Chris_G
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It's as if I stumbled onto a bulletin board for "G scale" model train buffs and made the social blunder of mentioning that I own "HO scale" trains.
I've asked for advice on Flushometers. All I've gotten is a smack-down by "tank toilet loyalist".
Several have chimed in with almost reverential defenses of tank toilets vs flushometers. Sorry, I'm not buying a tank toilet, I'm simply not. If you cannot deal with that, don't bother to post. If you have something to contribute about flushometers on the market, I'm eager to hear from you.
The space issue is real. Size of a flushometer- a few inches wide, by about 12" to 18" tall... even smaller (much smaller) with the German designer model by Schell. Tank toilet- a few cubic feet. It is precious VOLUME in my room, not square feet on my floor, as I have reiterated again and again. Cass seems to get it. If you want another analogy, think about packing a suitcase. Now, think about packing a toilet-tank in your suitcase, and think about packing a flushometer in your suitcase... literally. The tank probably won't even fit in your suitcase, where, with the flushometer, well you'd have to leave out a couple of T-Shirts, and a roll of socks. Get it? A tank takes up space. Also, esthetically speaking, I happen to prefer the look of a piece of chrome hardware over a big porcelain box.
My inquiry is simple- Are there hardware manufactures that produce flushometer hardware with as much design consideration as other bathroom hardware? I've found a few myself, and posted them. I would have thought that a group of professional plumbers would have known of more. It was a simple question.
Either you have something to contribute, ie.: I know a product made by a Swiss company called Geberit, who are distributed by Chicago Faucets. They have a model that is simpler in design that most of the Sloan and Zurn models on the US market. Their products work with American plumbing. Maybe you should check them out.
Something like that is a credible reply. Posting back that you have measured a bunch of toilets and decided that my desire to save space isn't an adequate reason to implement a flushometer, and therefore you still prefer tank toilets, contributes nothing.
I've asked for advice on Flushometers. All I've gotten is a smack-down by "tank toilet loyalist".
Several have chimed in with almost reverential defenses of tank toilets vs flushometers. Sorry, I'm not buying a tank toilet, I'm simply not. If you cannot deal with that, don't bother to post. If you have something to contribute about flushometers on the market, I'm eager to hear from you.
The space issue is real. Size of a flushometer- a few inches wide, by about 12" to 18" tall... even smaller (much smaller) with the German designer model by Schell. Tank toilet- a few cubic feet. It is precious VOLUME in my room, not square feet on my floor, as I have reiterated again and again. Cass seems to get it. If you want another analogy, think about packing a suitcase. Now, think about packing a toilet-tank in your suitcase, and think about packing a flushometer in your suitcase... literally. The tank probably won't even fit in your suitcase, where, with the flushometer, well you'd have to leave out a couple of T-Shirts, and a roll of socks. Get it? A tank takes up space. Also, esthetically speaking, I happen to prefer the look of a piece of chrome hardware over a big porcelain box.
My inquiry is simple- Are there hardware manufactures that produce flushometer hardware with as much design consideration as other bathroom hardware? I've found a few myself, and posted them. I would have thought that a group of professional plumbers would have known of more. It was a simple question.
Either you have something to contribute, ie.: I know a product made by a Swiss company called Geberit, who are distributed by Chicago Faucets. They have a model that is simpler in design that most of the Sloan and Zurn models on the US market. Their products work with American plumbing. Maybe you should check them out.
Something like that is a credible reply. Posting back that you have measured a bunch of toilets and decided that my desire to save space isn't an adequate reason to implement a flushometer, and therefore you still prefer tank toilets, contributes nothing.