Wall Hung Toilet Replacement

[KWS4116]

We have an older home from the 1960s, and one of the bathrooms has a wall mounted toiled. The model (Kohler) is super old, huge, heavy, and is slowly leaking at the wall. We need to replace it, and I'm curious whether you can swap a wall mount w/ exterior tank with a floor mounted rear outlet. I know NOTHING about plumbing, so I'm thoroughly confused. We remodeled the bathroom fully 2 years ago, but left that toilet because the one rear outlet floor standing I bought apparently wouldn't work, but the contractor could really explain why or what we should replace it with. So they put in a new wax ring to stop the leak, but it started almost right away.

Are we stuck with an exterior tank, wall mounted, or are there any other options? I've seen these close coupled toilets from Duravit, but don't really know what that means either.

Thanks!

 

[Terry]

I install a lot of the Gerber Maxwell wall hung toilets. They've been working well.

 

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[JoBalz]

Terry, your info on a replacement toilet for a 1960 American Standard Norwall was well appreciated. The Gerber Maxwell Compact Elongated was a great fit in my tiny bathroom and turned out to be a quick and simple replacement. Really like it so far. Question, do you have any suggestions or recommendations for a good soft close toilet seat with grip-tight bumpers to prevent slipping around. I'm not crazy about the one the plumber included. Currently looking at the Kohler Brevia K-20110, the Cachet K-7671, and the Rutledge K-4734.

 

[Terry]

I think any of the Kohler seats would work well for that. I've installed a few of the Cachet seats.

Also the carrier nuts work well with the Gerber bowl.

Zurn Z5610-NUT-EXT-KIT $14.71 Carrier Hardware, 5/8 in. Size, Wall | Zoro.com

 

[Tuttles Revenge]

We have an older home from the 1960s, and one of the bathrooms has a wall mounted toiled. The model (Kohler) is super old, huge, heavy, and is slowly leaking at the wall. We need to replace it, and I'm curious whether you can swap a wall mount w/ exterior tank with a floor mounted rear outlet. I know NOTHING about plumbing, so I'm thoroughly confused. We remodeled the bathroom fully 2 years ago, but left that toilet because the one rear outlet floor standing I bought apparently wouldn't work, but the contractor could really explain why or what we should replace it with. So they put in a new wax ring to stop the leak, but it started almost right away.

Are we stuck with an exterior tank, wall mounted, or are there any other options? I've seen these close coupled toilets from Duravit, but don't really know what that means either.

Thanks!

I have succesfully adapted a duravit floor mount rear discharge toilet to a wall mount drain outlet. It was very difficult to do. It requires cutting and modifying cast iron fittings, having the proper odd adapters, rerouting the water supply behind the toilet where you have no access to the connection and placing the shut off valve in a access panel. The duravit toilets drain discharges around 7" above the floor rather than the 4" of a typical floor mount rear discharge toilet. The process is not for the faint of heart and the uncreative.

Its much simpler to find out why the original toilet is leaking and replace it with a modern version as Terry shows above.

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

I'm new here but I am having to change an old wall mount rear discharge toilet with the Baker dual flush rear mount toilet and would like to find out what type of wall hub or fitting do I need to attach it and raise it up using the p trap connector they sent. Could anyone help me please

 

[Tuttles Revenge]

I'm new here but I am having to change an old wall mount rear discharge toilet with th we Baker dual flush rear mount toilet and would like to find out what type of wall hub or fitting do I need to attach it and raise it up using the p trap connector th we y sent. Could anyone help me please

Raising up a wall mounted rear discharge toilet with 4 bolts requires extensive work. The carrier frame its mounted to would need to be removed and bolted onto the framing in the proper location and the drain pipe would need to be raised to match. Likely and at the very least, a new drain barrel would need to be purchased that matches the carrier frame.

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

Sorry. I wrote it wrong. I have a new Eljer . floor mount rear outlet toilet. The old toilet was a floor and wall mount I guess but the outlet fits flush up to the wall with a flange and wax ring

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

I need to know what hub or wall mount does the p trap connector fit into so I can fix the rough in. And is there some kind of gasket I need with it please

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

There isn't any drain wall carrier

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

Here's where I'm trying to change out the rough in

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

The flange I have won't work with that p trap connector. I need to mount it to the wall too

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

Also, is there a way to mount the hub on the inside of the wall to hide as much as possible and how close can I safely trim that connector

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

Sorry again this typo fixing keyboard keeps changing everything I write. Its an ebler. From signature hardware and there installation instructions don't go past sticking the p trap in the wall

 

[Terry]

What brand and model is that toilet?
Can you start a new thread for this with a new title?

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

EbLer. signature hardware model 941039 floor mounted rear outlet toilet. The old one was flush against the wall with wax

 

[Tuttles Revenge]

Yes, I think your situation calls for its own Thread so we stay on topic and address your issues specifically.

 

[Mary Angela Carey]

I started another thread but I'm not getting anything on it