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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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did you get a new screen?? |
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hitest Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 10296 Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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bigdog1962 wrote: |
hitest wrote: |
I'm telling you- Toto is the one.
I can relax and complete the daily crossword puzzle as the sun gently passes over the house. |
Don't your legs fall asleep? Able to stand up and walk after that length of time? |
I don't just stand up- I spring up as though my nubial gams are part wallaby.
Upon Toto is how intend to spend my Golden Years.
I've already listed Toto in my WILL- right up there with my Mad magazine collection and Grandpa's watch. _________________
EverettB wrote: |
I wonder what the nut looks like.
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'62 L390 151, '62 L469 117, '63 L380 113, '64 L87 311, '65 L512 265, '65 L31 SO-42, '66 L360 251, '68 L30k 141, '71 L12 113, '74 ORG 181
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T Hollis Samba Member
Joined: March 30, 2004 Posts: 226 Location: midwest
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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Well...they have agreed to "Upgrade" me to a better seat.
Kind'a feel really special now.... ! |
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2002 Posts: 12785 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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we converted to Toto a couple years ago. Worth every cent. _________________ It's just advice, do whatever you want with it!
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T Hollis Samba Member
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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so...you sit on a dog? and say to your self, there's no place like home, there's no place like home there's no palace like home where I sit on MY throne.....kinda looks like a barn with all this hay on the floor and somebody left a oil squirt can too dam they got big cats around hear!!! Im starten to think Im not in cansass any moe. but that looks like my can opener....our can saw...dang this is strong coffie today. |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20264 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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Can't believe nobody has gone here yet...
Link
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2002 Posts: 12785 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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Toto is a brand, they make several models.
A lot of landlords get the Drake or Entrada models, they are around $200 and are very clog-free (like all Totos), so a great choice for a rental.
If it's for YOUR use, they have higher end ones (like the Ultramax II), for around $400.
Best deals we have found for them are on Amzn. _________________ It's just advice, do whatever you want with it!
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Gary Person of Interest
Joined: November 01, 2002 Posts: 17069 Location: 127.0.0.1
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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Remember when Al Bundy was on a question for a Ferguson?
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It's not just a toilet... a FERGUSON. The King of bowls! |
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_________________ West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5558 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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hitest Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 10296 Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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That's got to be a Toto- and clearly the safe for work demo tape.
They have a Superbowl-length commercial that shows it successfully disposing of an entire pack of Costco muffins and three beloved pets. _________________
EverettB wrote: |
I wonder what the nut looks like.
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'62 L390 151, '62 L469 117, '63 L380 113, '64 L87 311, '65 L512 265, '65 L31 SO-42, '66 L360 251, '68 L30k 141, '71 L12 113, '74 ORG 181
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T Hollis Samba Member
Joined: March 30, 2004 Posts: 226 Location: midwest
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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UPDATE:
New lid arrived and guess what, its the same as the one that came with the toilet and it to is made in China.
Was told I'd be getting an upgrade, guess not going to happen.
Bought a new better built seat.
Lesson learned and will never purchase another "American Standard."
End of story. |
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Major Woody Samba Enigma
Joined: December 04, 2002 Posts: 9010 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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The best toilets for a fair price are used, off of Craigslist, 3.5 gallon units from the 1960s. Put a new valve, spud gasket and flapper on them and they are good for another fifty years. |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20264 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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Major Woody wrote: |
The best toilets for a fair price are used, off of Craigslist, 3.5 gallon units from the 1960s. Put a new valve, spud gasket and flapper on them and they are good for another fifty years. |
As long as they aren't cracked from over tightening the flange bolts. Many plumbers refuse to reuse old toilets since they are the ones blamed when the home owner's money saving scheme backfires and the toilet leaks. _________________ nothing |
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Major Woody Samba Enigma
Joined: December 04, 2002 Posts: 9010 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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I just think they flush really well and the price is right. If they are cracked, that should be obvious. |
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51120 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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I agree, those old school ones really do work better, they get the big jobs done in one single flush, how am I saving water by having to go at it 2 or 3 times with the newer low water use model?, seems I use even more water in the end to accomplish the same thing.
I saved one when we did the last reno and put it in the room my teenaged son uses, money well spent IMO, hardly ever have to break out the plunger for that one
And yeah, a crack is usually not hard to spot, I spend 15 minutes giving it a good scrub to make it look like new anyways, hard to miss the flaw when you get up close and personal with every angle of it. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20264 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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busdaddy wrote: |
I agree, those old school ones really do work better, they get the big jobs done in one single flush, how am I saving water by having to go at it 2 or 3 times with the newer low water use model?, seems I use even more water in the end to accomplish the same thing.
I saved one when we did the last reno and put it in the room my teenaged son uses, money well spent IMO, hardly ever have to break out the plunger for that one
And yeah, a crack is usually not hard to spot, I spend 15 minutes giving it a good scrub to make it look like new anyways, hard to miss the flaw when you get up close and personal with every angle of it. |
Cracks can be completely invisible until the bolts are tightened to the floor. Even then you may not see them, but you will see the leak in the near future.
This comes from experience. And I prefer the old toilets, too. _________________ nothing |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12846 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 4:34 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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Holy hell, WTF & how much of it are you eating that requires a toilet that can swallow 3 dozen golf balls,5 oranges, & 2 grapefruit? _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:00 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
Holy hell, WTF & how much of it are you eating that requires a toilet that can swallow 3 dozen golf balls,5 oranges, & 2 grapefruit? |
crap coffie all over the place. thanks mr Idtcdt!!! |
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20264 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: Toilet Install Story "American Standard" |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
Holy hell, WTF & how much of it are you eating that requires a toilet that can swallow 3 dozen golf balls,5 oranges, & 2 grapefruit? |
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