Plumbing

A Map of Who Doesn’t Have Indoor Plumbing in the United States

Did you know that 1.6 million Americans don’t have complete indoor plumbing? The American Community Survey published on Tuesday that says that nearly 630,000 occupied homes in the United States lack complete plumbing facilities*, and The Washington Post whipped it into a handy interactive map. How’s your home state doing? If you’re from Connecticut, the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 23

The Bestest Friends Ever Filled a Guy’s Entire Home Plumbing with Beer

Friends don’t get better than this. They could always have your back, they could be your groomsmen at your wedding, hell they could even give a kidney to you and they won’t ever beat these guys who pranked their friend by replacing his entire home plumbing system with beer. As in every faucet would spew…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 17

Why Toilets Are Still Made of Porcelain

We’ve been sitting on the same kind of crapper for centuries. Sure, the plumbing has gotten more tucked away and seats are now fashioned out of all sorts of materials and styles (including plush vinyl embroidered with cats), but as far as the toilets themselves go, hundreds of years after they were invented, they’re still…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Jul 31

How Do You Boost Weak Water Pressure?

Low water pressure sucks. You hop in expecting a wonderful deluge, but you get a pathetic drizzle. It can be a day-breaker. But the good news is, you’re not helpless. Before we start, some background: SO WHAT IS WATER PRESSURE, EXACTLY? Well, as Jeff Cruickshank, a senior associate at environmental engineering firm Hazen and Sawyer…

Tech News Annie Hauser May 9

Defective Toilet Paper Flooded the University of Colorado for Two Years

There are certain things in my life that I really, really hope don’t turn out to be defective—seat belts, parachutes, the private browsing setting when I use my girlfriend’s computer—but toilet paper might just have made it to the top of that list. The University of Colorado is suing companies in San Diego and Phoenix…

Tech News Kyle Wagner May 5

Turn On These Lights to Remind Yourself to Save Water

Everytime you switch on, remind yourself to switch off. That’s the message environmental artist Tanya Clarke is sending with these Liquid Lights. Made from recycled pipes and taps, the lamps use green LEDs as the light source. When purchased, 5 per cent of the money will be donated to water education charities. She even does…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 1

Butt-Crack Detector: Plumbers Are So Hot These Days

Instructables posted a guide to creating a plumbers’-crack detector, using a LilyPad Arduino controller, a vibrating motor, and a photoresistor to measure how much light is beaming into your crack. When the photoresistor comes uncovered, the motor starts to vibrate, letting you know that your “coin slot” is exposed and people behind you may be…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Oct 25

Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love

Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection between the faucet and fresh water, so she’s made do thus far with just sipping from her water dish. But I’ve heard that once kitties taste from the tap, they never want to go back. For running water addicted cats, MAKE contributor tsruzik has…

Tech News Elaine Chow Jul 12

TwoDaLoo, For Couples Who Share Everything

It’s too far away from April Fools’ Day for this to be a joke, so we’ll just tell it to you straight: The TwoDaLoo is called a “supertoilet,” created to “save rocky marriages and the planet.” Not fancy enough for you? Get it with a 7-inch LCD TV and an iPod docking station, so you…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 28

Inax Bidet Toilet Seats Spray Your Butt in Living Color

If you want to look into the future, go to Japan, where it’s impossible to market a new toilet seat without a bidet attachment inside (otherwise known as a washlet) that squirts water all over your delicate nether regions. Now you can do away with toilet paper in colorful style with these limited-edition toilet seats…

Tech News Charlie White Oct 31

Miscea Touchless Faucet Magically Spews Out Water, Soap, Who Knows What Else

This stainless steel Miscea faucet spares you the agony and grief of actually touching the soap dispenser when you’re washing your hands, and it can also squirt out disinfectant or your choice of other goo, too. Its motion control interface lets you control the flow by pointing at what you want, and you can even…

Gadgets Charlie White Oct 12

Toto’s Neorest Hybrid Toilet is World’s Most Efficient

You remember Toto, don’t you? Not the dog but the toilet company in Japan that makes those Neorest toilets with the “washlet” under the lid. Now it’s taken that butt-spraying goodness a step further with its Neorest Hybrid Series toilets, which use less water than any other, just 5.5 liters (1.45 gallons) per flush. It’s…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 3

PeaceMaker Toilet Seat Lifter, For Loose Cannons

Okay guys, we know how hard it is to lift the toilet seat and then lower it back after you’re done. Here’s a solution to this age-old dilemma: the Peacemaker Toilet Seat Lifter. This silly device gives you effortless control of that tremendously heavy and difficult-to-lift toilet seat by using a foot switch that raises…

Tech News Charlie White Jun 4

Make Your Own Night Vision Toilet Light

You need this night vision toilet light. Who wouldn’t like to have a target to aim at when it’s time to pee in the middle of the night? Turn on those bathroom lights, and it wakes you up, strains your eyes and may wake up others, too. But piss in the darkness, and you may…

Tech News Charlie White May 9

Ondine ESS Electronic Faucets Give You a Techno-Shower

Now you can make your bath controls all-electronic with the Ondine ESS-Tub or ESS-Standard for showers. You set the temperature you want, and then push the ESS-Tub’s Fill button and it will automatically fill the tub for a perfect soak. ESS-Standard is specially created for multi-head showers, and it can control up to three showerheads,…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 12

Kohler C3 Series Toilet Seats Offer Hands-Free Butt-Washing, American Style

Who says the Japanese make all the fancy potties? Kohler has jumped into wash-yer-butt bidet derby with its C3 series toilet seats, using a special “hydra-cleansing wand” (pictured at right) to give you a hands-free alternative to toilet paper. Click to viewThe C3-200 model ($1300, pictured on the toilet above left) has an in-line heater…

Gadgets Charlie White Feb 15

Energy Cocoon Tub: Room for One More?

Install an entire spa in your bathroom with this Energy Cocoon Tub, giving you an invigorating combination of soothing bubbles, billowing steam and an infrared sauna all in one unit the size of a regular whirlpool tub. It contains three multi-colored lamps for a bit of that soothing chromatherapy, and of course, it has those…

Gadgets Charlie White Oct 30

Kohler DTV Touchscreen Shower Controller

Not long ago, taking a shower involved just turning the knobs on a couple of plumbing fixtures and waiting for the water to heat up. Now Kohler takes that simple task to the next level with DTV (Digital Thermostatic Valve), a waterproof control panel that lets you dial up the exact temperature of your shower.…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 30

The Cellphone in My Toilet

My sister came to visit from California this weekend. While the taxi to the airport was waiting downstairs, she misplaced her LG flip phone. (It’s an ancient model, I don’t even know which one.) We frantically searched the Robischon house for it to no avail. Not long after, the toilet backed up. This was during…

Tech News Noah R Jan 17

A Map of Who Doesn’t Have Indoor Plumbing in the United States

The Bestest Friends Ever Filled a Guy’s Entire Home Plumbing with Beer

Why Toilets Are Still Made of Porcelain

How Do You Boost Weak Water Pressure?

Defective Toilet Paper Flooded the University of Colorado for Two Years

Turn On These Lights to Remind Yourself to Save Water

Butt-Crack Detector: Plumbers Are So Hot These Days

Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love

TwoDaLoo, For Couples Who Share Everything

Inax Bidet Toilet Seats Spray Your Butt in Living Color

Miscea Touchless Faucet Magically Spews Out Water, Soap, Who Knows What Else

Toto’s Neorest Hybrid Toilet is World’s Most Efficient

PeaceMaker Toilet Seat Lifter, For Loose Cannons

Make Your Own Night Vision Toilet Light

Ondine ESS Electronic Faucets Give You a Techno-Shower

Kohler C3 Series Toilet Seats Offer Hands-Free Butt-Washing, American Style

Energy Cocoon Tub: Room for One More?

Kohler DTV Touchscreen Shower Controller

The Cellphone in My Toilet

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