What Should We Do If There Is An Icicle Faucet

“Have you as an icicle on tap?” The question we were the first visitors to our new apartment. For I had installed on our guest toilet tentatively a very special water saver. This is not a normal flow, but a water-stop lever, which is built into the faucetattachment. “Icicle” away, pure flow Ultimately, I have the “icicle” expanded again, because our guests are not the radical water savers were clear and my wife did not like him. Instead, I built into most small flow faucets – that little plastic parts with tiny holes that can be built into the faucet attachment. This alone can per person in the household and an average of about ten liters of tap water are saved every day.

Lever aside, running water This water-stop lever actually looks like a long, thin icicle. He makes sure that even then no water flows from the faucet when it is turned up. Only when your hands are directly under the tap and hold the lever pushes aside, the water flows out of the tap. If one washes his hands, so the water flow stops as soon as you reach for the soap and lather hands. The water flows only from the tap when you need it really.

Saving effect of water and energy I have also installed a shower in our water-saving shower head. Such flow will not only save water but also energy. Namely through them is not only less hot water is generated and thus reduce the energy consumption for water heating. Furthermore, less waste is produced, which must be treated.

Not everything makes sense Flow but are not always useful! This is true for water taps, the purpose of a deliberately high water flow - for example in the bathtub. Depressurized undercounter water heaters, the use of limiters is prohibited. Here, the water flow is in fact often been limited by design, so they could burst when using a flow restrictor by the resulting back pressure.