Window or toilet

Hi, If the windows is leaking and it causes water damage? You can reduce water conumption on the toilet simply adjusting the flost or putting a brick(s) in the water tank. You said windows leaks like Titanic!

Definitely get a new window. No coin flip needed.

Well I meant air, not water. If it was a matter of leaking water - this wouldn't even be a question. No there's a fair breeze through the window corners when it's cold outside.

As to a brick in the tank, I might just try that, although I wonder if it will reduce the flushing performance of the toilet? I'm looking at the toilet because even at the normal 3?? gal per flush it still requires a second on occasion. Totally unacceptable to me, it always gets the brown trouts down of course, its just the TP that stays in.

I had a similar problem. I woke up one morning and I had to both S*it and Piss. Both were equally important but I only had one toilet. I had to pick and choose which one was more important and which one would save me the most money. I sat on the edge of my bed most of the day trying to decide which one to do, when suddenly someone knocked real loudly on my door and scared the s*it out of me. There was s*it all over my bed. I angerly went to the door and found it was a door to door salesman. That pissed me off so much that the urine ran down my legs.

The moral of this story is this: Toss a coin, and do one or the other, but do something or you'll end up s*****ng in your own bed or pissing down your legs while some door to door salesman walks away with your money.

Now get off the internet, find a penny and flip it........ Heads are for the toilet, tails are for the window.

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Dude...... It's the middle of SUMMER. How the f**k can it be cold outside?

There's your answer

This is a no brainer...replace that nasty, water wasting old john! And after you do, would you send the old one to me? Please?

Do the window. The toilet is over rated.

You will only get by with the 1.6 when there are no solids in the bowl. You will use almost 3 gallons when you have a full load. Also your older pipes may not work properly with the reduced water flow.

I forgot about that. I think the windows may qualify for the Federal energy tax credit. The have to meet some certification level to qualify.

Get a window, and a closet auger. Ream out the drain in the toilet, and see if that helps.

The better window will help save on the HVAC bill, and may free up some money to buy a toilet later. I doubt the water savings will pay for a window.

You can get an 8 foot by 4 foot double glazed Pella window for 200 bucks? Are you sure you're not missing a zero?

Eigenvector wrote: ..

In most the brick will not save any water because under most conditions they don't empty that far. Then there s the problem that bricks don't like being in water an most will start to fall apart after a while.

While there could be somewhere that the cost of power is extremely low and water very high that may be different, most any place in the world would favor the window.

Eigenvector wrote: ...

I doubt if it will improve performance, the old one made up for less ideal engineering with lots of water.

I would get the new window. Then repair the toilet. Serach for instructions on how to clean the toilet with Muratic Acid. Worked wonders on mine.

1. Replace the window as the first priority -- It's value to the house is the most evident -- especially if you put the house on the market (assuming your price of 0 is accurate -- that seems low for an insulated or dual pane window).

2. Check at places like Habitat's resale store or other charity resale locations for a low-volume efficient flush toilet. You can afford to wait until the right one shows up because your present one is still working.

aem sends....

I suppose you shouldn't use one of the cheap bricks that are always shedding. You get bits of clay everywhere.