Hi everyone and a big thanks to all that respond in advance,
My girlfriend and I are both widows who met on eHarmony. She owns a home that her late husband built himself for her. The problem we are having is a poor flushing toilet. It is in the back country and has a septic system, it is so bad I have been using the back 40 acres and a shovel when I have to go #2. We have a bucket in the bath room we dump in the toilet to help get solids down the drain. She has informed me that her late husband had a hard time getting proper fall between the house and the septic tank because of solid rock, so the slop is very gradual. I'm not sure what the slope really is? The other drains in the house work fine, the only problem is the toilet. I hope I will not have to dig it up. The existing toilet is an American Standard, not sure the model because we do not live there full time at the moment and I failed to write it down last time I was there. I know it is a 1.6 gallon tank and was bought around 2004 or 2005. After researching toilets I thinking of replacing it with a Toto. My question is (finally) would a 1.28 gallon be better than a 1.6 gallon given the lack of slope between the toilet and the tank or should I stay with a 1.6 gallon, I'm considering the model Drake? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again to all that respond,
Charlie C
My girlfriend and I are both widows who met on eHarmony. She owns a home that her late husband built himself for her. The problem we are having is a poor flushing toilet. It is in the back country and has a septic system, it is so bad I have been using the back 40 acres and a shovel when I have to go #2. We have a bucket in the bath room we dump in the toilet to help get solids down the drain. She has informed me that her late husband had a hard time getting proper fall between the house and the septic tank because of solid rock, so the slop is very gradual. I'm not sure what the slope really is? The other drains in the house work fine, the only problem is the toilet. I hope I will not have to dig it up. The existing toilet is an American Standard, not sure the model because we do not live there full time at the moment and I failed to write it down last time I was there. I know it is a 1.6 gallon tank and was bought around 2004 or 2005. After researching toilets I thinking of replacing it with a Toto. My question is (finally) would a 1.28 gallon be better than a 1.6 gallon given the lack of slope between the toilet and the tank or should I stay with a 1.6 gallon, I'm considering the model Drake? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again to all that respond,
Charlie C