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**Bill Harsey** · 04-03-2004, 09:04

Thanks RR, The kids have a new appreciation for what we have here. So do I. I have to drop off and get the shop going, almost 7:00 am here on a Saturday but I have to tell this first. We did some small improvements to our small house here the last few years. In the new bathroom we put in a new toilet, the state mandated low volume flush kind that you have to flush at least twice to make everything go away like it's supposed to. I'm not a big fan of low flush. We get to Athens, check into Athens Gate Hotel and I go into the bathroom to check out the rigging. The toilet just has one single line coming out of the wall into the back of the toilet. Hows this going to flush a toilet? Oh yeah, it had a single valve with handle in the middle of the line. Here is what I learned, that single line had bigtime firehose type pressure. The valve in the line was a detonation switch. The only safe place to stand in the bathroom when flushing was to close the lid and stand on top with knees bent to take the shock when tripping the detonation switch. Building bricks couldn't plug one of those suckers. I like Greek toilets.

04-03-2004, 09:04	#8
Bill Harsey Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oregon, Land of the Silver Grey Sunsets Posts: 3,886	Greek Toilets! Thanks RR, The kids have a new appreciation for what we have here. So do I. I have to drop off and get the shop going, almost 7:00 am here on a Saturday but I have to tell this first. We did some small improvements to our small house here the last few years. In the new bathroom we put in a new toilet, the state mandated low volume flush kind that you have to flush at least twice to make everything go away like it's supposed to. I'm not a big fan of low flush. We get to Athens, check into Athens Gate Hotel and I go into the bathroom to check out the rigging. The toilet just has one single line coming out of the wall into the back of the toilet. Hows this going to flush a toilet? Oh yeah, it had a single valve with handle in the middle of the line. Here is what I learned, that single line had bigtime firehose type pressure. The valve in the line was a detonation switch. The only safe place to stand in the bathroom when flushing was to close the lid and stand on top with knees bent to take the shock when tripping the detonation switch. Building bricks couldn't plug one of those suckers. I like Greek toilets.
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