We are serious about green issues, we are happy to discuss ways to make your bathroom environmentally friendly, such as:
Water-saving taps and shower-heads (it is simple and cost-effective to replace your shower-head)
Recycling grey water from your bathroom
Please drop in to talk through your requirements. In the meantime, we have prepared some water-saving ideas:
Top Tips For Saving Water in Bathrooms
Our goal is to offer a one stop shop for their customers to easily identify and purchase water efficient bathroom products.
Hansgrohe takes pride in producing water efficient products. Hansgrohes EcoSmart technology consists of mixing water with air to reduce water consumption down to as little as 6 or 9.5 l/min without sacrificing shower comfort. It also saves energy, since less water needs to be heated. In this way, your daily contribution to climate protection begins under the shower.
It is now relatively easy to reduce water use substantially, without compromising your standards of hygiene. The first step in water conservation comprises simple and probably familiar measures such as showering instead of bathing, turning off taps and maintaining taps and appliances.
The next step is to install or specify water-efficient appliances:
1. A new loo
WCs are still one of the largest water-users in the home. The amount of water needed to flush the loo has fallen from 13 litres in the 50’s to 6 or 4.5 litres today, and because toilets don’t wear out, it’s estimated that of 45 million toilets in the UK, as many as 7 million of those old 13-litre wc’s are still being used today
Install a modern flush toilet, with a split flush button. Four times out of five you will only need to use the smaller button for a 4-litre flush, giving you an average saving of 3 litres per flush if you have a modern toilet (or a massive 9-litre saving if your loo is more than 25 years old)
2. Shower
Taking a shower instead of a bath will use only 45% as much water. A bath uses 100 litres of water. An average thermostatic shower uses 9 litres of water per minute. The average person spends 5 minutes in the shower, using 45 litres of water
If you reduce the time you spend by one minute you could save, a total of 3,285 litres, over the year. So take a shower more often and save the bath for those relaxing moments. But be warned, power showers can use over 20 litres of water a minute
3. Soak
If you like to soak, ensure your bath is made from a material that conducts heat well, and the water will stay warmer longer, so there is no need to keep topping up with hot water. Many people overfill the bath, so that when they get in, they displace so much water that it runs away down the overflow. Over filling the bath wastes water and the energy it takes to heat it up
4. Use a plug
Put the plug in when washing hands or shaving in a basin, rather than leaving the tap running. On average, basin taps deliver 8 litres of water per minute and a basin will take about 4 litres of water, so using a plug saves 50%!
5. Stop drips
Fix that dripping tap – for every tap left dripping around 90 litres of water is wasted every week – approximately 4,680 litres wasted every year
6. Grey water
Use bath water to water garden plants and the lawn especially in hot dry summers. Consider installing a system that will divert your bathwater for use in the garden
There are approximately 60 million people living in the UK, using on average 150 litres of water per day for washing, cooking and drinking. Improvements in lifestyle and new technologies within the domestic environment mean we use 55% more water than we did 25 years ago. Half of this water is used within the bathroom environment. As climate change takes a greater hold on the environment, we are constantly being asked to use water wisely. Today’s modern bathroom equipment has been designed to use less water, so one way of saving water could be to change an old, wasteful bathroom suite to a modern efficient one, that will not only use your water more sparingly but will also bring added benefits to you by increasing the value of your home.