Some years ago, I watched passionate inventor David Wilkes demonstrate an innovative product to a pack of Dragons in their Den. It was a flush inhibitor called the Interflush and it could save up to 47% of our daily water use.
Recently, it earned a place in Julia Hailes’ ‘New Green Consumer Guide,’ as her favourite water saving device.
Toilet flushing is responsible for between 30-40% of our household water consumption and in offices, this figure rises to a startling 90%.
We ‘average Joe’s’ use around 150 litres of water every day, with 60 litres of this earmarked for toilet flushing and for those held in the clutches of a water meter, this little device would soon pay its way retailing at around £20.00 per unit.
Essentially, it’s a small device that fits on top of your WC siphon and connects to a front mounted flush handle and with competent levels of DIY skills you should be able to fit one in around half an hour without too much fuss. All you need is a cordless drill and a pair of cutters or pliers. There’s even a step-by-step video to guide you through the installation.
For further information visit www.Interflush.co.uk
Tracey Smith
Author of The Book of Rubbish Ideas
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I’d like to know more about his – how does it compare to the hippo? We have old toilets in our house and I’m sure they are accountable for most of our water use. I feel really bad about that, but we;re considering putting some rainbutts on the bathroom roof for flushing; we might get around to that this summer.
Rainwater flushing is one of my aspirations in life! LOLOL….I have a funny life…. Can’t say I’ve used the hippo, but if you hop onto their website, you’ll see a stack of info and if you’re still stuck, ring Dave Wilkes, a fantastic bloke – he’ll answer it all. TS
The Hippo is a displacement device, no different to putting a house brick in your cistern.
Yes you use less water because the cistern has a reduced volume.
This will result in blockages with the sewage pipework , as there is insufficient water volume to wash away the Product deposited in the pan.
A cistern is design to hold the correct volume of water to evacuate the pan of solid material, this is determined by British Standards, by installing a displacement device the entire water closet system no longer complies with BS. This will result in large repair bills for removal of the blockage.
For further information it go to the interflush website.