Posts Tagged ‘toilets’

The design of your new bathroom, some useful ideas

April 12th, 2011

The bathroom has become a very popular room to transform lately. We have been redecorating our house little by little, starting with the kitchen and working through and are now currently designing our new bathroom. I am having so much fun designing the bathroom, there are so many options out there now, amazing baths and showers, toilets and beautiful tiles. I did not know where to start. The first thing I did when starting to design my new bathroom was to check out all the local bathroom Read More...

Composting Toilets For Families With Children

March 19th, 2010

As our nation faces water shortages and water crises in heavily populated areas like California, composting toilets continue to gain popularity as a water-saving alternative to traditional toilets. Their growing usage, however, leads many families and homeowners to wonder, are they a good solution for my home? Particularly for families with children, there are some special considerations to take into account. The needs of families with children will vary, depending on the ages of the kids Read More...

Have An Older Toilet? Try These Water Saving Tips

March 9th, 2010

Toilets use quite a bit of water. The older toilets used to use about 5 gallons a flush now down to a bit under 2 gallons. If you have an older toilet then you are probably using quite a bit more water than you really need to. Replacing the toilet would be the best option but there are some other scenarios that you can go through to help save some of the water on that older toilet if you can’t afford a new one. The first step is to do the leak test. Take some food coloring and put Read More...

Bleach Tablets

March 8th, 2010

Bleach is one of the most common and most effective of cleaning products. Both in the households and industries bleach is used as a cleaning agent as well as a disinfectant. It is used to sterilize places as it kills bacteria and other microorganisms. Bleach can be used to clean and whiten a variety of surface and they are known to be one of the safest cleaning products. It has no harmful effects on humans if used carefully. Although bleach can be used in the liquid form for cleaning and Read More...

Transform Your Bathroom with New Lighting

January 29th, 2010

Many homeowners grow weary of walking into that same old bathroom day after day. Before you spend your kid’s college tuition on a full bathroom remodel, however, think about installing new lighting instead. Properly designed and installed bathroom lighting can make an old bathroom feel like new overnight. Focus on the Important Areas When it comes to bathroom lighting there’s one thing you never want to forget: the bathroom is a place where things get done. Be it a morning shave, Read More...

Dual Flush Toilets

January 18th, 2010

Dual flush toilets are exactly what they claim to be: toilets that give you the option to choose from two different flushes. Why? Because, to put it plainly, it doesn’t take as much water to send number one packing as it does to get rid of number two. By purchasing a toilet with both a low and high volume flush, you’ll cut the water your toilet uses by more than half, not only saving you a bundle of money over the course of the toilet’s lifetime, but doing some good from an Read More...