Toilet: Dual flush retrofit?

[thetikki]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a dual flush retrofit kit for a 1.6 gallon US toilet. I've found some models available in Austraila, but I've been hard pressed to find anything State-side. Ideally, I'd like to have a half flush (0.8 - 1.0 gal) for liquid waste and a full flush for solids. I know these used to be sold, but no one seems to carry them now.

A call to Home Depot was responded to with "We don't have them, but it sounds like a great idea."

Any leads on products or plans to fabricate would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Nick

[cornytheclown]

A google search on "dual flush toilet" turned up pages of links. They are still out there.

Try a urinal....or make your family resort to the lawn for number

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[Nick]

I've run through umpteen pages of web searches. I know that I can get a new dual flush toilet, but I'm looking for a cheap solution to convert what I've got. I've found some articles from the late 90s referencing products for $30 that could convert a toilet as such, but those companies don't seem to exist anymore.

If you happened across a seem> [e-mail] wrote:

[Jeff Wisnia]

Or, depending on your family's olefactory and other sensibilities try not flushing every time someone pees in it.

When there were severe water shortages in parts of the US a few years ago I saw signs in office bathrooms reading, "If it's yellow, let it mellow; If it's brown, flush it down."

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If you're really hung up on getting a "partial flush" for number ones, here's a couple of ideas.

1. Use a bucket filled from the bathtub spout to manually slosh just enough into the bowl to get the flush you want.

1. leave the top off the toilet tank and a stick standing up inside it. Use the stick to push the flapper valve closed to stop the flush when you want to.

HTH,

Jeff

[Walter R.]

For about $ 4-5 the HD sells a "Flapper with adjustable Float". It replace your standard flapper chain with a chain that has a movable float. This will allow you to reduce the volume of a normal flush.

If you depress and release the flush lever normally, a reduced amount of water is used for flushing (#1). If you hold the lever down until the flush is complete, the whole tank is emptied (#2).

[thestuccocompany.com]

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[PaPaPeng]

This is a project I have been putting off for a long time. The basic idea is to put a pipe tee to the toilet tank shutoff valve. One outlet continues to the toilet tank refill tube. The other outlet will be connected to a 1/4 inch stainless steel tube that will snake its way to the bowl rim and discharge into the bowl. Of course I'll have to put a spring loaded shutoff valve in this tube. This valve will allow me to swirl a jet of water into the bowl on demand to flush out liquid waste. The valve can be hand or foot operated.

[HeyBub]

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Do what the hippies do: "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down."

[KBD]

We produce low cost solutions towards water conservation needs & offer a dual flush retrofit kit that works, is cUPC approved & routinely provides 1.0 / 1.6 gpf on any 1.6 toilet in good working order.

For those interested in installing a new toilet, our new HET WaterSense models will be available in May at considerably less than what present DFTs run.

For more > Hi all,

[twoflush]

Try the Dual Flush Toilet Retrofit kit by Aquanotion here Dual Flush Toilet

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