Low profile toilet. The bowl is only 14" high

[Mar3232]

Just bought a Mansfield quantum rear outlet toilet and it's just 14" high ? Why ?
Who in the world can use a toilet that short? I don't get it. Are they for kids or something?

I see that's there are high seats available that I'll have to get -- medical device types but are their conventional looking toilet seats that are higher also ?

http://www.mansfieldplumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/149-122.pdf

 

[Reach4]

Just bought a Mansfield quantum rear outlet toilet and it's just 14" high ? Why ?

I would guess because it matched the plumbing that you had, and it was readily available, and you liked the looks?

http://www.mansfieldplumbing.com/resources/frequently-asked-questions/toilets-faq/ says

Standard toilet height is around 14 1/2” from the floor to the bowl rim, without a toilet seat. In recent years toilet bowl height has increased to assist people with sitting and standing up, for the benefit of taller people, and those with physical handicaps and/or the elderly. The newest and most popular comfort height is typically around 16 1/8” floor to rim. The standard ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) height toilets must have, a 17”-19” floor to bowl rim height, including the seat.
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Did you measure carefully? Could it have been 14-7/16 high at the rim?

 

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[Mar3232]

My 2 toilets are 14 7/8 and 15 7/8 from the floor -- this one is 14. I'll just get one of those medical seats -- would look stupid to raise the floor around the toilet.

 

[Reach4]

http://www.mansfieldplumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/149-119.pdf says 14-1/4.

Some bidet toilet seats add 1/2 inch or more, but I don't have info as to which would be highest. That would look better than a lift spacer, but would not add as much height. https://www.plumbingsupply.com/seatscommercial.html#lifts

 

[Terry]

Gerber makes a floor mount, rear outlet that is 16-1/2" high.
https://terrylove.com/pdf/gerber-20-022.pdf

Or if yours is wall hung, this one.
http://terrylove.biz/pdf/gerber-20-021.pdf

 

[Dj2]

The specs and measurements are printed on the new toilet box, you should have thought about them BEFORE buying the toilet.

"You measure twice, and..." you know the end of the saying.