[Greenbuilding] waterless urinals

[Stephen Collette]

Sorry Eric, I can't help you directly, but I had another question  
along similar lines. I've heard from a plumber I know that the  
waterless urinals have a tendency to clog up downstream due to the  
crystalization of the urea in the pipe. The crystals build up to the  
point of forming a clog. Does anyone have any actual experience with  
that? Is it a hoax?  Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Stephen

Stephen Collette BBEC, LEED AP
Principal
Your Healthy House - Indoor Environmental Testing & Building Consulting
www.yourhealthyhouse.ca
stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca
705.652.5159

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> I was wondering if anyone has had any experience, good or bad, with
> Kohler waterless urinals. Architecturally, they're very nice but I'm
> highly suspicious of their being cartridge-less, since I've had
> significant odor issues with my own cartridge-less Duravit.
> Considerably more maintenance than I was lead to believe was
> necessary to keep the odor down. And I'm only one person. This
> installation will be in a restaurant. I'm leaning towards Falcon, but
> the design is so utilitarian.
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> Also, any beta on Zero Flush? One of their models looks great but I
> haven't heard anything about the company at all.
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> Thanks,
> Eric Cadora
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