Kickernick
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- May 29, 2014
- Messages
- 82
My friend waters down the Soft Soap he puts in his bathroom soap dispenser because he thinks the kids use too much. CHEAP!
My friend waters down the Soft Soap he puts in his bathroom soap dispenser because he thinks the kids use too much. CHEAP!
Hi, I’m a self-made multimillionaire and I like those paper towel rolls with the half sheets.[emoji857]
I've begun to tear the half sheets into two pieces. DW refers to me as "Old quarter sheet"
I've begun to tear the half sheets into two pieces. DW refers to me as "Old quarter sheet"
I asked DH this year to install dual flush toilet valves in all 3 of our bathrooms to save on water use. He initially protested as it being unnecessary, probably more because he knew who would be the one installing them.
I had to install a new toilet recently and didn't know it at purchase, but it is a dual flush toilet and I like it, I didn't even know there was such a thing.I wonder what the payoff time is? Well, time to Do The Math (tm).
Our most expensive water (Tier 3) is about $.012 / gallon. (Our cheapest water costs about a third of that.). Assuming you save 1 gallon per liquid waste flush, that means that each flush saves about a penny. We currently have three toilets and three people in the house. Assuming 5 flushes per day per person with a 60% "liquid only" flush rate, that means we would save about $.10 per day.
A dual flush toilet kit is $20, and I would need three of them. so $75/.1 = 750 days to payoff the valves. Not too bad, actually.
Now I need to factor in the cursing tax, the dropped a tool on my foot tax, and the multiple trips to the hardware store when I break something tax. So lets call it a 5 year payoff ;-)
Might be good eco-friendly reasons to make the change, but for me the payoff probably is not there. The equation changes dramatically if you have more people in the house, more "frequent flushers", or higher cost water!
I had to install a new toilet recently and didn't know it at purchase, but it is a dual flush toilet and I like it, I didn't even know there was such a thing.
Is this LBMYs Anonymous?Hi, I’m a self-made multimillionaire and I like those paper towel rolls with the half sheets.[emoji857]
I've been known to do that too, especially in the last few months when I had a hard time finding liquid hand soap!!
I have washed and re used zip lock bags, which has gotten me looks from my kids.
Wow, that's impressive! I cut my own, but it requires zero skill:I cut my own hair (did it even before the pandemic). I never could find a stylist who would cut it the way I like so I figured it was just a waste of money.