Need a good crapper

[nadogail]

I have been using Gerber toilets with Sloan Flushmate pressure tanks.

I have three houses, 10 toilets, that are 100% Gerber. I plan on buying more as replacement toilets in my other rentals when needed.

 

[FullRaceMerc]

We installed one of those new fancy Totos on a jobsite awhile back. Had the seat warmer, auto open, auto close, auto flush, & washing type equipment. Even had a remote. It seems like if a remote fell into the wrong hands while an unsuspecting user was in there bad things could happen.

Their maid had never been around a toilet like that. When she walked up to it & the lid opened itself she ran out of the house screaming "Diablos! Diablos!".

We install whatever the customer/designer calls for. We like the Kohlers for moderate price toilets. And the basic Totos for the higher end.

 

[IndyGarage]

I hate wax rings.

I hate scraping off the old one and I hate having to clean off the old one and get a new one if you need to reposition the toilet or otherwise pick it up for a simple reason.

I bought these from Home Depot and they're awesome:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbrande...ble-Waxless-Seal-Universal-Fit-BL01/203564758

Our old house has uneven floors and it can take several attempts to properly shim a toilet just right. Using these foam rings means you don't have worry about replacing the ring when picking up the toilet and resetting.

That's a Sani-seal - and they work good - developed by a couple folks I know here in Indy over the past 5 years or so.

Beware there are several knock offs that don't work as well. The key is the coating on the foam and the Sani-Seal guys have the patent on it.

Apparently 80 million wax seals are sold each year in North America.


Now on the toilet question - about 4 years ago I bought a couple Toto ADA height, elongated bowl, low flush toilets and put them in my main bathrooms. I bought them on a whim, because an industrial overstock store nearby had a few of them cheap.

I wish I would have gone back and bought enough to replace all of my toilets. They use hardly any water, and I haven't had a clog since I got them. Toto makes good toilets.

 

[volvo]

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Be very aware that most of the new style non wax ring replacements do NOT work if you have a high flange setting of 1/2" or more, they just are unable compress enough. So after looking into all the new replacements available I just used an old regular thin wax ring, Good to go.

 

[Kevin54]

When we remodeled our bathroom, we put in a new Kohler. It is a taller toilet than the standard contractor toilet they had in there. It's the right height so your knees are not in your chin. And it does not plug up. We got it at Lowes and it was around $225 or a tad more. Plus I never noticed until I was cleaning the bathroom the other day that although it is not a dual flush toilet, depending on whether it's #1 or #2, determines the water usage. Don't ask me how, as I don't have a clue. but there is only one flush handle.

Plus it's a powerful fast flush, and a silent fast water fill, so you don't hear the toilet running for a while to fill the tank back up. All I can say is that it is so nice not to have to grab a plunger every time you dropped a load.