Pressure Flush Toilets

After the gravity fed flush toilets, the next generation of toilet designs and flush systems, that are the most popular, are the pressure assist toilets. Pressure assist toilets use a different technology than the gravity fed flushing systems. They are considered to be better than the traditional flushing systems. Looks wise they appear just like gravity fed flush toilets. But they are a little different for sure. They have an inner tank that is completely sealed. This sealed tank is filled with water and the air inside the tank gets compressed. When the flush lever is pressed this water is flushed into the bowl using the twin force of water and the air pressure that is generated using the compressed air. Dual pressure system proves to be more effective in flushing the waste and cleaning the bowl. Let's understand the working of the pressure assisted flush toilets in detail.

 

How does a Pressure Assisted Toilet Work?
As mentioned above a pressure assist flush toilet works with the combined forces of high air pressure and water pressure. The air pressure is created in the compression tank as the sealed water tank gets filled up with water. After the flush lever is pressed, water is released with full force. Some advanced versions of the pressure assist flush toilets also use electric pumps for better performance.

 

Pressure Assist Flush Toilet System ? Advantages & Disadvantages
The main advantage of a pressure assist flush system is that it cleans the bowl better because the the twin force action. It gives efficient cleaning results and is therefore preferred over the traditional gravity fed toilets. But apart from this there are a number of disadvantages associated with the pressure assisted toilets. The first disadvantage is that pressure assist flush toilets are more expensive as compared to the gravity flush models. Specially the advanced versions with electric pumps are even more expensive. Also procuring their parts for replacement is a tough job as they are not easily available. And they need replacement much more frequently than the traditional toilets. One the most irritating features of pressure assist flush toilets is that they are very noisy.

 

But keeping aside all these points, one biggest benefits of pressure assist flush toilets is the fact that they consume much lesser amount water and are therefore more environment friendly.