[Shop-talk] Toilets

[Jim Franklin]

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Ron Olds wrote:
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>
> I am looking at replacing some old toilets in the house with the new
> ones which use less water.  I k now some of the new ones are not very
> effective when it gets down to what they need to do while others work
> very well.  Does anyone have any recommendations of which ones work  
> well
> or which ones to stay away from.  I don't want to buy a piece of  
> crap I
> just want to get rid...

I have installed Kohler Wellworths in 4 houses and they have never  
given me a problem. Relatively cheap too and available at Home Depot.  
I like the extended bowl as the standard ones are bit short but the  
mechanics are the same. I put a Kohler Memoirs toilet in another house  
and it worked 98% as well, but it fit the decor much better.

A friend installed Toto in her house and it worked ok, but used more  
water for suction than it did for bowl rinsing and I didn't think it  
did a good job at the latter. The seat closing damper was nifty  
though, no more SLAM at 3am! Wouldn't be surprised if these were now  
retrofittable.

jim