It’s Time to Go Low Flow!

With the recent spate of droughts around the country and the rising cost of water, many homeowners are looking for ways to save water and money. The easy answer is to go ‘low flow’. Low flow toilets and showers can produce significant savings over time, enough to pay for the new fixtures as well as being environmentally sound. Keep reading to see if the low flow revolution if for you and your home.

What Is Low Flow?

Low flow plumbing fixtures are ones that use less water per use. These fixtures only use enough water to do the job, preventing excess clean drinking water from being wasted down the drain. Exchanging regular fixtures for low flow fixtures will help the homeowner achieve savings in both water usage and water service. Low flow fixtures are also good for the environment as less potable water is being wasted.

Low Flow Toilets Are The Way To Go.

Toilets can be a major source of wasted water. Some estimates say that toilets use up to 40 percent of the water used in the home, especially the older toilets that use up to six gallons of water per flush. Low flow toilets use less water with only 3.5 gallons per flush. When low flow toilets were first introduced many users didn’t care for them as it could take two flushes to do the job of one flush of a full flush toilet but today’s low flow toilets are much more efficient.

Low Flow Showers: Get Clean While Keeping It Green.

Another bathroom fixture that can waste a lot of water are shower heads with some estimates suggesting that standard shower heads can account for 18 percent of the water used in a home and up to 37 percent of the hot water used. Low flow shower heads can reduce the amount of water used significantly the name low flow is a bit of a misnomer as it suggests a sluggish shower when actually low flow shower heads only reduce the amount of water used but users generally don’t notice any change in appearance of the shower flow or in their shower experience.

A plumber can make these simple switches for you and the saving in water will pay for these next fixtures in time. There are also low flow faucets and other fixtures for even more water savings.

Don’t delay. Give Allore’s Plumbing a call at (772) 288-0998 to save money and lower the carbon footprint of your Stuart home!