Jesse Hazel
New Member
Just looking for some general advice here before I start tearing anything out. Our house was built in the 1930's when toilets were apparently much smaller. We have a 1/2 bath which has an American Standard that just cracked at the rear of the bowl and leaks profusely when flushed. The only thing resembling a model # in the tank is F4051 54 with an April 1937 date stamped on it.
The two key dimensions here are 14" rough in and is just a hair under 26" in depth. I realize that this is probably not a common issue, but that depth is particularly important. Why? Because one of the doors in front of it barely has enough clearance to open.
The thing that I'm finding over and over with current 14" toilets are they are all way too deep (>28"). At least that's what I'm seeing so far (haven't found a way to search by depth, have to dig through every single ones spec sheet). So has anyone here ran into an issue where they needed to replace a vintage bowl like this or they needed (and found) an ultra compact <26" toilet?
Thoughts I've already had:
* Fix the cracks. I suspect due to the location (right below the tank) and the severity, that no fix would last very long if at all.
* Switch to a 10 or 12". There appears to me to be alot more options in these sizes. We run into some possible clearance issues there from the bottom in the basement with an old cast iron pipe and joists. I could engineer something but... this bathroom tile is sitting on about 4" bed of concrete. Neighbors advice from experience was to "not ever mess with the bathroom floors in these houses" unless last resort.
* Modify the door (swing the other way, pocket door, etc). Unable to make any realistic modifications here due to layout on the other side.
* Demo the room and make it larger. This room is near the middle of first floor of a 2-story house. Pretty sure it would require quite a bit of engineering to make any drastic changes.
Thoughts?
The two key dimensions here are 14" rough in and is just a hair under 26" in depth. I realize that this is probably not a common issue, but that depth is particularly important. Why? Because one of the doors in front of it barely has enough clearance to open.
The thing that I'm finding over and over with current 14" toilets are they are all way too deep (>28"). At least that's what I'm seeing so far (haven't found a way to search by depth, have to dig through every single ones spec sheet). So has anyone here ran into an issue where they needed to replace a vintage bowl like this or they needed (and found) an ultra compact <26" toilet?
Thoughts I've already had:
* Fix the cracks. I suspect due to the location (right below the tank) and the severity, that no fix would last very long if at all.
* Switch to a 10 or 12". There appears to me to be alot more options in these sizes. We run into some possible clearance issues there from the bottom in the basement with an old cast iron pipe and joists. I could engineer something but... this bathroom tile is sitting on about 4" bed of concrete. Neighbors advice from experience was to "not ever mess with the bathroom floors in these houses" unless last resort.
* Modify the door (swing the other way, pocket door, etc). Unable to make any realistic modifications here due to layout on the other side.
* Demo the room and make it larger. This room is near the middle of first floor of a 2-story house. Pretty sure it would require quite a bit of engineering to make any drastic changes.
Thoughts?