We\u2019re almost at the start of 2017, which is when people make resolutions and start to put in motion their plans for the next year. We have a great suggestion for how you can start 2017 by giving a gift to the environment\u2014one that\u2019s also a gift to yourself in money savings: installing low flow plumbing fixtures!<\/p>\n
Plumbing fixtures have come a long way over the decades. Even basic fixtures like faucets and toilets waste far less water than they used to. For example, toilets once used 6 gallons of water per flush. A standard toilet today uses around 3.<\/p>\n
But a special low flow toilet can drop the number gallons per flush down to 1.5 gallons. So even with a newer toilet, replacing it with a low flow model means using half the amount of water. If you switch from an older model that used 5 or 6 gallons per flush, the savings are even greater. Since the toilet accounts for around 40% of your indoor water use, this one simple change will make a noticeable improvement on your monthly water bills.<\/p>\n
Low flow faucets are also a good idea. Special WaterSense-labeled faucets<\/a> (EPA approved) can reduce water flow in a sink by 30% or more, dropping from 2.2 gallons a minute to 1.5 gallons per minute\u2014without a large change in performance. You can save up to 700 gallons a year with just replacing the faucets: that\u2019s equivalent to 40 showers.<\/p>\n You save money, and you\u2019re helping the environment by lowering the amount of water your home uses. It\u2019s a win-win situation. And it\u2019s easy to get started: simply call our plumbers today and ask us to retrofit your bathrooms and kitchen with low flow fixtures<\/a>.<\/p>\n Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. has a reputation as one of the best plumbing contractors in Winter Springs and throughout Central Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plumbing fixtures have come a long way over the decades. Even basic fixtures like faucets and toilets waste far less water than they used to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[201,63,161],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4053"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4055,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions\/4055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}