Why can hotels buy 3.5 gpf toilets, and we can't?

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RBrown

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Stayed at a Hampton Inn a couple of weeks ago and the hotel room was equipped with an American Standard 3.5 gpf toilet that used a flapper. Why can't an average citizen buy one of these?
 

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After the 1.6 gpf rule went into effect, companies were allowed to make 3.6 gpf models and label them "for commercial use only". I am not sure if anyone still makes them, but American Standard seems to have dropped them in favor of just making all 1.6 models.
 
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