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- From: macrakis@osf.org (Stavros Macrakis)
- Subject: Re: Water saving toilets
- In-Reply-To: bircsak@cmpass.mps.mlo.dec.com's message of 19 Nov 92 14:38:57
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 11:20:46
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- In article <BIRCSAK.92Nov19143857@cmpass.mps.mlo.dec.com> bircsak@cmpass.mps.mlo.dec.com (John Bircsak) writes:
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- We're fixing up our bathroom, and would like to replace the existing
- toilet with a low-flush-volume (or whatever the term is) toilet (1.5
- gals).
-
- Actually, in Massachusetts, you are required to do this by code. (The
- Californians are always surprised, but Massachusetts was the first
- state to require it.)
-
- I remember hearing bad things about low flush toilets several years
- ago (i.e., requiring several flushes to achieve success).
-
- We have a Kohler Preserver II (?) 1.6-gal toilet. It works fine.
- Sometimes you have to brush the bowl and re-flush, but sometimes you
- have to do that with the old toilets, too. The one thing that's
- different is that it's a bad idea to leave the toilet unflushed with
- lots of toilet paper in it -- this apparently causes clogs, and I have
- to use the plumber's helper.
-
- -s
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