tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post5554869449082252185..comments2023-07-23T03:15:28.625-07:00Comments on EcoDEEP Haus: The Most Important Room(s) in the HouseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-78664420456455165282008-02-17T19:54:00.000-08:002008-02-17T19:54:00.000-08:00Hey there Kevin and Roxanne,Building ITALIAN is a ...Hey there Kevin and Roxanne,<BR/><BR/>Building ITALIAN is a good thing......you can't go wrong..... :-} Looks like an exciting project, hope to see some photos of the finished product. Greetings from your cousins Mike and Jill (Nelson) "CARLUCCI" out here in sunny Seattle Washington...just keeping it real... :-} God bless and keep you safe in all your endeavors. Looks like things are really going well so far, keep up the good work. <BR/><BR/>Best regards from, <BR/><BR/>Mike and Jill CarlucciAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-72742963082014491052008-01-27T19:42:00.000-08:002008-01-27T19:42:00.000-08:00Chad-Thanks so much for the info on the existing t...Chad-<BR/>Thanks so much for the info on the existing toilet on the first floor. We will definitely keep it! The upper floor one will be either sent to the reuse center or to another good home!<BR/>RoxanneKevin & Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012518006663275541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-41257453476593403252008-01-26T18:28:00.000-08:002008-01-26T18:28:00.000-08:00Kevin and Roxanne, the toilet in the first floor b...Kevin and Roxanne, <BR/>the toilet in the first floor bathroom is a pressure assist that only uses 1.0 gallons per flush (whether its #1 or #2). I would recommend keeping it; it is a very good one (http://mansfieldplumbing.com/psummary.asp?PROD=148-154&PT=1&RES=1&ProdID=1&Subcat=3).<BR/><BR/>The toilet upstairs is also a pressure assist but that one does use 1.6 gallons per flush.<BR/><BR/>Chadfairdinkumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339235686518772340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-21951054170051985942008-01-25T20:39:00.000-08:002008-01-25T20:39:00.000-08:00Sorry, no bidets or other fancy gizmos. At some po...Sorry, no bidets or other fancy gizmos. At some point, the amount of bathroom space would overtake the living space, which might say something about our priorities.Kevin & Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012518006663275541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-18011257375286481312008-01-22T08:29:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:29:00.000-08:00Is there a bidet in the plans for any of the bathr...Is there a bidet in the plans for any of the bathrooms? That would be classy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-13043908268605085192008-01-21T22:41:00.000-08:002008-01-21T22:41:00.000-08:00What about a soft bathtub, or a shower bed?What about a soft bathtub, or a shower bed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-31401353946379089762008-01-21T13:08:00.000-08:002008-01-21T13:08:00.000-08:00Thanks for your comment and for the path to the re...Thanks for your comment and for the path to the report, it is useful information. Our good friends at Natural Built Home carry the Caroma and they are impressive. We've seen them flush a handful of golfballs down the trap over and over again with no ill effects. We agree that Caroma's are great toilets as are many others in the CUWCC listing. We did consider the Caroma line in our selection. For us, there were a number of factors influencing our decision - one of them being that pesky notion of aesthetics and we simply prefer Toto's aeshtetic over the Caroma's - a matter of personal choice. Not only do products need to be green, but they need to be beautiful as well- otherwise, they just don’t make the cut. We also felt it was important to showcase various technologies in our project- such as a dual flush and single flush and find out first hand how they perform. Each of the toilets we selected are HET. If they don't stand up to the demands of use, we'll likely replace them with something else - perhaps the Caroma, or Zurn, or one of the other high scoring HET's out there on the market. We'll do more on water saving ideas in a future posting.Kevin & Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012518006663275541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-70574509274600829552008-01-21T09:13:00.000-08:002008-01-21T09:13:00.000-08:00Can I ask why you are so stuck on the Toto toilet?...Can I ask why you are so stuck on the Toto toilet? Are you a distributor for them or do you work for them? If you are going dual flush, why not go with the company that invented the dual flush toilet, Caroma? Unlike Toto who still makes toilets that are not HET's (High Efficiency Toilets), Caroma only makes HET's and is the only toilet manufacturer to test their toilets on the half flush. What good is that .9 gallong flush on the Toto if it is only good for liquid or paper? Go with a Caroma that can flush solids on the .8 gallon half flush. Also, Caroma is the only manufacturer whose toilets have a 4" trapway that can flush a baseball. In short, Caroma's never clog. For impartial testing go look for the MaP report at www.cuwcc.org.<BR/><BR/>Kurt Bramstedt<BR/>Orange, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973796734692874483.post-51863399135765662802008-01-21T08:00:00.000-08:002008-01-21T08:00:00.000-08:00Love the new layout!Love the new layout!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377889829748572675noreply@blogger.com