- Years
ago, when I worked in news for a radio station in Birmingham, our Earth
Day tagline was “Listen to I-95; We have a Brick in Our Toilet” which I
always thought was hilarious. But
also good advice – the idea is that by displacing water in your toilet
tank you use less water with every flush. But the newer, better device for this is
a closed water bottle instead (include a few stones to hold it down in the
toilet). Bricks can disintegrate with use, so the bottle is a better idea.
- And
while we’re on the subject of toilets (I’m angling for an autographed
photo of the Prof. here, obviously) your toilet may leak – and you may not
even know it. Here’s how you test:
use a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If you see the color
in the toilet bowl within 15 minutes or so, it means you have a leak,
usually caused by a faulty flapper valve which is easily replaced.
- This
is one of my favorites because I LOVE this trend – when you buy a new home
and renovate it, SAVE WHAT YOU CAN from the old residence! Go ahead and
replace those drafty windows and reinsulate the attic, but consider
whether or not that kelly green or Pepto-Bismol pink bathroom *might* be
very retro cool if adorned with the right accessorizing towels and shower
curtains. In our
‘70s home we made into a “warm midcentury modern” we kept the cool
original yellow bathroom tile in the rec room bathroom and updated simply
by replacing the leaky green toilet with an energy efficient American
Standard version and posting some cool retro movie posters from the
period. Seriously, looks great!
Mary Anne Walser
Keller Williams Realty of Buckhead
#1 Individual Agent
in 2012! www.maryannewalser.com
maryannesellshomes@gmail.com
404-277-2537
