I've been researching so called "dual flush toilets" for a couple of years. The short version is that the toilet has two buttons on it. Push #1 when you make #1. Push #2 when you make #2. Pushing the first button only users six tenths of a gallon of water. Pushing the second button uses considerably more, but the full 3 gallons that my current (50yr old) toilets use. And wasting 3 gallons of water every time I pee is a bit excessive. These dual flush units can reportedly conserve 60% of your water use each year. That's a good thing. I'm all about good things.So I selected a unit from Caroma (in Australia) and found a semi-local distributor. (Semi-local meaning "in Florida.") I rifle through their catalog and work with the rep to make sure I have everything ordered correctly. We get all the paperwork setup and confirm everything is in stock. And then comes the disappointing part.
A normal toilet (ie: water hog!) goes for <$100. A dual flush goes for $350. I was going to bite the bullet and do the right thing. Until the rep contacts me and says, "the freight charges are $150."The what are what?!?
So the "All In Cost" would be $500. For one toilet??
(insert long sigh)
Now I have to scratch that off my "to do" list. No way I can pay 500% more. Not on this renovation. Hopefully in a couple of years the dual flush solution will be more widely used. I'll adopy it when I build a house.
But for right now, it is too expense to do the right thing. At least for me.
Sorry to hear about the higher cost it was going to be for you. I know Caroma is working to get distribution set up throughout the southeast, and recently set up a warehouse in Atlanta. Unfortunately, we only ship our toilets on pallets to avoid breakage and 1 toilet costs the same as several to ship since it takes the same amount of space. Please look for Caroma in your area.
ReplyDeleteThank you,
Vince Stewart