<div dir="ltr">Intriguing. I will explore that option. Thank you. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Clarke Olsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colsen@fairpoint.net" target="_blank">colsen@fairpoint.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Moving to plastic plumbing, we forfeit the anti bacterial properties of copper. Admittedly, copper hasn't been used for drain lines<div>since the Vietnam war drove up the price, but a copper drain for urine might stop odour developement. <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div>
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<br></font></span><div><span class=""><div>On Jan 10, 2018, at 2:22 PM, Reuben Deumling <<a href="mailto:9watts@gmail.com" target="_blank">9watts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-6990604937246827935Apple-interchange-newline"></span><blockquote type="cite"><span class=""><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Those are all excellent suggestions, and much appreciated Stephen. <br></div>I've thought of some of them and planned to experiment in particular with <br></div>- replacing the OEM flex hose for exactly the reasons you suggest, and<br></div>- blocking the front under-rim area with a piece of thin plastic bent to seal it off for the reasons you mentioned. <br></div>Interestingly the manufacturer of this toilet obliquely admitted in one of their communications to me that the successor model of this toilet features what sounds like a P-trap. I'd not thought of an elegant way to construct one, though borrowing a page from the waterless urinals and using whatever oil I understand they use as an odor seal could be useful to. <br><br></div>I will see about trying some or all of these and if any work I'll report back. <br><br><br></div>Thanks again. .<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Stephen Collette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen@yourhealthyhouse.ca" target="_blank">stephen@yourhealthyhouse.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></span><span class="">
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