Toilet sink – not yet

Anyone who has been reading my blog for awhile may remember how passionate I am about water conservation at home. I rarely let water go down the drain that hasn’t been used more than once. I saw my first toilet sink several years ago while watching youtube videos about Japan’s water conservation techniques and inventions. I loved the idea! How clever of the Japanese to invent it. I’ve wanted one ever since. What a toilet sink does is let the water be used twice. First time is to wash hands and the second time is to flush.

When my name finally came to the top of the city’s home repair waiting list I was given a brand new duel flush toilet to replace the old broken toilet. Yippie! My first thought was that with a working toilet I could finally have a toilet sink. Oh wow, a toilet sink combined with a water saving duel flush toilet was very exciting to me so I bought one from sinktwice.com. It was the only company I could find selling sinks to fit the Glacier Bay duel flush toilets like mine. I loved the story about the start of this family owned business.

My intention was to install it myself soon after the brand new toilet was installed. However; I hadn’t considered I’d be off my feet and sick in bed for a few days. Well I decided today was the day to put in my new toilet sink because I was already working in the bathroom putting a new hose on my shower. The old one had split and sprayed water everywhere. I can finally put away the portable shower and use the regular shower with hot water from the new water heater. That’s luxury.

After getting the new shower hose put in, and there were no leaks, it was time to install the toilet sink. I took it out of the box and decided to go for it. Hmm, the instructions were not for a duel flush toilet sink but a regular one. Well maybe I can make it work anyway. I removed the toilet lid and lay the sink on top for a dry fit. Oh bummer, the toilet sink is too big for the new toilet. The area where the water goes down into the tank hangs over the edge. Water might spill out onto the floor. I can’t have that.

So after reading the instructions a couple of times I called the helpline and talked to a very nice person named Culver about returning it for an exchange. He suggested instead of me paying the postage to send the whole thing back that instead he send me just the sink part to fit my toilet and I can use the same inside parts which will fit the replacement. So now I just wait for the new sink to arrive and I’ll call him if I have any problems installing it on the toilet. He also told me to be careful of the type soap I use because it could damage the actual toilet parts. I’ll need a brand called Method Sea Mineral soap. I believe Kroger and Walmart sells it.

I’m still waiting for the furnace to be installed. The nights have been getting pretty chilly but my small space heaters help. Yet another appointment has been set to take measurements. It’s going to be on Monday. I won’t hold my breath on that. I’m hoping the delivery won’t take very long so it can be installed before the really cold weather arrives. I have other little odd jobs to be done around the house today so I’ll get busy with them now.

Thank a veteran for their sacrifice and service. Pray for peace around the world.

Anita