Bathroom is being remodeled and probably tomorrow Toto Drake will be installed. The flange is cemented to the PVC pipe, the floor built up to be pretty level with the flange and contractor says he'll attached the ring to the floor wood surrounding the flange and then attach toilet (with wax ring) and then bolt down to ring. Sounds pretty straight forward except I was chatting on another forum with an alledged master plumber and mentioned I bought a Toto and asked for his opinion and here's what he replied.
"Toto's are nice toilets. Their installation is a little unusual as they use an offset flange that bolts down first, then you set the toilet on that. The only downside is the flange leaves holes in the floor, so you're pretty much stuck with that toilet so long as that floor is down. They also have a larger footprint that can be a problem if the stop valve is too close."
Am I going to have any unforeseen problems installing this toilet? I guess I don't quite understand what he's getting at in his discussion of the toilet using an offset flange and the fact I'm stuck with that toilet. I hope I have been misinformed.
"Toto's are nice toilets. Their installation is a little unusual as they use an offset flange that bolts down first, then you set the toilet on that. The only downside is the flange leaves holes in the floor, so you're pretty much stuck with that toilet so long as that floor is down. They also have a larger footprint that can be a problem if the stop valve is too close."
Am I going to have any unforeseen problems installing this toilet? I guess I don't quite understand what he's getting at in his discussion of the toilet using an offset flange and the fact I'm stuck with that toilet. I hope I have been misinformed.