All About Flushing – Choosing Your Toilet

The toilet that you choose for your bathroom is the most important choice you will make for your family. Needless to say, the toilet is often frequented and needs to be able to handle family members, guests, and visitors to your home. But while many families have only noticed their toilets when something goes wrong, contemporary bathroom designs are now featuring the latest in toilet technology. And for those that want to add some eco-friendly accoutrements to their contemporary bathroom remodeling project, you need to learn about the toilets you can purchase.

Saving the planet, one flush at a time

In contemporary bathroom designs, you don’t have to choose a toilet that’s effective OR environmentally friendly – you can get the best of both worlds. With a low-flow toilet, you can use less water per flush, while still getting the maximum water to properly flush the toilet bowl. These toilets have been engineered to also look great in contemporary bathroom remodeling projects, while also being quieter than older models as well. By switching to a low-flow toilet, you can save hundreds of gallons of water each year – that’s a savings for the environment as well as for your water bill.

Of course, if you’re interested in creating your own low-flow toilet, you can use this handy trick until you replace your toilet. Take a mesh bag or plastic bag and fill it with rocks. Seal the bag and place in the toilet as you flush the toilet. What you are doing is creating the illusion that your toilet is ‘fuller’ than it really is because the rocks are displacing the water. Because your toilet will think that you don’t need as much water per flush to hit the water level, you won’t be using as much water. This is a temporarily cure though.

Can it clean itself too?

The dream of any homeowner is to have a toilet that cleans itself, isn’t it? And some toilet bowl engineers have come up with a way to keep the bowl fresh, no matter how high volume the use. These contemporary bathroom designs are coated with anti-bacterial ingredients and can even come with deodorizers to minimize odors. The pressure from each flush will ensure that the bowl stays clean.

What’s a bidet?

You might have seen a bidet in some contemporary bathroom designs, but were never quite sure if it was something that you needed as well. These side by side toilets are installed to promote hygienic bathroom practices. You can also include a bidet-like rinsing feature that sits on top of your normal toilet, saving you space and money in plumbing work. Contemporary bathroom remodeling projects that you do on your own will be simpler if you use the add-on bidet feature.

Contemporary bathroom designs need to start with practicality, so the toilet is the obvious first selection for your next contemporary bathroom remodeling project. And with all of the features that toilets can offer, you might find that cleanliness is just a flush away too – without adding any harm to the environment.