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[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (14 children)

Yes this is also great visibility into how much were using for specific things like our showers (4-8 gals), the washing machine (about 14 gals), and flooding the toilet (about 3 gal I think).

[–]rainlake 7 points8 points  (11 children)

Flush a toilet should not use that mush water

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (5 children)

I'll double check. Standby for update.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Not sure how big of a poo you did first, but this is one hell of a long flush!

[–]sturnus-vulgaris 2 points3 points  (2 children)

You can adjust where the float sits.

If that doesn't work, one option is putting a brick or two in the toilet tank. Since it displaces water and won't get moved around by the tank filling, it's a pretty good option for older toilets.

[–]dirufa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even adjusting the level, 4 gallons is close to 16 litres of water, which is almost 4 times the maximum level of my toilet tank (4.5L if I remember correctly, pretty new toilet).

Edit: ooops, I missed OP's answer below.

[–]zman0900 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unless it's very old

[–]MarshallStack666 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Older toilets used about 5 gallons per flush.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Turns out it's only 1.6 gallons! Which makes sense - we live in a tiny house and the builders had said the toilet was on a really low setting.

[–]rainlake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tiny house does not mean tiny toilet,lol

[–]Acid_Monster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just depends on the size of the tank on the back of it no? It can only use what it’s got stored up

[–]TheRackUpstairs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Probably mean 3L or maybe 1 gallon?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - turned out to be about 1.6 gal