We live in a very dry country. Regional areas are faced with the reality every single day, but in urban areas on mains water supply, we can sometimes become complacent, so we really do need to try and keep our water usage habits in the forefront of our minds and look after our supplies. And … Read more
A friend of ours recently came home to the majority of the floors in her house saturated in water- thanks to a burst hose / flexible connection under her bathroom vanity. She now has a great mess to clean up and needs to vacate the property while flooring is sorted. She joins quite a long … Read more
Toilets & Taps – Torquay, Geelong, Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads Flushing a toilet. It’s something that we, in Australia, don’t really have to think too much about. Some other countries are, sadly, not as lucky.Today is World Toilet Day, which is a United Nations Observance that celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion … Read more
Avoid ‘toilet plume’ You really should put the toilet seat down. Not just to keep your partner happy, but to also avoid ‘toilet plume’. When you flush a toilet, the swirling water that removes your waste from the bowl also mixes with small particles of that waste, shooting contaminated globules into the air…. wait … Read more
World Toilet Day A day set aside for toilets? Why not – particularly when it helps to highlight the lack of sanitation in some parts of the world, and the link that it has to girls not being able to continue their education, along with the more obvious issues, such as illness and disease. It … Read more