Replacing my toilet - Recommendations?

[TH]

I just put in an Eljer Patriot and was surprised and pleased how well it takes everything I put in it.

[Abe]

Wow, really good price and free delivery plus 10% discount. Good find.

[Kitep]

I've often wondered why toilets don't come with 2 flush options. One for just liquid waste, and a more powerful one for non-liquid droppings.

[Steve Barker]

there already is a setting for liquid waste only. don't flush.

[hallerb]

buy toilert from canada. they are old style water wasters flush just once avoiding backups and noise of power assist units.

[Oren]

Keep wondering.

-- Oren

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

[The Reverend Natural Light]

I have three new Toto low volume flush models. They work well but are loud when they flush, which bugs me. I just put an American Standard Cadet in the basement and it works great and flushes quietly. It was cheap, too.

Never had a problem with any of them. The only toilet in the house that ever plugged was the old 1000 gallon flush model that I replaced with the Cadet. I'm not one for government regulation, but low volume flush toilets are fine with me. Ventless gas cans are a whole different issue.

[M Q]

I believe that some toilets do. Also I have noticed that some of the 1.6 gal / flush toilets have a larger tank capacity than 1.6 gal. If you just momentarily hit the flush lever it will let out about 1.6 gallons. If you hold it down, it will let much more water out.

[Art]

Even though you prefer gravity, Gerber power flush toilets with the sloan valve are incrediby quiet. But buy the tall one. The water level is very high and people using the normal height version complain of splashing.

[Art]

By the way, another reason that the Sloan valve power flush toilets work well is that they detect back pressure and cannot overflow no matter what someone tries flushing down your toilet. They just stop flushing mid flush. I have 4 of them for 10 years and so far have only replaced one small valve that they sent me for free. No flappers to replace ever.

[Stephen M]

Absoluely true. I've han an american standad 1.6 unit that functions that way. It bats over 90% with a standard flush (complete evacuation of a turd). Just hold the lever for a moment if you need that little extra push.

A perfect piece if engineering for a control freak like me :-)

[Mark Lloyd]

I know someone who hear footsteps in the hall, imagine the yellow liquid, and yell

FLUSH IT!!!

And this was when you were trying not to wake her up.

BTW, I'd like to add a :-) but this actually happened. A few dozen times.

[Rudy]

Kohler Wellworth "Comfort Height"..we ve had 6 in our last two homes and they work very well. Don t even own a plunger..haven't needed one

[Rudy]

They are available..Some have two handles.

Our Kohler Wellworth comfort height models use about HALF the tank on a single flush. If one subscribes to the: " If its BROWN, hold it DOWN" theory, you can hold the lever down and use the whole tankful for big "Jobs"

In Australia, the activator mechanism is on top of the tank cover..two buttons..one uses about half the water, and the other ...WHOOOOSH !!

[mm]

This isn't as good as it sounds. This will make the toilet surface under the water dirty at about 100 times the normal rate. May take acidic bowl cleaner to remove.