Comments on: Save Money by Not Flushing the Toilet?

By: Loren

Loren — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:09:45 +0000

$2.45 HCF or 2.45 Cents per cubic foot. a 7.8 gallons a cubic foot call a flush roughly 4 gallons. so thats roughly 1.225 cents a flush IF you have an old toilet. new toilet 1-2 gallons per flush so just to make it easy 1 cent per flush. let the darn woman go to the bathroom. bring your lunch to work one day a month and your expense has just been surpassed.

By: rob

rob — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:14:58 +0000

I’ve been read that many people use rainwater to flush their toilets. I came here to find out how much I could save.

I think the guy that told his wife not to go so many times during the night should have known that would have caused a bad reaction.
He could have at least proposed the idea of not flushing so many times.

However, if you stored and collected your rainwater and plumbed it into your toilet tank valve, you wouldn’t be paying $ every time you flush the toilet.

Just something I’m thinking about doing if when I finally own my own home.

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linklings, the stimulus effect on the job market edition | brip blap — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:52:44 +0000

[...] Save Money by Not Flushing the Toilet?: Our common bathroom is right next to our kids’ rooms, and we got in the habit of not flushing overnight once they are sleeping (at least as long as it’s, ah, #1). I don’t know how much difference it really makes in terms of savings on the cost of water, but it can’t hurt. Skipping a flush here and there – as long as it doesn’t stink up the bathroom – is no big deal. [...]

By: andrew C

andrew C — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:22:09 +0000

@ Jim,
I think your assumption of water cost is way off. There’s nowhere that water only costs .1 or .2 cents per gallon. We pay almost 7 cents per gallon in New Jersey, but I think other parts of the country pay perhaps 2 cents per gallon from what i read. NOT 0.2 cents per gallon! A typical water bill should be about $60 to $100, not $ 6 to $10. Just my 2 cents.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:21:42 +0000

My husband does not flush the toilet after a pee and i find it repulsive, it does smell, so now he puts lots of bleach in the toilet which makes it smell worse. I feel that money to flush the toilet is worth more than i am.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:31:38 +0000

Great tip to saving money on your water bill: Toilets use way to much water when you flush, unless you have a low flow toilet. So just put a jar in the back of it where the water fills up. Weigh down the bottle with rocks or water. You trick the toilet into thinking that it has the same water level as before. Just added a large 96 oz bottle and flushes fine. So everytime we flush, we’ll be saving 3/4 gal of water!

By: Big Russ

Big Russ — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:30:31 +0000

Me and my boys just wizz off the deck and rake in the savings!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:55:09 +0000

in my house we do this all the time not just at night, why does seeing some one’s pee bother people so much? It’s like farting everyone does it why do people make such a big deal about it. It doesn’t smell or anything.

By: fred flintstone

fred flintstone — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:09:24 +0000

Dig a well flush all for free,just be sure and get a permit first

By: poof then flush

poof then flush — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:00:17 +0000

I live alone, am unemployed and recently had a friend tell me she saved quite a bit. It was amazing to see my ten dollar water bill go to 20.00 a month now that I am home. Yes, I use the back bathroom and flush every third time. I know I am saving money.