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No argument that I may be out of my mind, lol. But the rough-in will work with the toilet; there was originally a toilet identical to the salvaged one in place, but it was replaced sometime in the 70s. Unfortunately they also changed the water supply position at that time, hence my problem with...

Thanks, I don’t believe NY has a rule like that for salvaged fixture, but I’ll look into it! However, isn’t it the flushometer (which will be new) that determines water usage? If I’m ok with a low water level in the toilet, the fixture itself it essentially just a ceramic bowl, no?

The vacuum breaker prevents waste water from being siphoned back into the public water supply during flushing. While older flushometer toilets didn’t have them (or had much shorter ones) they are now required by code when any work is done on a bathroom, so no exemption for putting in an old...

I am hoping to replace my current toilet with this salvaged 1930s Kohler toilet. My current toilet is a rear spud flushometer, but the salvaged Kohler toilet is a top spud. The water supply line is 21 ¼” above the floor. The toilet has a height of 15”. Unfortunately, with a top spud toilet, this...

I am hoping to replace my current toilet with this salvaged 1930s Kohler toilet. For reference, I live in a pre-war NYC co-op building. My current toilet is a rear spud flushometer, but the salvaged Kohler toilet is a top spud. The water supply line is 21 ¼” above the floor. The toilet has a...