Deck House NIC
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Hi all
Long post as I have 4 toilets. Apologies. We just moved in to a Deck House with 4 toilets. We have well water. All 4 toilets are American Standard wall mounts most likely original to the 1960's that are high water users and have long slow flushes. The only identifier F4049184 seems to pull up no internet results. All 4 toilets are in various states of nastiness. All four have mold and corrosion inside of them and have various amounts of mold under the tank and bowl. I've found 2 toilets with Bully tank inserts (we are on septic by the way). Empty and also moldy. The two main toilets (master and upstairs guest) have more serious issues.
I know for sure the master sweats pretty bad (we just had a week of high temp, high humidity so it was obvious). I have heard it run occasionally. It has the worst mold issues.
The guest bath (our daughter's main toilet) has a leak that has caused damage to the dry wall and plywood below. We have not yet taken off the toilet from the wall (though water is turned off) or dug in to the wall to see the extent of the damage. It has a definite leak at the back of the mount (perhaps at the gasket?) as I can see water dripping after a flush.
We really dislike the look of most wall mounted toilets with tanks (American Standard, Gerber). We don't really want to pay / nor are we sure with the well water that an in wall tank system makes sense.
We've found lots of european rear flush/ output toilets that could be an option but they appear to be pretty limited in the US and none in showrooms. Duravit does appear to have models that can be done as horizontal or vertical but the costs with them add up and I worry about things lining up right.
Roca makes an in toilet tank system that requires a power supply (meridian in tank wall hung toilet with integrated tank). I have no idea if local plumbers would know how to install of if anyone here has used them before.
So, I know we should replace our two main toilets. The smaller more efficient tanks should help with sweating. I know we should replace all corroded tank components to the two downstairs toilets. But what to pick and what might be best for our situation just eludes me.
Any thoughts or advice, things I am missing, toilet recommendations would be greatly appreciated!!!
Long post as I have 4 toilets. Apologies. We just moved in to a Deck House with 4 toilets. We have well water. All 4 toilets are American Standard wall mounts most likely original to the 1960's that are high water users and have long slow flushes. The only identifier F4049184 seems to pull up no internet results. All 4 toilets are in various states of nastiness. All four have mold and corrosion inside of them and have various amounts of mold under the tank and bowl. I've found 2 toilets with Bully tank inserts (we are on septic by the way). Empty and also moldy. The two main toilets (master and upstairs guest) have more serious issues.
I know for sure the master sweats pretty bad (we just had a week of high temp, high humidity so it was obvious). I have heard it run occasionally. It has the worst mold issues.
The guest bath (our daughter's main toilet) has a leak that has caused damage to the dry wall and plywood below. We have not yet taken off the toilet from the wall (though water is turned off) or dug in to the wall to see the extent of the damage. It has a definite leak at the back of the mount (perhaps at the gasket?) as I can see water dripping after a flush.
We really dislike the look of most wall mounted toilets with tanks (American Standard, Gerber). We don't really want to pay / nor are we sure with the well water that an in wall tank system makes sense.
We've found lots of european rear flush/ output toilets that could be an option but they appear to be pretty limited in the US and none in showrooms. Duravit does appear to have models that can be done as horizontal or vertical but the costs with them add up and I worry about things lining up right.
Roca makes an in toilet tank system that requires a power supply (meridian in tank wall hung toilet with integrated tank). I have no idea if local plumbers would know how to install of if anyone here has used them before.
So, I know we should replace our two main toilets. The smaller more efficient tanks should help with sweating. I know we should replace all corroded tank components to the two downstairs toilets. But what to pick and what might be best for our situation just eludes me.
Any thoughts or advice, things I am missing, toilet recommendations would be greatly appreciated!!!