Toilets

Low Flow Toilets

Handicap style toilets with the higher bowl height (16.5"" instead of 15") seem to perform better than the standard height toilets.

Some of the low flow toilets have little water in the bowl. Low water depth prevents the waste from dropping below the water line. A toilet that has good water depth, will prevent "outhouse smell".

The new lower flow toilets have been mandated to save precious and limited resources. For those of us that had grown used to 7.0 gallons per flush GPF toilets, it comes as a shock. The first recent evolution in toilets were the 3.5 GPF, and now 1.6 GPF. If you ask plumbers and homeowners about toilets, you will get different answers depending on what is available in their part of the country.

For many plumbers, G-Max and pressure assist toilets are the way to go. For those that like to sit down when you flush, consider toilets that are listed as quiet.