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The plumbers of A-1 Plumbing of Baltimore are good guys. Since the government began requiring everyone to use low flush toilets, the number of clogged toilets and clogged drains has risen. But the plumbers at A-1 would rather get work helping their customers install a high quality low flush toilets, low flow toilet, then get repeated calls for clogged toilets and clogged drains.”

By law everyone is required to use a low flow toilet (a toilet that uses no more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush). What the law doesn’t regulate is the fact that low flush-volume toilets may not work well. Initially many manufacturers tried to make changes in their toilets to reduce the flush volume in toilets which were designed to use more water. And voila, many of these toilets didn’t work well. The result? Consumers were stuck with repeated clogged toilets, clogged drains, and frequent need of the toilet plunger. And result two? Americans got the impression that 1.6 gallon flush toilets were no good, and insufficient for the task.

Subsequently, two developments came down the pike, which is beginning to convince consumers that there are low flush toilets which work. The first invention was the dual-flush toilet. This ingenious design, being used around the world, provides the right amount of liquid for different types of flush. The user pushes the low volume button to flush liquids, and the high volume button to flush solids. This design permits a great water savings, without the danger of an inadequate flush. Read the rest of this entry »