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need help choosing a toilet toecheese 04-13-2008
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Posted by ransley on April 13, 2008, 6:37 pm
> I need to replace the toilet in an upstairs, second story bathroom. =A0I'd=

> like to get a low-flow tank to save water but I don't want to end up
> with one that won't have enough water pressure to properly flush without
> clogging all the time. =A0Is there any kind of minimum gallons per flush
> or anything else like that I should be looking for?

Get one with a large Glazed Smooth Trap, Ive just used last year, 12,
60$ HD Glacier bay units with no issues, I can say how long the valves
will last, but they work and are cheap.

Posted by Joseph Meehan on April 13, 2008, 7:21 pm
If you are in the US the only thing you will find are water savers.
Don't go for the cheapest one there or for the fancy looks. Look for a
fully glazed trap (that means the passage is slick like glass rather than
like heavy duty sandpaper in the cheap models. Also look for the larger
trap size, it is far less likely to clog. Once you have it, train the
family to hold the handle down for the heavier loads, that will increase the
water used for just that flush.

> I need to replace the toilet in an upstairs, second story bathroom. I'd
> like to get a low-flow tank to save water but I don't want to end up with
> one that won't have enough water pressure to properly flush without
> clogging all the time. Is there any kind of minimum gallons per flush or
> anything else like that I should be looking for?


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




Posted by ransley on April 14, 2008, 10:48 pm
wrote:
> =A0 =A0 If you are in the US the only thing you will find are water savers=
.
> Don't go for the cheapest one there or for the fancy looks. =A0Look for a
> fully glazed trap (that means the passage is slick like glass rather than
> like heavy duty sandpaper in the cheap models. =A0Also look for the larger=

> trap size, it is far less likely to clog. =A0Once you have it, train the
> family to hold the handle down for the heavier loads, that will increase t=
he
> water used for just that flush.
>
>
>
> > I need to replace the toilet in an upstairs, second story bathroom. =A0I=
'd
> > like to get a low-flow tank to save water but I don't want to end up wit=
h
> > one that won't have enough water pressure to properly flush without
> > clogging all the time. =A0Is there any kind of minimum gallons per flush=
or
> > anything else like that I should be looking for?
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> =A0Dia 's Muire duit

The HD Glacier bay may be the cheapest , but it works, with its
superduper large, micron superduper glazed, real slick, slippery
lubbed "Super Trap" tm, its been tested by my mexicans drinking alot
of Tequila, eating bean burritos, Habanerros , and beans for a year x
12 units without a clog, second flush, or even a complaint. [ Bet
they didnt want the embarsasment] Yea, Chinas cheaper China is
cheap, but they said. " any load goes and flows, even 2 elephant`s
asses worth" they said that, and I believed them, Gee thats a room
full ! For only 59.95 Without Rebate on an old unit, I was sold !.
In China they call them "Shit Suckers" since there are few toilets in
China , even the olympics were to be a hole to sqaut into. , its
called taking a Dump there.

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on April 13, 2008, 10:50 pm

>I need to replace the toilet in an upstairs, second story bathroom. I'd
>like to get a low-flow tank to save water but I don't want to end up with
>one that won't have enough water pressure to properly flush without
>clogging all the time. Is there any kind of minimum gallons per flush or
>anything else like that I should be looking for?

We have three Kohlers at work and they have been fine. No backups at all.
Get the elongated model for comfort.



Posted by Rudy on April 13, 2008, 11:20 pm
> We have three Kohlers at work and they have been fine. No backups at all.
> Get the elongated model for comfort.

Yep, Kohler Wellworth "comfort height" elongated nowl. We had 3 in our last
house..they worked so well, we put 3 more in the "new" place. I dont even
'own' a plunger



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