Jan
Choosing a Toilet for Your Bathroom Remodel
Toilets can be easily found in many shapes styles & colors. Vitreous china or porcelain is the standard material & very durable, & easy to clean. The more sleek the base, & the fewer the crevices, the easier it will be to maintain a clean appearance.
White is the most common choice & a very good one. White will not go out of style any time soon. Toilets are also available in colors if that is your preference, but it will raise the price.
Toilets come with the tank & the base as one unit, or you can get a model with the base & tank as separate units. Choosing a one piece unit will save money… This is heavier to move around & place, but two people can handle the job with a fair amount of ease.
Smaller scaled toilets are available for very small bathrooms, & there’re also space saving cornet models.
Low-flush toilets
If you’re remodeling & replacing a toilet, quite probably your old toilet is a water hog.
Federal law requires new toilets be manufactured to use much less water. This may be an adjustment for you, but can result in a substantial savings on your water bill.
Older toilets may use between 5 & 7 gallons of water for each flush. Multiply this times the number of flushes in a given day & you have a lot of needless water usage.
Gravity toilets
The standby gravity toilet has been improved & requires less water for flushing. Steeper & narrower bowl have been implemented to achieve this. Consumers are reported to be much more satisfied with the 1.6 gallon toilet than the 1 gallon unit which often takes two flushes to clear the bowl.
Pressure-assisted toilets
These toilets use the water pressure in the line to compress air which in turn works with a small amount of water to flush the bowl.
A more recent design version uses a small pump to push water through the toilet. With this model you can adjust the amount of water per flush to either 1 gallon or 1.6 gallons. There is more. The price tag for both of these is considerably more than the gravity operated toilet.
If you’re not comfortable asking your friends with these new model toilets how they feel about the functioning & flushing abilities, the site below offers more information & a reference link where you can get user reviews.
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