AboutDana Bostick Expertise Pretty much any residential plumbing questions. Note: I live and work in Southern California. We do not as a rule use boilers, hot water or steam heating systems or wells so my knowledge in those areas is limited. There are others here that can probably answer those questions better.
"We all is city folk" out here! What is a "well" LOL
Experience Licensed General Contractor with Plumbing, HVAC and Electrical sub-licenses
I installed a handheld shower in the toilet, the plastic ones they sell at Home Depot, but before a month, it started having problems, the flow doesn't stop when the "trigger" is released, and it keeps leaking forever. It's due to low quality manufacturing, and this is the only model HD carries, so I'm not going to replace it with the same.
I wonder if a kitchen sink spray can be adapted for this use. Maybe the spray is too strong? Is there a way to reduce the pressure?
Thank you in advance,
Rick
Answer Hi Rick,
Home Depot stuff is not the highest quality, I'm not surprised it started leaking.
Here's one that is a bit higher quality; http://www.bidetspray.com/
Technically, your installation is illegal because it does not have back flow protection to prevent cross contamination between the waste and the potable water system.
Kitchen faucet sprayers do have this but it is built into the actual faucet and would not be present if you just used the hand spray hose.
There are complying toilet seat assemblies that can be installed to provide this function that have the back flow protection included in the design. Just search for "toilet seat bidet". there are many available. http://www.biobidet.com/
