Designed to keep patrons from having to touch handles in public restrooms, automatic toilets have created another problem — many young children are afraid to use them. Karen Deerwester, author of The ...

It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when, mid-stream, the toilet beneath you starts flushing. By the time you’ve finished relieving yourself, the ...

I. Hate. Auto-flush. Toilets. You know, the ones that supposedly flush when you stand up. Well.. the one that's closest to me doesn't quite do that. Instead, it flushes when I'm still on the can, and ...

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“It is estimated that toilets are by far the main source of water use in the home, accounting for almost 30 percent of residential indoor water use,” states the Virginia Cooperative Extension. In an ...

Travis Springer, an English teacher at a Washington language institute, was outside drinking coffee with a friend the other day when he was asked an unusual question, but one that divides folks ...

Q: Most times when I use an automatic-flush toilet in a commercial building, it flushes two to three times. Do automatic-flush toilets waste or save water? – Ed Zajac, Orangevale A: Your experience is ...

You might notice I’m particularly obsessed with toilets these past two months. Being cooped up in the house makes the necessaries in the home all the more important. Over the years, there has been an ...