While you may not give your toilet much thought, it’s an essential component of your daily routine. Most people don’t realize that there are various options when it comes to buying a toilet for your home, apart from choosing a particular color. In fact, we’re going to discuss some of the most essential toilet upgrades that you should highly consider getting for your home.
Dual-Flushing
Toilets with dual-flushing capability will have two buttons on their tank. One button will be for liquid waste, which will use less water from the tank during flushing. The other button will be for solid waste that will use a full tank during flushing. This dual-flush technology can allow you to optimize your water usage when using your toilet.
Automatic Flushing
Another potential upgrade you may want to consider is automatic flushing. This capability is typically available with smart toilet technology. It uses automatic sensors to detect when you’re no longer sitting on the toilet. Then, it will trigger a flushing action so that you don’t have to worry about pushing any buttons. Some other smart toilets even offer foot pedal and voice command flushing.
Self-Cleaning
One of the most dreaded household tasks is cleaning the toilet. Fortunately, when you invest in a self-cleaning one, you don’t have to worry about it. Depending on the specific type of self-cleaning toilet that you get, it will clean in one of two ways. It will either use a specialized cleansing agent in its tank that gets put in the bowl every time you flush, or the toilet will use UV lights to sanitize itself between uses.
Automatic Lid Closing
If you live in a household where you constantly argue over the toilet lid being left up, it can be particularly frustrating. Now, you can purchase a toilet with an automatic lid-closing feature. The toilet closes its lid whenever the user gets off the seat. This will use soft-close technology to prevent any unnecessary banging of the seat against the toilet bowl.
Heated Seat
One of the most dreaded feelings on a winter morning is sitting down on a cold toilet seat. A fairly simple yet extremely convenient toilet upgrade is to invest in a heated seat. This can ensure that you’re comfortable whenever you sit down, no matter how cold the temperature is.
Automatic Odor Detection
Unfortunately, your toilet can contain some of the worst smells. If you’re like most people, you rely on a handheld air freshener to keep unwanted odors in check. With automatic odor detection in your toilet, you can enjoy deodorizing the area without doing any work. This type of system relies on smart sensors within your toilet to detect unwanted odors. When these odors are present, your toilet will release deodorizing fresheners to eliminate the foul odors.
Built-In Bidet
Bidets can be a great way to help you feel cleaner after using the bathroom. Furthermore, they replace the need for toilet paper and use water instead. Bidets can now be integrated into existing toilets, so you can get all their benefits without switching seats. They come with a bunch of customizable features, such as water temperature, stream pressure, running time, and so forth. You can even opt to add an air dryer to your toilet bidet to ensure you feel nice and dry.
High-Efficiency Toilets
High-efficiency toilets go a long way in helping to reduce your family’s overall water usage. Most high-efficiency toilets only use 1.28 gallons of water per individual flush. Unlike traditional high-efficiency toilets that didn’t always flush solids well, all of the newer options are specifically designed to allow for better suction with the use of less water.
Tankless Toilets
If you’re tired of having a big tank attached to your toilet, then you’re in luck. An innovative option in the toilet industry is the tankless toilet. Instead of using gravity to force waste down the toilet’s drain, these tankless models use an electric pump to generate enough force to empty the waste from your toilet bowl.
Reliable Toilet Service
Gunthers Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing offers reliable toilet services for American Fork and other parts of central Utah. We will be more than happy to assist with all of your heating, cooling, plumbing, commercial, indoor air quality, sheet metal fabrication, ductwork, and attic fan needs as well. Contact [company name] today to schedule a consultation.
