Simple, but highly effective Last week I suffered a common complaint from siphon toilets – that of the failure of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is the only thing that can go wrong with siphon toilets – in most systems it …
Older toilets use all the water in the cistern when flushed Upcycling is a great new fad. It is even better when you can make something even more efficient than it was before. One of the biggest users of water …
Can I upcycle a toilet and make it more efficient? Read more »
I think that people are starting to wake up to the fact that, even in Wales, we have a water shortage. Admittedly the SE of the UK fares worse than the fresh and green west, but water is growing in …
Building regulations mean that we have to install extractor fans in high humidity rooms like bathrooms, kitchens and toilets. This is especially important in non-breathing structures where the walls cannot assist with moisture management. The extractors are designed to take …
This is a difficult topic to write on as each house is individual – a sum of its parts, its history and of its future. So this will be a set of ideas, hints, observations rather than a definitive guide. …
We often forget that water has an embodied energy (all that pumping around the system and then cleaning it all up afterwards) and so it is a resource that we need to look after. But how best to do this? …
We think that there is plenty of water in Wales, but with the expansion of mass building projects in the SE of England, how long will it be before there is a National Grid for water? With the climate also …
