Memories of my childhood toilet

Some people just crap too big. Take a stool softener. I used to have to keep a butter knife near the toilet because a relative's crap had to be sliced up before it would go down. Don't they make a super crapper for these people?

Try Toyo brand. Mine cost $700, but it's been worth every penny.

The 3.5 gallon toilets are obsolete. In 1995, National Energy Policy Act (H.R. 776) went into effect, which mandate maximum 1.6 gallon per flush toilets.

Wow! A news flash. Thanks for keeping us informed.

There are plenty of old used ones for sale around any remodeling project.

I bought low flow toilets for my old house and they worked great.

I picked them up cheap at HD. Don't remember the model but I think they were Am. Standard.

You may want to look at this:

That's why people smuggle the old style plumbing fixtures into the country. Some pay a premium for recycled old style toilets. When the plumbing inspector leaves, they yank out the low flow potty and install a good old 3 gallon john. It's the same thing with those infernal low flow shower heads, etc.

TDD

Red Green posted for all of us...

He only does #1 & #2 so what does he need a #3 for? Hmmm, WHAT is a #3?

I have a 1.6GPF can in my master bath (a cheap HD thing, maybe an Elger?) that can hardly get rid of a kleenex on a standard flush, but it does get rid of piss.

The trick of it, I've found, is in the technique. The tank actually holds 4 or 5 gallons of water. If I just tap the handle, the flapper quickly close after dispensing the required 1.6 gallons. But if I hold the flush handle down, the tank merrily dumps all five gallons into the bowl, which has never failed to send any amount of thick sticky s*it sailing away. Doesn't take a trice, and less time than it takes to plunge and reflush. Since I piss a good deal more often than I s*it (thank you BP meds), the average GPF still works out to be a lot less than a traditional fixture.

pressure assisted toliets are loud, espically at nite. the flush sounds like a aircraft taking off. not good when you have kids.

canada still has the 3.5 gallon flushers, you can bring them over the border in your vehicle. in sm,all quanties.

you can buy them on e bay for a fortune

I was told several years ago the law banning 3.5 gallon was relaxed in the US.

What happens if we get Obama in the White House? No flushing at all?

#3 is when you get much, much older and nothing works properly.

I heard of a toilet, if you lifted the handle it was 1.0 galon, to depress the handle delivers the "full" 1.6, scuse me while I shiver and dry heave at typing "full 1.6 galons".

Replace it with a Toto. Flush not much louder than the old one and I have never once had to 'reflush' in 2 years.

Harry K

I second that, though as you can see here, they aren't cheap.