subject: A Tankless Toilet Is A Great Space Saver [print this page] The tankless toilet concept is simpleThe tankless toilet concept is simple. A toilet, without a tank. But there is more to it than that. Standard flush toilets utilise that wonderful thing called gravity to allow the water to enter the bowl and remove waste products.
Essentially designed to work in the same fashion, the tankless toilet does not have the tank fitted behind or above it. When you press the tankless toilets flush button or lever, the water that cleans the bowl is pressure fed directly from your home water supply lines.
The tankless unit needs to be able to get a large volume of water quickly to achieve the appropriate and effective toilet flush.
The absense of the toilet tank is about the only difference you will notice between them and the standard tanked unit. So how do these toilets get enough water to work? They use an electric water pump to pull the correct volumes of water from the home water supply. Not every tankless loo will actually require a pump, and the mains pressure to your home, combined with the water sources wil lhelp to determine this.
Whether the toilet is in a high rise building or in a basement, can also affect the setup that you need. For a neat, pipe free effect, you can usually hide the plumbing in the walls or under the floor. Hiding the electric pump is also simple. It's a small piece of equipment that is very simple to conceal somewhere in the room.
Fitting the toilet is simple, but getting a plumber to cast his eye over the proposed site will help to iron out any potential problems that may occur. One of the greatest advantages of this toilet design is the ability to save space in the smaller rest room.
It is suprising the extra room that can be created by not having the tank on the back of the toilet unit. Replacing the old loo is simple, with a little bit of plumbing and electrical work. A sleek tankless toilet could be yours.
