Every morning your stress level rises when you get ready for work in your tiny bathroom. Thankfully, you plan to build a more spacious custom home very soon. You hope your new bathroom is at least double the size of your current one. While you want a large bathroom, you also want to use as little water in your new home as possible. If protecting the planet while decreasing energy expenditures is important to you, consider incorporating the following water-saving bathroom features into the design of your custom home!
Multi-Function Bathtubs
At the end of a long, stressful day at the office, you might enjoy soaking in the bathtub. You might also like to soak your feet in the tub after freeing them from your shoes. If you use this bathroom mainstay for different purposes, you might benefit from purchasing a multi-function bathtub. By adjusting the six rollers and rail underneath, you can control its angle. Tilting the bathtub forward or backward allows you to use the most efficient amount of water for foot bath, half bath, or deep soak.
Bathwater Diverters
Once you finish indulging in a hot bath, you don’t have to waste all of the leftover water. Your home builder can fit a bathwater diverter kit to an exterior waste pipe. This will divert bathwater to a water butt so you can use it later. You could also divert bathwater straight to a water hose in your backyard so you can reuse it to water your plants or grass.
Dual Flush Toilets
Make sure you don’t overlook the toilets in your bathrooms. When talking with your home builder, request toilets with dual flush triggers. Instead of having one traditional handle, these toilets use two buttons, which are usually mounted on the top of the tank cover. One button is slightly smaller and releases less water than the bigger one.
Low Flow Showerheads
By installing a low flow showerhead, you could conserve gallons of water every time you take a shower. These showerheads allow less water to pass through them than traditional showerheads. Because eco showerheads have advanced dramatically over the years, you may not even notice a difference in your showering experience. Some of today’s models inject air directly into the water stream to make you feel like you’re getting a high-pressure shower.
Low Flow Faucet Aerators
If you’re like many homeowners, your bathroom faucet gets a workout every day. You most likely utilize this fixture to brush your teeth and wash your hands numerous times daily. To conserve water, think about installing a low flow faucet aerator on all of the sinks in the bathrooms throughout your home. Like a low flow showerhead, a low flow faucet aerator will decrease the amount of water that streams through your faucet while still providing pressure. These perforated metal sleeves can be installed into the ends of the faucets themselves or screwed on as external attachments.
Conserving water is a wonderful way for you to both minimize your carbon footprint and save money on your electricity bill. If you’re ready to begin the process of building your custom home in the Des Moines metro, we’d love for you to consider working with us! Click on the button below to download our free ebook explaining our design-build process, or contact Des Moines custom builders Homes by Brill to set up a consulation!
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