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Last Updated: Sunday, January 18th, 2004, Created: Sunday, January 18th, 2004

The flapper-less toilet revisited

A couple of years ago we showed a prototype of a completely different type of toilet flush mechanism and now that toilet is on the market and performing well.

Basically it has a tip bucket in the tank that fills up with the 6 litres of water required for a low flow toilet. When you tip the bucket, the water falls from the full height of the tank, giving it a good force to flush out the toilet. In fact the design allows for the elimination of several restrictive passageways common in most toilets. There is never any condensation on the tank because the water only touches the tank itself when it is flushed.

For details on the comparative performance of low flow toilets, and the Flapperless toilet is one of those that do work, click here.

Keywords: Conservation, Ecology, Environmental, Low Flush, Toilets, Water

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