I do not care about water saving or price.
It does not have to look fancy, but I am getting too old to deal with snakes and plungers.
So, folks what is the best?
A few years ago, I replaced my $60 cheapie with a a Swiss Madison that was supposed to be clog free and it clogs twice as often .
Thanks
Probably not a great answer, as these are designed for a specific purpose and cost a LOT, but "mascerating toilets" shred everything you drop in them and then (optionally...) have a pump so you can use these in basements and pump the sewage up and out.
Typical writeup:
I've never had a clog with a Kohler toilet.
I've never had a clog with _any_ toilet, for that matter. Perhaps you're flushing something that shouldn't be flushed?
You may have misunderstood clog free. It means clogs are free, no extra charge.
I have Kohler with the 1.6 gallon flush in this house and the last one. Never had a clog.
Maybe you should change your diet?
I noticed a lot of dancing
Is a traditional outhouse an option where you live? Those things are about as trouble-free as things get. Build a 2-holer so that you can make it look like a standard garden shed instead of an outhouse.
I am now flushed with embarrassment
What diet?
I eat about six meals a day.
Thank you.
Looks like what I need
Good planning.
No outhouse option but in the case of an emergency, there is a nice drain in the basement.
When the kids still lived here, they thought it was a fun thing to use.
And salt spray up the nose
Yeah, well, some of us have more vicious digestive systems.
We've got a Kohler, and it's very good. I've had to use the plunger only two or three times in the past 7 years. The previous toilet was more like once a month.
I used to sell plumbing supplies in the late 70's. Our best selling brand.
The common reasons behind a toilet that keeps clogging include:
Too Much Toilet Paper. Non-flushable Items. Original Low-Flow Toilet Issues. Toilet Trap Clogs. Toilet Vent Clogs. Sewer Line Clogs.
If the vent is blocked or clogged it will affect flush performance.
I have Eljer toilets. Came with the house. Cheap brand?
Only had one toilet clog in my whole life. Plunged once and fixed easily.
5 or 10 years ago. Might have been too much toilet paper, but only because I can't think of another reason. Didn't think of that at the time.
When you drop a deuce, what diameter and length is it?
My two K-4647 Kohler, Stonewood's clog a lot less than the original toilets.
Our worst cause of clogs is Charmin toilet paper.
I have now gone with that septic safe stuff.
I'm at the point in life where I'm getting away from doing projects, so I found a plumber that will take a good quality new toilet and rebuild it for high flush volume.
Though the toilet I have might only clog three times a year, IMO, that is three times a year too many. The super cheap toilet I had been using for the previous 20 years, might only have clogged twice.
My toilets are 44 years old, so none of this low-volume. And somehow I've not seen them elsewhere until I went to visit my brother who was living in Tamarac Florida. I would have thought apartments there (at
63rd and 63rd iirc) are not so new, but the toilet seemed to be.It was amazing. No swirling. It just sat there until all of a sudden it went towards the wall and disappeared. It really did use less water and for me it fully flushed. But I was only there for 3 days and my research is incomplete. (My thesis isn't due until 2026, when I hope to get my Ph.D. in plumbing.)
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