Recent content by georg

Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense. I did notice the hump in the bottom horizontal run of the trapway. It does cause one minor annoyance when removing a Toto. I usually use my wet vac to suck all the water out of the bowl before lifting it off so that no water spills on to the floor...

Never heard of the double siphon, so I googled Toto Double Siphon and only came up with Double Cyclone.

This is the discharge of the lowly Toto Carusoe. Notice the smooth throat, unlikely to snag any errant objects. Objects like pill bottles end up in the toilet, sometimes by accident. Someone flushes the toilet and then retrieves a bottle from one of those storage units that straddle a toilet...

The bowl is the C744E 01. The outlet I am referring to is the one at the bottom of the bowl, over which the wax ring fits. This outlet is only visible when the bowl is turned upside down, before installation. There is a very pronounced ridge at the outlet. The outlet itself is 2 1/8 in dia but...

I did check out Smarthome and the Insteon products. The only wireless remote Insteon has is a six-button remote and is somewhat unsuitable to use as a ordinary switch to turn one light on and off. Also the syatem is somewhat complex, what with it needing a third component, an interface between...

I installed one to control the basement stair light. Since the walls are finished it would not have been easy to hardwire in a new switch at the base of the stairs, in the basement. However, the light will occasionally come on by itself, without anybody having touched the hardwired switch at...