound.

ah dzienkuje :)

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appartment :) i aint investing a penny into it

Ben's greywater system
 

Seems very interesting, looks too small to work properly though?