{"id":4475,"date":"2018-10-22T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2018-10-18T19:28:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T23:28:53","slug":"difference-low-flow-plumbing-installations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/plumbing-service\/difference-low-flow-plumbing-installations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Low Flow Plumbing Installations Can Make"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kitchen-faucet-running\"<\/a>The low-flow plumbing installation, also known as a water-efficient plumbing fixture, is something we recommend all homeowners give serious consideration to. Whether you live in an older or newer home, there are ways you can benefit from a low-flow toilet, showerhead, or faucet someplace in the house\u2014and probably in many places!<\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t as simple as buying a faucet on your own and putting it in. You\u2019ll need the assistance of experts to handle these plumbing installation services in Orlando, FL<\/a>. Our team of plumbers are pledged to providing quality, performance, and value on each job, and they\u2019ll find the best way to outfit your home with water-efficient plumbing fixtures. We offer free estimates.<\/p>\n

These Installations Do Make a Difference<\/h2>\n

Reducing water consumption is not only good for your home and budget, it\u2019s good for the planet. So all the advantages we list here apply on a personal, local, and global scale. For example, if every home in the US installed low-flow showerheads, it would mean savings of 260 billion<\/em> gallons of water annually.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start with the fixture that benefits the most from the low-flow model, which is the toilet. The toilet accounts for 40% of indoor water use, the largest percentage of any appliance. Even a small reduction in the gallons per flush of a bathroom toilet will have an impact on overall water use. Older toilets (more than 20 years old) may use 5 to 6 gallons per flush. Newer toilets may use around 3. But a low-flow toilet uses 1.28 gallons per average\u2014and that\u2019s a huge change. Look for the WaterSense label<\/a> on toilets to find one that will conserve the most water. With this type of toilet, your family could save more than $2,200 over the lifetime of the unit.<\/p>\n

Showers are another place where you consume a large amount of fresh water, approximately 17% of indoor water use. A standard showerhead uses 2.5 gallons per minute. A low-flow model, in order to earn the WaterSense label, must use under 2 gallons per minute. The average family will end up saving 2,900 gallons per year if all the showerheads are replaced with WaterSense-approved units. But there\u2019s more to this than saving water\u2014low-flow showerheads reduce the amount of hot<\/em> water used in the house, and this reduces the energy use for the water heater. A family can save enough energy using a low-flow showerhead to power a house for 13 days straight.<\/p>\n

What about faucets? The standard bathroom sink faucet has a flow rate of 2.2 gallons, and a low-flow faucet reduces that by 30%. The cumulative savings from making this switch can add up to 700 gallons per year, which is enough for 40 showers worth of water. As with the showerheads, a low-flow faucet also helps save energy with lower demand for hot water.<\/p>\n

You can see the options available to you and the difference they can make. Get started today with making your home into a water sensible one\u2014and one that saves you money each day, month, and year.<\/p>\n

Schedule an appointment<\/a> to learn more about going low-flow with your home\u2019s plumbing. Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. has proudly served Central Florida since 1975.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reducing water consumption is not only good for your home and budget, it\u2019s good for the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[359,201,358,80,54],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475"}],"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=4475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4477,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions\/4477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernpi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}