Does putting a brick in your commode to reduce toilet water/energy comsumption really help the enviroment?

Answer 1

Depending where you live ....
in the US, toilets made in the last decade or so are already low flush.

Older toilets however, consume twice as much water as the newer models. Putting a brick or two in the tank is a trick that was being promoted by the Water Department back in the 1970s. Do wrap the brick in plastic however, since bits of sand can break off and clog the pipes.

Answer 2

That depends on your toilet. Do you know what kind of toilet you have? If you already have a high efficiency toilet then placing a brick into the toilet might just make your toilet not work as well. If you do not own a high efficiency toilet and it is an older model that has a huge tank that wastes lots of water on each flush, then yes placing a brick or something else to take up space into your toilet does help the enviroment.

All the brick does is take of space, so your toilet uses less water each flush. You can do the same thing by adjusting the level of the float mechanism inside the tank, or by placing a plastic bottle filled with water into the tank, etc etc... Just make sure you still have enough water to let the toilet do it's job.

Fresh water conservation is a much bigger issue than any other enviromental issue out there right now, including "global warming". Since we are not sure if we can even do anything about the warming people should focus on things we CAN do, like protect our fresh water supplies.

Here is a link to a simple site explaining some of the problem
http://whyfiles.org/131fresh_water/

Answer 3

Yes it does,
because if you use less water from your toilet, you are saving water, which is a good thing. A lot of people waste water. For example, when they are brushing their teeth; they don't need to keep the water running! And when they go to get a drink of water, as soon as you're done with it. It's not a hard thing to understand, but a lot of people just dont care. I try my hardest not to waste water, because while millions of people just waste water just because they want to, there are a bunch of people in Africa who do not have any water. That's what I think of when I'm brushing my teeth, or getting a drink of water. So cutting back on water is a very good way on helping the environment. Recycling also. Why not recycle,though? You can get paid for recycling bottles and cans. So why not help the environment and get paid at the same time?

Answer 4

All it does is make the toilet use less water per flush. That may or may not help. For example, if you find that it no longer has enough water to flush properly, you may end up holding down the handle longer or flushing several times to clear the bowel, in which case you are counteracting the brick. And bricks are dirty. Better to install an adjustable flush flapper valve. They are cheap ($5) and require no tools to install. And you can adjust it to whatever amount of water per flush you want.

Answer 5

It reduces the amount of water you use each time you flush so yes, it does help the environment. You don't need a brick, though, most toilets have adjustable floats that accomplish the same thing.

Answer 6

Only if one flush will do it. The new 2.6 gal. want do it with just 1 flush,so what have they done. Some people have taken it on themselves to rewrite the specks with no knowledge of if it works or not.

Answer 7

Who cares about the environment? Since you're paying for the water you use it saves you money by not wasting water. I reduce water use because it puts money in my pocket not because of some phony quilt perpetuated by frauds like the gorester.

Answer 8

no ,but it puts less water down your sewage pipe

Answer 9

haha ive never heard of that...it cracked me up.