Toilets

[WVBill]

When I bought my house 12 years ago, I wasn't thinking about it so the builder just used standard "builder's grade" toilets.

After moving in we soon learned that "incremental flushing" of a big "job" was imperative to avoid having to plunge.

This past weekend I replaced one of the toilets with a Kohler Cimarron.

WOW!! :thumbsup: You press the flush handle and by the time the handle is half way down, WHOOOSH, the bowl is empty! :cool2:

Next weekend, the other toilet gets replaced.

 

[Mousefield]

Less water being used as well I would suspect. :thumbsup:
In this case pics may not be that good of an idea. :laughing:

 

[deepNdirt]

Must have been a proud moment:cloud9:







it was for me when changing ours out 3 years ago

 

[MoKelly]

Geez. With the internet seems nothing is private anymore.:laughing:

MoKelly

 

[czechsonofagun]

When I bought my house 12 years ago, I wasn't thinking about it so the builder just used standard "builder's grade" toilets.

After moving in we soon learned that "incremental flushing" of a big "job" was imperative to avoid having to plunge.

This past weekend I replaced one of the toilets with a Kohler Cimarron.

WOW!! :thumbsup: You press the flush handle and by the time the handle is half way down, WHOOOSH, the bowl is empty! :cool2:

Next weekend, the other toilet gets replaced.

Reminds me of the stuff they made me drink for colonoscopy; I felt like Kohler Cimarron

 

[WVBill]

Less water being used as well I would suspect.

As a matter of fact, yes. Although both toilets are listed as 1.6gpf, the new one can do the job with what appears to be a "half flush".

The advantage of this became clear yesterday when we had a power outage due to a storm. We're on well and don't have a backup genny so one of the greatest inconveniences of a power outage used to be the limit of one flush per toilet until the power came back on. With the "half-flush" we have doubled our power outage flushing potential (or "POFP" - hey maybe I just invented a new toilet rating factor ?? :laughing

 

[FastPauly]

WARNING!!
I read on the internet somewhere of a case involving one of these "high energy" flushing type toilets. An elderly gentleman, I believe he was from the state of Nebraska, suffered a disfiguring injury to himself by accidently pushing the flush handle while still on the throne. The forces applied to the man resulted in his ears being sucked into his skull....rather than surgery, Doctors have opted to put him on a special diet in an attempt to create just the correct amount of internal pressure to force his ears back out to their normal position.

I got this from the Internet......so it must be true?? :confused2:

 

[mjarrels]

We built about 12 years ago, 1.6 gal toilets, had our builder come back and make toilets flush at full flush, also had him remove restrictors on the showers, I like hot showers. Sounds like your retired Navy.

mark USN Retired

 

[Ken_CT]

When the 1.6 gpf toilets were made mandatory the early ones were horrible. Most needed to be flushed twice to clear the bowl. Everyone hated them. There was even a black market to buy the old style toilets from Canada. In time they started to improve, Sloan came out with the Flush Mate assembly, which used air pressure to make a very powerful flush. The down side was it sounded like a jet taking off. As time went on the flush improved tremendously, now the good ones (not the home cheapo low end models) flush better than the old type. Every once in a while things actually get better :thumbsup:.

 

[tglass]

Geez. With the internet seems nothing is private anymore.:laughing:

MoKelly

Private, yes, but I still get a kick out of the Ferguson Al Bundy installed on All In The Family TV show. A real toilet where the Ferguson just said "guish..go ahead, give me your best shot". A real toilet.

 

[Thomas]

Saving when you can always good thing.
Our neighbors had water savers toilets install,in short time Rotor Rooter was snaking out there sewer line,come to find out not enough water was being flush between useage to push to septic tank..they had older style toilet install and everything was fine again.

 

[RoMad]

The advantage of this became clear yesterday when we had a power outage due to a storm. We're on well and don't have a backup genny so one of the greatest inconveniences of a power outage used to be the limit of one flush per toilet until the power came back on. With the "half-flush" we have doubled our power outage flushing potential (or "POFP" - hey maybe I just invented a new toilet rating factor ?? :laughing

We just use a 5 gallon bucket of water to flush the toilets during power outages. Just pour about half the bucket into the bowl and it flushes great.
Where do we get the water during a power outage? The swimming pool.

 

[SandburRanch]

We just use a 5 gallon bucket of water to flush the toilets during power outages. Just pour about half the bucket into the bowl and it flushes great.
Where do we get the water during a power outage? The swimming pool.

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And for those of us that have the honor of enduring ice / snow storm power outages for several days a leaking gutter corner cap comes in mighty handy too when thawing occurs.

 

[thatguy]

We replaced a cracked toilet with a Kohler (not sure what model though) and we love it.. This Kohler doesnt do the round and around the water goes, before it exits.. When you flush it the water rises just a tad and then 'away it goes'..

Brian

 

[Willl]

Whyisit the more economical the toilet is, the more flushes it requires ?

 

[Willl]

What's worse, is I can no longer buy a toilet that 'could' take care of things with one flush.

I really would like to slap the beens outa the guy responsible for that one.

 

[firedog]

I really would like to slap the beens outa the guy responsible for that one.

Actually, it was several guys known as "Congress", done way back in the seventies.

 

[dmccarty]

We have 1.6 GPF toilets in the new house. Our old city house had 5 GPF toilets from the 70's. Usually the old toilets could get 'er done in one flush. :laughing: Sometimes. The new toilets need two flushes but even then that is still only 3.2 gallons compared to 5. Since it is my well and power to get that water I am ok with saving the 1.8 gallons. :laughing:

The other thing I do to save water and money is to do number one outside as much as possible. :laughing: At least that is what I tell the wifey. I am saving money and water. Is that TMI? Too Much Information?

Later,
Dan

 

[WVBill]

.... Sounds like your retired Navy.

mark USN Retired

... Sloan came out with the Flush Mate assembly, which used air pressure to make a very powerful flush. The down side was it sounded like a jet taking off.
Ken.

Hey, maybe I should get a Flush Mate - - it'd be just like being back on the USS Ranger for this old retired Navy guy!

On second thought - - - NOT :thumbdown:

 

[ultrarunner]

So far I've been pleased with Toto Drake II low flush toilet.

I have a very large disabled tenant and had constant toilet issues since day one... there is a medical condition afflicting some wheel chair bound where the stool is like a brick.

It's been 4 months with the new toilet and only one call as opposed to several a week the first 6 weeks and the one call was solved with a plunger.