xbob
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Hello,
I have a question on replacing some wall hung toilets. The units are the originals from the house, stamped with manufacturing dates from 1969. They appear to have a standard wall mount bolt arrangement (4 bolts square pattern, 9" apart width, 7 1/2" apart height, 5/8th bolts). The bottom bolts (and presumably the drain center) are 4 1/4" high off the floor. I am looking for a few things in the replacements.
1) The city of Austin rebates HET toilets (1.28 or less) $150 per unit and 1.6gpf $75 per unit. I would prefer dual flush HET toilets both for the higher rebate and the water savings.
2) I would like to have at least 16 1/2 rim height.
3) Elongated bowl.
4) Works with standard residential water supply, I don't have the plumbing to support a commercial flush valve.
So far, here is what I can find:
American Standard Glenwall and Eljer Walford - It looks like these toilets will have a very low rim height with my current wall mounts.
Crane Rexmont - Rim height is good, but still only 1.6 GPF and seems to have bad reputation for flush performance.
So it looks like I'm out of luck in looking for a wall mount HET, or even a wallmount with good flush performance that will not be too low to the floor. I am assuming that moving the drain and mounts higher would be a substantial project.
So here is part 2 of my question. How hard is it for a plumber to install a rear discharge floor mount toilet where a wall mount used to be? It looks like the drain is already in the right place, but the mounting bolts are much narrower. Also is there a different type of flange on a rear discharge vs wall mount? If I can mount a Gerber DF-21-325, it looks like I'll hit all four of my criteria - I just would like some idea of the feasibility of the swap.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
American Standard Glenwall
I have a question on replacing some wall hung toilets. The units are the originals from the house, stamped with manufacturing dates from 1969. They appear to have a standard wall mount bolt arrangement (4 bolts square pattern, 9" apart width, 7 1/2" apart height, 5/8th bolts). The bottom bolts (and presumably the drain center) are 4 1/4" high off the floor. I am looking for a few things in the replacements.
1) The city of Austin rebates HET toilets (1.28 or less) $150 per unit and 1.6gpf $75 per unit. I would prefer dual flush HET toilets both for the higher rebate and the water savings.
2) I would like to have at least 16 1/2 rim height.
3) Elongated bowl.
4) Works with standard residential water supply, I don't have the plumbing to support a commercial flush valve.
So far, here is what I can find:
American Standard Glenwall and Eljer Walford - It looks like these toilets will have a very low rim height with my current wall mounts.
Crane Rexmont - Rim height is good, but still only 1.6 GPF and seems to have bad reputation for flush performance.
So it looks like I'm out of luck in looking for a wall mount HET, or even a wallmount with good flush performance that will not be too low to the floor. I am assuming that moving the drain and mounts higher would be a substantial project.
So here is part 2 of my question. How hard is it for a plumber to install a rear discharge floor mount toilet where a wall mount used to be? It looks like the drain is already in the right place, but the mounting bolts are much narrower. Also is there a different type of flange on a rear discharge vs wall mount? If I can mount a Gerber DF-21-325, it looks like I'll hit all four of my criteria - I just would like some idea of the feasibility of the swap.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!

American Standard Glenwall
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