Sunday, June 1, 2014

Modern Toilet And Dual Flush Toilet Designs

By Darren Hartley


From the simple, no-frills outhouse of yesteryears, the modern toilet has travelled a long way. Available in a huge variety of fashions and styles, toilets range from a basic shape most homes have to ornate, carved and painted throne-like edifices to models coming straight from science fiction novel pages.

The modern toilet has progressed in leaps and bounds. The newer models not only incorporate water-saving technologies, but also integrate other technologies that offer built-in bidets and other mod cons. Aesthetics and budget are the normal basis people use in the choosing the right toilet for their household.

The modern toilet now consists of low flow cisterns that outperform older styles which used to be sources of multiple flushing issues and clogging horror stories. There is a prevalence of four to five star WELS rated toilets on the market today. Dual flush toilets are even mandatory in most states.

The dual flush toilet has been available for over thirty years now. It has undergone radical changes in its transformation into one of the most water efficient devices of the modern world. Invented by Bruce Thompson in 1980, the first dual flush system released 11 litres on full flush and 5.5 litres on half flush.

The achievement of the right level of water savings depends upon the correct usage of a dual flush toilet. It must be kept in mind that the full flush is for solid waste and the half flush is for liquid waste. No significant savings in water consumption will be achieved in pressing the full flush button for all kinds of waste.

The water efficiency of a dual flush toilet has gone a long way from its first inception. While the first model released 11 litres on full flush and 5.5 litres on half flush, today's models releases just 4.5 litres on full and 3 litres on half. A dual flush toilet is given a star rating on the basis of its water efficiency.




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