Flush Your Toilet With Air Pressure

Flush Your Toilet With Air Pressure FARM HOME Bathroom 1-4-8 If you're short of water for household use, you'll be interested in Flushmate, a new toilet flushing device that uses "free" air pressure to get the job done with 60% less water. Water Control Products, Troy, Mich., says its water-saving Flushmate requires only 2.5 gal. of water per flush, versus 5 to 8 gal. required with most conventional toilet tanks. Here, according to Robert Hund, manager of communications, is how it works: "The empty Flushmate tank contains air. Water entering the tank compresses this air. The flow stops when the forces of air and water pressure are equal. A push on the Flushmate button opens the main valve. Compressed air forces through the bowl, flushing it immediately and efficiently. "While the Flushmate tank is refilling, part of the incoming water from the supply is allowed to 'leak' into the toilet bowl, refilling it to its proper level. This refill of the bowl after each flush prevents any possible backflow of sewer gas into the bathroom." Hund notes that Flushmate is designed to operate on any conventional household water supply system having at least 25 lbs. pressure. It also works on most private well systems set to operate at 30 lbs. "on" and 50 lbs. "off". Bruce Martin, president of Water Control Products, says Flushmate is "the industry's first new technology in this century. Most major manufacturers of plumbing fixtures have offered water-saving designs for several years. But converting to these means replacing both tank and bowl together. These units, which typically need only 3.5 gal. to work - a gallon more than Flushmate - merely constrict the water passages of older designs. As a result, they end up trading flushing efficiency for water conservation." Martin notes that low maintenance is another key feature of Flushmate. "It has survived 200,000 flush cycles without failure and its pressurized valve system has shrugged off attempts to jam it with such foreign material as pebbles and sticky substances." The unit retails for $69.45 with a white cover, $76.45 with a colored cover (50 different colors to choose from). "We have distribution in most parts of the U.S. but, for convenience sake, if someone wants to buy a Flushmate, they can order it direct," Hund told FARM SHOW. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Water Control Products, Suite E, 1100 Owendale, Troy, Mich. 48084 (ph. 313 689-1700).

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