Tips for Buying a High Efficiency Toilet for Your Home

With the rising costs of energy and water consumption within homes on the rise, it's important to be conscious of what is hurting your wallet. A good place to start the evaluation is your bathroom. Since almost everything within your bathroom uses water, this is a great place to start with reconsidering the efficiency of your appliances. The average family can go through over 15,000 gallons of water in a year through using their toilet alone. Needless to say, this can cause water bills to soar through the roof.

For those who are already feeling the crunch of a stretched wallet when it comes to bills, finding a new toilet is a great place to start. Finding an efficient toilet can be a daunting task. After all, there are so many different ratings and options to choose. So before you purchase your toilet, here are some things to consider and look for at the store.

The first thing you will often see when you look at the information for a toilet is the efficiency, often rated in gallons per flush. This is the key rating you should look for. Obviously, lower numbers mean higher efficiency. The average toilet uses about 1.6 gallons per flush. However, you can find toilets that use much less, which the highest toilets being at around 1.2 or 1.1 gallons per flush. Each model will be different, but it's extremely important to look and see which models you like (including style and other features) and how their gallons per flush ratings compare.

After you look at the gallons per flush efficiency, you may want to consider an innovative model. Many homeowners are a little hesitant about installing new appliances that are brand new on the market and often think that older styles are a better choice because they're more reliable. If you're really looking for a toilet that's going to save you money, I highly suggest you invest in a dual flush toilet. These kinds of toilets use a different amount of water for solid waste and liquid waste, which solid wastes using more gallons per flush. Sometimes regular high efficiency toilets can be hard to clean and sanitation is a factor. With lower water use, sometimes solid wastes may need two flushes. With most dual flush toilets you can save money and water and also keep your toilet cleaner.

Finally, the last thing you should look at are reviews of a certain toilet model. People who have already purchased the model and have had it installed in their home are the best way to know how well the product works. Look at both good and bad reviews and weigh the pros and cons outlined in the review. Be sure to talk to the sales people at the store you are shopping at. Make sure you have done all your research before hand too as this will help when you're shopping around and talking to the sales people too. You're less likely to get talked into buying a model that's not right for you if you've done your research.