Save on Water
Efficiency in Action: How to Save on Water
When you go to flush the toilet again, you should think about exactly how much water you’re using. Chances are that the actual number is a lot higher than you may think. According to research, each and every person uses 100+ litres of water each day–and that’s just when flushing the toilet. Overall, 28% of an individual’s total indoor water use comes from flushing the toilet. Incredibly enough, bathroom water usage (showers, baths, hand washing, and toilet flushing) accounts for 50% of the indoor water use for your home. With bathroom water usage representing such a large number of overall water use, it’s even more important to become efficient in the bathroom.
Follow Preferred Plumber’s quick and easy tips for increasing your water efficiency in the bathroom.
Here’s How You Can Reduce Your Water Use In The Bathroom
Shower/Bath
Having a good shower flow rate is also important for water efficiency. Older shower heads are known to use Shower Bath Img between 15-30 litres of water per minute, which really adds up over time. When Preferred Plumbing Solutions works on improving your shower’s water efficiency, we check to see that the shower water flow rate is just right. The Ontario plumbing code requires the shower head flow rate to be less than 10 liters per minute to be considered efficient. If your shower head flow rate is more than 10 liters of water used per minute, Preferred Plumbing recommends that the shower head be replaced. Preferred Plumbing can replace the shower head for you at an affordable cost, which will boost your home’s water efficiency.
It’s also worth noting that when you use less water in the shower or bath, you save money on your water bill and also on your hydro or gas bill.
Faucet
The bathroom faucet represents only a small amount of your overall bathroom water use, but it’s still an area where there’s typically room for improvement. As with the showerhead, it’s important to look at the faucet’s flow rate. A faucet flow rate of under 8.5 liters per minute is considered water efficient and meets Ontario’s plumbing code. If your faucet uses more than 8.5 liters of water per minute, Preferred Plumbing can make your faucet more water efficient by replacing the aerator with a new, more efficient water aerator.
Also, the faucet can waste water if it is allowed to drip. As much as 55 liters of water can be wasted if a faucet is left to drip for 24 hours. If the drip is consistent, this may mean 20,075 liters of water is wasted per year. Preferred Plumbing Solutions can fix a dripping faucet and improve your faucet’s water efficiency.
Use the Flow-Tech water system, it will guarantee you water efficiency.
Toilet
The easiest way to increase water efficiency in your home (and therefore lower your water bill) is to upgrade to a more efficient toilet. Preferred Plumbing can boost your home’s water efficiency by replacing your toilet with a low-flow or dual-flush model.
The Importance of High-Efficiency Toilets
However, it’s important to realize that not all high-efficiency toilets are created equally. Preferred Plumbing looks closely at the Maximum Performance (MaP) score for the toilet to ensure that we are installing only the highest quality toilets in your home.
Leaky Toilets Equal Waste
Not all leaks can be easily spotted. Some toilet leaks don’t make a sound and aren’t visible to the untrained eye. Preferred Plumbing technicians are trained to spot the obvious and less obvious toilet leaks by performing tests to check whether or not a leak exists. If a leak does exist, Preferred Plumbing Solutions can quickly repair it and potentially save you hundreds of dollars in future water bills and repairs.
More Helpful Tips For Your Bathroom
Save big money
Don’t ever flush garbage down the toilet
Quick showers are good
Smaller baths are also good.
Get more efficient in the shower and in the sink
Practice water efficiency
Don’t use chlorine pucks in your toilet tank
Start Saving On Water Today By Getting A Water Audit
Preferred Plumbing can help you save big on the water by sending one of our master plumbers out for a water audit. During the audit, the master plumber will review your current plumbing and determine how you can reduce your water use through efficient equipment tweaks and upgrades. Please give us a call at 905-597-8555 and talk to a local plumber.
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FAQs
Why are my faucets stiff and so difficult to operate?
Stiff faucets are caused by worn internal components such as cartridges. This is due to the hardness of the water.
What is a water softener?
A piece of equipment that replaces the calcium and magnesium as well as most minerals through ionic exchange from your water supply system.
Is there a cheaper and easier alternative to a water softener?
Yes! Our revolutionary Flow-Tech Anti-Scale system renders all the minerals in your water supply plumbing system harmless without the bulky and invasive aspects of a water softener. The Flow-Tech is a water conditioner, not a water softener.
There is a weird noise every time I shower, what is that?
It may be a shower head issue, spout issue, or internal component failure. This is also caused by scale in the water.