subject: Want To Save Water? Call A Licensed Bonita Springs Plumber [print this page] Renovating your bathroom and kitchen at Bonita Springs? Don't focus too much on the surface look (for example, tile motif and color, ornamental plant, the flooring, the lighting fixtures, the shelves, etc). Consider also making your new bathroom and/or kitchen as water-saving and eco-friendly as you can. Why? Because the average person spends about three years of his or her life using the toilet. That's a lot of time put together, if you ask me, and a good opportunity to save water, one shower or one flush at a time. Not only that, you save your wallet as well.
Take a look at certain areas in your home where water is used the most.
Kitchen Water Saving
The first thing your plumber will check is your faucet. This should not be leaking, of course. But a really good Bonita Springs plumber will do more. He'll tell you to get an aerator for your faucet. This wonderful device breaks the steady stream of water, so that instead of a splashy gush, you will tiny droplets of water, in just the right amount you need. Aerators come in cheap, so there's no reason for you not to get one, especially considering the savings you'll get along the way. An aerator is such a good, smart move, you'll want to tell and encourage your friends to have one too.
Just remember to clean the aerator regularly to prevent sediments from plugging the screen, resulting to a lower water pressure.
Bathroom Water Saving
The bathroom, obviously, is another venue for saving water. Install an aerator on your faucets too. Also, ask your Bonita Springs plumber for trusted brands in toilets. Look for low-flow toilets because they save you anywhere from 2.4 to 5.4 gallons of water every time you flush. Multiply that with the number of times you use the toilet, and the number of family members flushing and the savings certainly add up. Or consider the dual-flush toilet which lets you choose between a full or half flush. The half-flush is for liquid wastes and, if you think about it, a very sensible choice. You might say, this toilet-replacing thing is too costly for you. Thankfully, you can now also buy one of those dual-flush adapters which your plumber can simply install for you.
If you want to cut your water consumption in the shower in half, consider having a low flow showerhead instead. The higher-end models even come with massage and other features.
Garden Water Saving
Keeping your plants healthy does not require soaking them in gallons of water. The ideal sprinklers that save water are those that spew out bigger drops because there will be more chance of them being absorbed by the plants than evaporating into the air. Have your sprinklers installed in such a way that the areas needing water are the ones that are actually hit. If you have automatic models, you can also add a timing system that can be adjusted to shut off earlier, and a sensor that detects the rain.
Install the sprinklers in such a way that the areas needing water are the ones that are actually hit. If you have automatic models, add a timing system to adjust the shut-off earlier than usual, (believe us, your plants won't notice it), and a sensor that detects if there's rain.
